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NH Connections offers an Enews letter Catch the Buzz which contains valuable tips, strategies to improve relationships, and links to resources around parent involvement in special education. To receive notice in your inbox of the current Enews, go to the home page and submit your email address or email a region facilitator to request that your name be on the list.

Winter 2011 Catch the Buzz Constant Contact© Newsletter-see it here

The NH Connections' Quarterly Newsletter Catch the Buzz is one way NH Connections shares and celebrates all the great work going on to enhance family-school partnerships in special education. In this edition you will learn about partnerships in action and strategies you can use to strengthen family-school partnerships in special education in your community. We encourage you to let us know if you have strategies to share and to pass this newsletter along to your to your colleagues and friends.

"Partnerships develop through collaboration with many, dedication of perhaps even a few, and commitment fromschool district personnel, parents and the community at large, to work together toward common goals" - NH Connections Regional Facilitator  

Fall 2011 NH Connections Updates see it here

Fall 2010 Parents Makes the Difference Newsletter see it here

The purpose of this newsletter and website is to encourage and promote increased parent engagement in education and promote strong school-family-community partnerships across the state of NH.

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Issue Brief - February 2010

Parent Involvement in Special Education - what does it mean to the South Central Region? A forum was held in January 2010 where parents, educators, school administrators, and community service providers talked about what is happening now in their local schools around parent involvement, what their vision of ideal parent involvement is, and what barriers or challenges exist to reach the vision. The South Central Regional Support Network identified three priorities to now address by creating and implementing action plans.

Read the Issue Brief on the South Central Parent Involvement in Special Education forum.

January 30, 2010

As parent involvement in a child's education is important to the child's success, so is parent involvement in the school system for support to the individuals who work in the district and to the parents of the children who attend the schools. Parent leaders can support a district by collaborating among parents and educators, supporting the school district at school board meetings, and by being available as a resource to teachers and administrators.  A parent can have a positive impact in their district after they receive training.

In this Enews, learn the scope of concepts and strategies that the Parent Leadership Series will provide to the participants, those parents who have children with disabilities and educators who work with parents and want to learn more about leadership skills and parent involvement.

NH Connections offers this training one time in each of the 5 regions in NH and the series is free of charge. Each training is in collaboration with school districts and the special education administration office.

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