Weaving the Ties that Bind by Candee Basford
Join us on March 17 & 18th at the Peal Center’s third annual inclusion conference at North Points by Sheraton, Pittsburgh North. The theme of this year’s conference is Celebrating Common Bonds: Enriching our Inclusive Communities. Register for the conference at this link.
Some key attractions at this year’s conference :
1) Pre-conference Day
2) Lunch with a conference speaker
3) Great hotel rates
4) Parent Scholarships
5) Student rates
6) Silent auction
7) Irish pub with Live music!!!
7 Comments
February 21, 2009 at 10:41 am
Isn’t it for Penn. folks?
February 21, 2009 at 2:16 pm
The Peal Conference is quickly drawing a national audience – much like the Peak Conference in Colorado. Both Peak and Peal are PTI’s (Parent, Training and information centers).
I hope you consider attending.
February 27, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I am actually considering my possibilities. Airfare isn’t bad at all, are the Super8 or Comfort Inn decent and safe? Will I need to rent a car or are these hotels close by to the conference. I’m evaluating my resources and checking it out with the hubby. Ooohhh- trying not to get excited since I still have to get time off from work and all…
February 27, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Also, wondering if it would be good for my daughter’s special educator/teacher, I might turn her on to it too!
February 27, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I don’t know about hotels in the area but after reading your comment, I sent an email the folks at Peal. You should hear from them soon with an answer.
February 27, 2009 at 11:48 pm
That one I can answer – Yes!
February 28, 2009 at 2:47 am
Both the Super8 and the Comfort Inn are on the same access road for the Sheraton, the conference hotel. We used the Comfort Inn last year as our overflow hotel. I am not familiar with the Super8 but they are both very close, walking distance. The conference hotel is 19 miles from the airport and taking a cab is pricey. About $70 each way, so renting a car to get from the airport would mostly be much cheaper. But once you get there the car wouldn’t be that necessary.
And yes, I think it would be a wonderful conference for you child’s teacher to attend. The preconference sessions are designed as indepth hands-on strategy sessions for educators and parents. Last year educators said that they wanted more indepth sessions and we are accommodating.