Family Connections: Family-Led Crisis Planning
We believe parents and caregivers are the experts when it comes to their own family: to make decisions and plans whether it involves the development, safety, education, wellbeing, services, and care for their children.
6 Core Principals of IDEA
This presentation will cover the six foundational principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that gives eligible children with disabilities rights to the specially designed instruction and individualized services and supports they need to benefit from public education. Participants will learn about evaluation, FAPE, IEP, LRE, parent and student participation, and procedural safeguards.
A Taste of Cafés: No Rain, No Flowers
If every day were filled with only sunshine and rain never fell, the world would soon become a desolate desert.
Supportive Coaching for Parents Supporting Other Parents
Join other parents for a monthly meeting and online gathering to coach and support other parents in any system.
Council on Developmental Disabilities Meeting
The current 25-member Council includes people with disabilities, parents, family member advocates, and required governmental representatives.
Steps for Success: Making IEP Meetings Work
Do you often leave your child's IEP meeting feeling as if your concerns were not heard or addressed and that nothing has changed?
Positively Impacting Addiction by Training and Empowering the Family
Allies in Recovery uses CRAFT: Community Reinforcement and Family Training a scientifically proven alternative approach to Al-Anon, for families struggling with the addiction of a loved one.
Mapping Dreams: Transition to Adulthood
This training provides strategies for what parents and youth can do to help plan for the student’s transition from high school to adult employment, postsecondary education or training, and independent living.
Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting
The Special Education Advisory Panel will meet on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. via zoom.
“Welcome the Father”: Strengthening Father Inclusive Practices
Today's communities, families, and children have as much potential and promise as ever, yet it seems this potential is often thwarted or unrealized.