Family Engagement and Parent Support

Steps to Success: Communicating with Your Child’s School

It is important to have a positive relationship with your child’s teacher.

Forming a Mutually Respectful University-Community Partnership through a “Family as Faculty” Project

In this paper a university special education professor and an executive director of a parent-to-parent non-profit organization, describe their collaborative partnership.

Working Together Series

The Working Together Series includes 5 interactive self-directed courses. These courses provide families and educators with a number of strategies for working together and through conflict. Anyone supporting children or youth with disabilities may benefit from this series. The setting in which collaborative problem solving and conflict resolution takes place within this series is typically the school or IEP meeting.

Produced by CADRE, the series includes a webinar that briefly introduces the Working Together Series, a companion Facilitator Guide, and other supplemental resources. The full series is available in English and in Spanish (Trabajando Juntos).

To learn more about the 5 courses in the series, view the introductory webinar, or access the series in Spanish, read our abstract here.

You Are Not Alone

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Parent Participation in Early Intervention

Families, most particularly parents, are vital participants in early intervention. Your contributions are invaluable:

at the individual level where you are intimately involved in determining the services that your own child will receive; and at an organizational level determining policies and scope for EI programs.

Being an Effective Advocate for Your Child

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The Unplanned Journey

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Advocacy in Action: A Guide to Local Special Education Parent Advisory Councils

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Parent and Educator Guide to School Climate Resources

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5 Steps to Working with Your School Board

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