Empowering the Parent Team
NJPC is offering a FREE five-week Professional Parent Advocacy Training
program for parents, grandparents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and
other caregivers. Parents and caregivers attending the training are
given the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of the systems that
serve their families, their rights and responsibilities within those
systems, and the advocacy, professional, and collaborative skills needed
to successfully negotiate those systems. Parents will become better
able to advocate for themselves and their communities, resulting in
increased access to appropriate care and treatment for all children. The
Professional Parent Advocacy Training is approved for foster, adoptive
and kinship training credit. Lunch will be served and early
registration is recommended.
Location: Galilee Baptist Church
440 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Trenton, NJ 08618
Time: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Instructors: Valerie Gallagher, Parent, NJPC Board Member, PPAT
Graduate; Dr. Helene Robbins, NJPC Advisory Board; Charlene Harris,
Parent, PPAT Graduate; Kathy Wright, Parent, Executive Director, NJPC;
Consultant, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental
Health, Georgetown University; Consulting Pool, National Cultural
Competency Center, Georgetown University.
October 9, 2010
Introduction to Professional Parent Advocacy
Empowering the Parent Voice: Motivation & Assertiveness
Conflict Resolution Skills & The Power of Persuasion
Empowering vs. Enabling
Professionalism & Communication Skills
October 16, 2010
Navigating the Special Education System & the IEP Process
Developing a Transitional Plan
Zero Tolerance & IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act
October 23, 2010
Understanding Childhood Mental Health Challenges & the DSM IV
How Knowledge of the Brain Influences Adult/Child Interaction
November 6, 2010
Understanding the Child Welfare System & Family Involvement in DYFS
Strengthening the Juvenile Justice System through Family Involvement
Cultural Competency & Diversity in the Child-Serving Community
Collaborating with Agencies Dedicated to Children & Families
November 13, 2010
Empowering the Parent Trainer-Train the Trainer
TBA
Graduation
Empowering the Statewide Parent Movement
Parents and caregivers are encouraged to use their newly-trained skills
to deliver Parent Advocacy
Workshops in their local community with the support of NJPC and other
certified parents throughout the state.
To register, or for additional information, call Shweta at 973-989-8866,
fax the
registration form to 973-989-8867 or email
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The Professional Parent Advocacy Training is made available through Bristol-Myers Squibb
