College Scholarships for Individuals with Parents with Disabilities
In recognition of
the more than nine million parents with disabilities in
the U.S. and their families, Through the Looking Glass (TLG), non-profit
organization, is pleased to announce the 2006 College Scholarship Fund
specifically for graduating high school seniors who have parents with
disabilities.
Scholarships funds are available to graduating high school students who:
- demonstrate academic and personal achievement;
- have grown up
with
at least one parent with a disability; and - will be a high school graduate or graduating senior by Summer 2006
Up to ten separate
$1,000 awards will be given out in Summer 2006. These
awards are one of several projects of Through the Looking Glass' National
Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities. This National Center is
funded by the National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
(NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education.
More information
and application forms are available on Through the
Looking Glass' website: www.lookingglass.org
Forms may also be requested by calling
1-800-644-2666.
Founded in 1982,
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) is a nationally
recognized center that has pioneered research, training, and services
for
families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability.
Since 1998, TLG
has been funded by NIDRR as the National Resource Center
for Parents with Disabilities. The overall goal of this national center
is:
To increase knowledge regarding parenting with a disability and support
more
accessible and disability-appropriate resources for diverse parents
with disabilities and their children. The Center's services and
activities include: national toll-free information and referral; technical
assistance and consultations; professional trainings, workshops and
presentations; national library and resources clearinghouse; publications
and training modules; a national parent-to-parent network of parents with
disabilities; international newsletter; website and bulletin boards; and
regional and statewide systems development.
Darlene Bubis, MFT
Family Clinician; Website & Outreach Specialist Through the Looking
Glass
2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 848-1112 ext. 172
(800) 644-2666 ext. 172
Website: http://www.lookingglass.org
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