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Who Should Join the Project MAX Statewide Parent Network?
Project MAX Statewide Parent Network
Pennsylvania families of students who receive special education services for their instructional needs are encouraged to join the Parent Network.
How Do I Join? To learn more about how you can make a difference, contact one of the following participating partners:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf Governor
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN): 1-800-441-3215 Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales (HUNE): 215-425-6203 (Spanish and English) 215-595-5866 (La línea de asistencia del Proyecto MAX) Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership (PEAL): 1-866-950-1040 (English and Spanish) 215-567-6143 412-281-4409 TTY
The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A12004. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Susan Weigert.
Parent Partnership: E-Mail: [email protected]
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Building Awareness, Empowering Families, Leading Change, Fostering High Expectations, and Presuming Competence for Students With Complex Instructional Needs
Why Join the Network? • Would you like to learn how to lead educational change for your child, as well as other students throughout Pennsylvania? • Would you like to assist in increasing access to the general curriculum for students with complex instructional needs in their schools? • Would you be interested in meeting and networking with other parents across the state who have this same vision?
How Can Project MAX Make a Difference for My Child? When students with disabilities are provided with appropriate instruction and supports, they can learn grade level academic knowledge and skills as required in their individualized education programs (IEPs). They may also communicate in ways that are commensurate with their same-age peers. Ultimately, working together, parents and professionals will positively influence opportunities, experiences, and outcomes and envision a future where all students are prepared for meaningful post-school outcomes.
What is the Project MAX Statewide Parent Network?
The Project MAX Statewide Parent Network is:
The Parent Network is a group of Pennsylvania parents whose children are students with complex instructional needs. The Parent Network will partner with educators to raise expectations, presume competence, and increase opportunities for students to have access to the general education curriculum. Through networking, attending training events, and participating in webinars, you can lead change for students in special education.
Building Awareness, Empowering Families, and Leading Change by participating in Network activities* such as …
Students with complex instructional needs:
Training Topics to Be Covered Include:
• Often require significant adaptations and/or modifications to the general education curriculum. • Often have significant difficulty reading and accessing grade-level texts. • Often demonstrate a pattern of inconsistent progress on academic and functional skills. • Often have difficulty expressing what they know and are able to do.
• Networking • Webinars • Training • Meetings
• Presuming Competence: Fostering High Expectations • Access to the General Education Curriculum Across Settings • Maximizing Communication and Learning for Your Child • Collaborating on School Teams in Ways that Make a Difference • Leading Change
• May have a limited means of verbal and written communication. • May require augmentative and alternative communication or other assistive technology in order to access, participate, and make progress learning.
*Activities can be in person or online
Project MAX Statewide Parent Network
Pennsylvania families of students who receive special education services for their instructional needs are encouraged to join the Parent Network.
How Do I Join? To learn more about how you can make a difference, contact one of the following participating partners:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf Governor
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN): 1-800-441-3215 Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales (HUNE): 215-425-6203 (Spanish and English) 215-595-5866 (La línea de asistencia del Proyecto MAX) Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership (PEAL): 1-866-950-1040 (English and Spanish) 215-567-6143 412-281-4409 TTY
The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A12004. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Susan Weigert.
Parent Partnership: E-Mail: [email protected]
5/16
Building Awareness, Empowering Families, Leading Change, Fostering High Expectations, and Presuming Competence for Students With Complex Instructional Needs
Why Join the Network? • Would you like to learn how to lead educational change for your child, as well as other students throughout Pennsylvania? • Would you like to assist in increasing access to the general curriculum for students with complex instructional needs in their schools? • Would you be interested in meeting and networking with other parents across the state who have this same vision?
How Can Project MAX Make a Difference for My Child? When students with disabilities are provided with appropriate instruction and supports, they can learn grade level academic knowledge and skills as required in their individualized education programs (IEPs). They may also communicate in ways that are commensurate with their same-age peers. Ultimately, working together, parents and professionals will positively influence opportunities, experiences, and outcomes and envision a future where all students are prepared for meaningful post-school outcomes.
What is the Project MAX Statewide Parent Network?
The Project MAX Statewide Parent Network is:
The Parent Network is a group of Pennsylvania parents whose children are students with complex instructional needs. The Parent Network will partner with educators to raise expectations, presume competence, and increase opportunities for students to have access to the general education curriculum. Through networking, attending training events, and participating in webinars, you can lead change for students in special education.
Building Awareness, Empowering Families, and Leading Change by participating in Network activities* such as …
Students with complex instructional needs:
Training Topics to Be Covered Include:
• Often require significant adaptations and/or modifications to the general education curriculum. • Often have significant difficulty reading and accessing grade-level texts. • Often demonstrate a pattern of inconsistent progress on academic and functional skills. • Often have difficulty expressing what they know and are able to do.
• Networking • Webinars • Training • Meetings
• Presuming Competence: Fostering High Expectations • Access to the General Education Curriculum Across Settings • Maximizing Communication and Learning for Your Child • Collaborating on School Teams in Ways that Make a Difference • Leading Change
• May have a limited means of verbal and written communication. • May require augmentative and alternative communication or other assistive technology in order to access, participate, and make progress learning.
*Activities can be in person or online
