Central Southwest Region

Cities in our region extend northward to Hanover, west to the VT border, east to Amherst, and south to the MA border. Towns generally covered in this region: Orford, Lyme, Hanover, Lebanon, Plainfield, Cornish, Grantham, Croydon, Springfield, Wilmot, Sunapee, New London, Claremont, Newport, Newbury, Sutton, Charlestown, Unity, Goshen, Langdon, Acworth, Lempster, Washington, Bradford, Warner, Walpole, Alstead, Marlow, Stoddard, Hillsborough, Henniker, Hopkinton, Bow, Weare, Deering, Antrim, Francestown, Bennington, Hancock, Greenfield, Peterborough, Lyndeborough, Mont Vernon, Amherst, Milford, Wilton, Temple, Sharon, New Ipswich, Greenville, Mason, Brookline, Hollis, Surry, Gilsum, Sullivan, Nelson, Westmoreland, Keene, Roxbury, Harrisville, Dublin, Jaffrey, Marlborough, Troy, Swanzey, Chesterfield, Hinsdale, Winchester, Richmond, Fitzwilliam, Rindge

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What's Happening Statewide!

Parent Involvement In Special Education 2009-2010 Survey coming soon!

 
Announcing the 2009-2010 Parent Involvement Survey from the NH Department of Education Bureau of Special Education.

If you are the parent of a child between the ages of 3 and 21 who
receives special education services, the New Hampshire Department of Education needs your input on the Parent Involvement Survey for parents whose children receive Special Education services.
The survey will be mailed to your home during March and April , 2010.

Your input and opinions about parent involvement in special education helps to improve special education services for your child and other children across the state.

Once you receive the survey, please complete it and return it in the postage-paid envelope by the date posted - toward the end of April,2010.

If you need any help to complete the survey, such as a reader, a translator, or a large print survey, or you do not receive a survey there will be assistance available to you.

More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

NH Connections provides schools with technical assistance - see Six Steps to Improvement and visit the Parent Involvement page of the NH Department of Education Bureau of Special Education website for tips on how to promote participation in the next survey. 

Thank you for your time and participation!

Poll Question of the Month

 

Link to the Literature

Welcome to the Central Southwest Region!

NH Connections Central Southwest Region stretches up to towns near Hanover and Lebanon, through areas surrounding Claremont and follows the Connecticut River valley south to the Monadnock region, including Peterborough, and towns east of mount Monadnock, west to Vermont, and south to Massachusetts boarder. (See the full town listing in the column to the left.)

Over 24 School Administration Units (SAU’s) support schools in our region. The SAU’S range from some of the largest like SAU 29 comprising of seven independent school districts in the Monadnock region, SAU 43 Newport with four schools nestled in the western hills, and SAU 32 serving Kindergarten through grade 8 children at the Grantham Village School located in the Connecticut River watershed around Grantham Mountain.

The diversity of our region provides immense opportunity for engaging our communities, schools, and families together to provide a unique and individual learning experience for all children in our region.

Let NH Connections connect you by becoming a member. 

Please contact Liz Macdonald
Central Southwest Region Facilitator
(603) 866-3111
emacdonald@picnh.org

From Your Region

Parent Involvement in Special Education Forums

The forums are a great way to hold conversations among and between parents, educators, and community service providers.

Forums were held in Central Southwest Region, South Central Region, and the Lakes Region.
Read more about the Forum

Camp and Recreation Inclusion 

June 2009 The CRI team trains 30 young Counselors in “Building Relationships to Support Positive Behaviors at Camp”. City of Keene Parks and Recreation, MDS, The Family Council, NH Connections, and parent volunteers sponsored the evening, which included role-play to support positive understanding of different behaviors, and learning styles.

The work on camps was initiated by Shelley Viles at  Antioch, and John-Michael Dumais - at the time the Regional Facilitator for NH Connections and Elizabeth Macdonald as one of the Collaborative 4 Autism volunteers (C4A a NHC initiative ) MDS, the Family Council and MFS. Later Keene Recreation Department joined the team. 

trainingSeptember 2008

MDS and CRI collaborated in promoting “Gentle Teaching - Supporting People with Challenging Behaviors” by Dann Hobbs, a one-day presentation of the relationship based intervention.

January 2008

The group broadened their scope to serve children and youths with all abilities. They created a new mission: To Increase the recreational opportunities for all children and youths with all abilities

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