Event Details
Best Practices
Sponsoring Organization: CPAC
Connecticut Facilitated Planning and Placement Team (PPT) Meetings
Thursday, October 29, 2026
12:00pm
No cost
Connecticut Facilitated Planning and Placement Team (PPT) Meetings, Pilot Program
Join us to learn about a new pilot program that uses trained, neutral facilitators to support Planning and Placement Team (PPT) meetings. Kirsten Dovenberg, Program Manager for Due Process Hearings and Mediations at the State Department of Education’s Bureau of Special Education, will explain how this new dispute resolution option can assist families and schools to work through conflict.
Live Spanish interpretation is provided.
Dual capacity training series for families and educators.
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CPAC Programs and Services
Parent Training and
Information (PTI) Center
Parent Centers provide a variety of services including one-on-one support and assistance, workshops, publications, and websites.
Family
Connections
Family Connections is for parents in CT who have a child with a disability, ages birth to three years old who are receiving services through Connecticut's Birth to Three System.
Collaboration Between
Families and Schools
CPAC continues to be a resource to families and schools to help build positive relationships at the individual, school or district level.
Youth Advisory Board & REAL Transition Partners
A collaboration between all 26 Region A parent centers, provides innovative services that involve diverse youth/young adults with disabilities and their families.
Next
STEPS
This 8 session series helps parents and professionals gain the skills necessary for them to be effective members at the Planning and Placement Team meeting (PPT).
Training for
Parents & Professionals
Training workshops which can be tailored to meet individual group needs and interests. Workshops can also be presented in Spanish.