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About Family SupportNet |
Family SupportNet
Accessing Internet Resources to Enhance the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities and Families of Diverse Cultural, Linguistic, and Ethnic Communities
The three-year goals of this project are:
- Teach basic computer skills in Microsoft Word, Internet and Email use and offer technical assistance to individuals with disabilities and families of diverse cultural communities and community based minority organizations staff in a supportive, accessible environment.
- Point people to Family Support sites so that resource information is easy to find and use.
- Maintain a "User Friendly" website and newsletter developed from the input of individuals with disabilities and families of diverse cultural communities and community based minority organizations staff.
- Create and distribute a database of accessible community computer centers so that acquired skills can be used and strengthened in local settings by the computer students.
- Provide a working model to ensure that individuals with disabilities and families of diverse cultural communities and communities and community based minority organizations staff continue building on technical skills and incorporate Internet access into their larger communities to improve the quality of their lives.
- Disseminate Curriculum and Training materials and methods to individuals, families and their communities so that the project can be continued and replicated.
All services are provided free of charge For more information on the Family SupportNet project contact:
Meredith Aalto
Institute for Community Inclusion
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-4331
617-287-4350 TTY
meredith.aalto@umb.edu
In partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, and Community-Based Minority Organizations (CBMOs)
The Family SupportNet Project, award #90DN0053, is a three-year Project of National Significance funded by the Department of Health and Human services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
