National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) Parent Involvement Modules

The National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) has created a series of online modules to help schools implement research based parent involvement practices.

The modules were designed to help schools improve their performance on the Parent Involvement Indicator (B-8) of the state performance plan, but they are applicable for anyone working to increase effective parent involvement in schools, such as:

Parent mentors;
Parent and family engagement coordinators;
Directors and coordinators for Special Education, Early Childhood. Title I and School Improvement;
Principals;
Superintendents;
District officials;
Teachers.
The modules are a series of seven workshops that users can tailor to suit their school's needs:

Communication
Individualized Education Plan
Home School Note
Behavior Strategies
Reading Strategies
Math Strategies
Homework Strategies
In addition to the materials for the workshop, NCSEAM provides an online message board for sharing ideas, best practices and questions about the material.

Click here to access the NCSEAM Parent Involvement Modules. For more information about NCSEAM, click here.

A Resource toolkit provided by NH Connections offers guides, checklists, online and printed materials, and links on topics of parent involvement, strategies to assess current practices, strategies to create and sustain partnerships, and special education topics.

Want partnerships in special education? Read here to find out what you can do to create and maintain partnerships in special education.

Partnerships for Student Success in Special Education (P4SSinSE) is a  practical guide to partners in action.

The Partnerships for Student Success in Special Education (P4SSinSE) guide was developed by NH Connections to support parent groups, and PTA/PTOs to successfully connect families, schools, and communities, in creating a welcoming environment, to engage family involvement for the success of students in special education. The Partnership for Student Success in Special Education guide includes information sheets and other resources that provide step by step guidance to foster the health and sustainability of your group.

Sample templates and forms are available as a to be used as is or to be customized to your group and school/school district needs.

Funding sources are available as a way to continue to offer events and activiites in your school community. Remember! The resources available to the partners in your school district and community are valuable to building relationships and creating and sustaining partnerships. Please contact NH Connections if you see changes to this list or if you find a resource that you think should be listed.

Checklists are a great way to help those who work in special education to review current practices of parent involvement and to create plans to create and sustain partnerships.

Weblinks to resources for parent involvement in special education are listed in the Weblink tab of this website.

Speakers Bureau page includes a list of providers who offer technical assistance and trainings on specific topics in special education and parent involvement.

The webpage of Parent Involvement in Special Educationincludes strategies to improve the results of the Parent Involvement Survey and explains Indicator 8.

Do words and acronyms in special education get you down? Click here for a glossary of terms.
 

A Family Guide to Special Education in New Hampshire

The Parent Information Center on Special Education, in collaboration with NH Connections, has developed a new resource for families.  A Family Guide to Special Education in New Hampshire is an easy-to-read overview of the special education process and includes questions parents can ask to help them better participate.  Download a copy of the guide from the NH Connections website. Include the Family Guide on your school/school district website. Click on the image to the left to download the pdf of A Family Guide to Special Education in New Hampshire.