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Ground rules

PROMISE Webinar Parent Engagement Continuing the Discussion Office of Special Education Programs U.S. Department of Education Washington, DC June 26, 2014. Ground rules. Mute your phones: -Please do not put your phones on ‘Hold’ For webinar technical difficulties:

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Ground rules

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  1. PROMISE WebinarParent EngagementContinuing the DiscussionOffice of Special Education ProgramsU.S. Department of EducationWashington, DCJune 26, 2014

  2. Ground rules • Mute your phones: • -Please do not put your phones on ‘Hold’ • For webinar technical difficulties: • Send email to Janet Lundeen: jlundeen@air.org • Q & A Process (audio/chat): • Ask questions in two ways: • Audio/Voice (during designated Q&A periods) • Type your question in the Chat Pod (at any time) • PPT & Materials • -http://osepideasthatwork.org/promise/webinars.asp

  3. Agenda Opening Questions /Webex– Janet Lundeen Welcome from OSEP – Greg Knollman Facilitated Discussion – Parent Engagement Reminders & Updates – Corinne Weidenthal Closing & Survey – Janet Lundeen

  4. Discussion Questions • Describe how you are involving parents or community advocacy groups with your recruitment, outreach and enrollment efforts. • What strategies do you intend to use to engage parents and family members to ensure they remain committed to the project, if they are enrolled in the intervention group? • What do you forecast as the biggest barriers to parent engagement with the recruitment and participation in the study? • How do you direct attention to the parents educational and employment needs/goals, so the parent can move forward on their own goals (not just the goals of the youth)?

  5. Reminders and Updates Cohort Updates: • A special thanks to the Webinar Planning Committee for assisting us in determining future topics for discussion. • Project Director’s Conference: July 21-23, 2014 in Washington, D.C. • PROMISE Program Area Meeting: July 21, 4:00-6:00PM • A chart will be sent showing other PROMISE-related sessions • PROMISE Website Update • Tentative 1.5 day meeting in Washington, DC– Oct. 29 & 30, 2014 Webinars: • Next Webinar: Sept.25, potential topic-Mental Health, 1:00-2:30PM ET • Future Webinar: Nov. 20, 1:00-2:30PM ET • Possible upcoming topics: Mental Health, Setting Up Interventions, Recruitment and Enrollment

  6. PROMISE Technical Assistance (TA) Center The Center will be awarded NLT Sept. 30, 2014 and will provide TA to the PROMISE model demonstration projects (MDPs)to support the implementation of these projects and increase their capacity to improve services and supports to child SSI recipients and their families.

  7. Expected Outcomes • At a minimum, the Center must meet the following outcomes: • a) Improved skills of State and local personnel to support partnerships among agencies responsible for administering programs that provide services to MDP SSI recipients and their families. • (b) Improved implementation of interventions for MDP SSI recipients and their families, including a coordinated set of services and supports designed to improve the education and employment outcomes of MDP SSI recipients and their families.

  8. Expected Outcomes -cont. • c) Increased knowledge that supports training to the families of participating children about-- • (1) The parents’ role in supporting and advocating for their children’s education and employment goals; and • (2) Resources for improving the education and employment outcomes of the parents and the economic self-sufficiency of the family. • (d) Improved methods to develop and implement a plan for conducting a formative evaluation of each MDP activity and model, consistent with the proposed logic model and data collection plan. • (e) Improved methods for collecting data and the capacity to track and manage MDP information, such as service participation and documentation sufficient to replicate MDPs.

  9. snapshot of activities • Identify the needs of each MDP for TA and information that will improve the provision of services • Provide targeted, specialized TA • Provide intensive, sustained TA • Use research-based practices when providing TA • Evaluate results to examine effectiveness • Products and services must be of high quality • Assist with data collection, as needed

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