Parents as CollaboratorsWisconsinState Personnel Development Grant

Courtney Salzer

Wisconsin FACETSFamily Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support

Parent Training and Information Center

Pat Bober

Wisconsin Statewide Parent –Educator Initiative

Department of Public Instruction

2

IDEA Funded Parent Organizations•Parent Training and Information Center

(PTI)

•Community Parent Resource Center (CPRC)

•Parent Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)

•SEA Discretionary Grant Initiative

3

How did we get here?

4

A History of Collaboration

•Allowed for time to build trust

•Past working relationships

•State Improvement Grant application

•Commitment to parent involvement

•Collaboration as a SIG goal

•PTI input into SEA grant application

5

Where do we focus our collaborative efforts?

6

Questions?

7

Components of Parent Involvement•Personnel development

•Leadership training for parents

•Parent perspective in hubs, initiatives,

CoPs

8

Personnel Development

•Training modules for parents and

educators

•Training of trainers

•Parent and educator co-present

9

Leadership Training for Parents

•Parents in Partnership for parents of

youth in transition

•Stipends for parents on boards or 1st

conference

•Outreach to underserved populations

10

Parent Perspective in Planning

•Conversation changes when parents

present

•Mutual respect builds upon shared work

•Collaboration is modeled for schools

11

Questions?

12

How do we keep our collaboration strong?

13

Sustaining the Collaboration

•Commit to regular meetings

•Build on previous shared work and

products

•Share opportunities for growth

•Share information dissemination

14

Parents are the bridge

to a seamless system of

support

for children and youth

with disabilities.

15

Questions?

16