February Parent Contact Update

Parent Contact update

February 2022

Federation for Children with Special Needs

Visions of Community Conference

Visions of Community (VOC) is FCSN's annual conference for parents, youth, and professionals caring for children and youth with special needs. The day includes intensive workshops on topics such as:

IEPs and other special education issues,
the impact of trauma,
self-care
health services and benefits,
transition planning,

Workshops are offered in English, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

The EIPLP is excited to be able to sponsor a limited number of Parent Contacts as participants. The main conference day is Saturday, March 19th, and there are mini sessions during the week leading up to it.

If you are interested in attending, please reach out to Liz Cox through email or text at 857-260-1740 for details.

Opportunities & Resources

More for Families

Did you miss the deadline to register for the latest Finding Our Footing: Using Your Family Story to Impact Systems Change training series? Sad you didn't catch the last Turning Three Essentials? The EIPLP is committed to bringing opportunities to families in early intervention that increase their knowledge and help them build skills. Keep an eye out for more workshops, conferences, and resources in the near future!

Turning Three Essentials- in English and Spanish

Turning Three Essentials provides information about the process for transitioning from early intervention (EI) to special education.

Workshop Topics include the differences between EI and Special Education, Transition Planning Process, Special Education Process, Consent and Evaluations, Special Education Eligibility and more! Registration is FREE for these virtual events. Please share this opportunity with your networks!

In English it will be held on Friday, February 11th from 1-3 pm. You can register here.

In Spanish it will be held on Thursday, March 10th from 1-3 pm. You can register here.