NTAC e.News — January 1, 2008

Asian/Pacific Islander Words of Wisdom

“Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou”
Explanation: As we say in Hawai‘i, Happy New Year
Source: http://gohawaii.about.com/od/festivals/a/hawaii_xmas_a.htm

Announcements: NTAC

NEW! Happy New Year!

The National Technical Assistance Center for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities hopes 2008 is even better than 2007 for all of our network members!

NTAC's New Phase

Starting this month, eNews will be distributed only once per month.

Earn 10 CEUs Online

The eighth offering of the “Introduction to Disability/Rehabilitation with Asian/Pacific Islander Americans” online course is tentatively set to begin on January 14, 2008. For a nominal tuition payment of $20, you can earn ten Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to apply to your CRC. Each offering of this month-long course has been facilitated by NTAC-AAPI, with Paul Leung, Professor and Director of the Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work, and Addictions at the University of North Texas, and Nan Zhang Hampton, Associate Professor of the Department of Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education at San Diego State University serving as professors. For more information, or to preview the required readings before the next course begins, please go to the following Web site: http://www.ntac.hawaii.edu/AAPIcourse/. To be placed on the mailing list for that course, please send an email to James D. Brightman, NTAC-AAPI Vocational Rehabilitation Coordinator, at jamesdb@hawaii.edu.

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