Events
Agents of Change
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
11:30 AM to 1 PM
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online Event
This workshop by FAVOR CT helps family members understand the change process that drives the networks of care. Topics include: increase your knowledge of System of Care values and principles, enhance your knowledge of Connecticut's Network of Care Transformation initiative-[CONNECT], develop skills to bring family voice to local, regional and state decision-making tables, and advance family engagement in policy and practice.
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Navigating School Budgets Workshop
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
6:00pm
Cost: No cost
Location: Online
Join the Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC) and the School + State Finance Project for an introduction to school budgets. Participants will gain an understanding of where education funding comes from, what are common expenses by districts, what the budgeting process looks like, how to read a budget, and where you can add your voice throughout the process.
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Taller sobre cómo navegar los presupuestos escolares
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
6:00pm
Cost: Gratis
Location: Virtual
Únase al Centro de Apoyo de Padres de Connecticut (CPAC) y al Proyecto de Finanzas Escolares y Estatales para obtener una introducción a los presupuestos escolares. Los participantes comprenderán de dónde provienen los fondos para la educación, cuáles son los gastos comunes por distrito, cómo es el proceso presupuestario, cómo leer un presupuesto y dónde puede sumar su voz durante todo el proceso.
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Redefining Self Care
Thursday, March 6, 2025
12 PM to 1 PM
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online Event
This workshop by FAVOR CT is a concise exploration and discussion of self-care essentials, focusing on balance and stress management. Uncover the three key areas of self-care - physical, emotional, and mental - and learn to integrate them for overall well-being. After our interactive session, you will have the skills to create a customized self-care plan, empowering you to thrive and work towards leading a more joyful life.
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Persuasive Storytelling
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
11:30 AM to 1 PM
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online Event
This workshop by FAVOR CT focuses on the use of personal stories, one of the most effective tools for children's behavioral health advocates. Personal stories are especially powerful when communicating with system partners, provider agencies, media and other families and youth. During this session, participants learn and practice skills for telling their personal story. Participants are taught how to create their Single Overriding Communication Objective (SOCO). A SOCO is the reason a presentation or speech is done. Participants learn that if they stay true to their SOCO, there will be no doubt in the audience's mind about what they stand for and what message they are trying to convey. This training is highly interactive.
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Next STEPS: Parent Leadership Training
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
5:30-8:30pm
Cost: No cost
Location: Newington, Connecticut
This eight-session intensive series is designed to help parents and professionals gain the skills and knowledge necessary for them to be effective members at the Planning and Placement Team meeting (PPT). This training series will prepare participants for a variety roles at the school, district, regional or state level. Participants will learn about the law related to education as well as state and federal level initiatives that impact students with disabilities and their education.
Location:
Newington, Connecticut
March 12, 19, 26
April 2, 9, 23, 30
No Class on April 16th
May 7
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Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EST
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online event
Finding Your Voice as a Parent Webinar: Special Education Law and Advocacy Round Table
Managing Your Child’s Educational Challenges
Date: Wednesday March 12th 2025 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST
Register here on Zoom: https://bit.ly/53A9E7
Co-hosted online with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT).
Speakers:
Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law
Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Program Executive Director & Special Education Advocate
Allie Grafman, Special Education Advocate at ABC Advocacy LLC
Taking Ownership of Your Child’s Educational Journey
• Understanding your child’s basic special education rights
• Addressing parents’ input and concerns in assessing their child’s progress
• Annual Review PPT and IEP Meeting – Strategizing and Preparing for year-end
• ESY- Extended School Year/Summer Camp & Related Services
• Eligibility Issues: 504 Plan vs. Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
• Turning Point…Next Steps… How to Create a Plan of Action if your child is still struggling and the school is not responding to your child’s needs
• Q & A for concerned parents
Questions? Please contact Rachel Berliner, Public Relations Assistant at [email protected]
More information: https://www.stamfordjcc.org/events/2025/03/12/inclusion/finding-your-voice-as-a-parent-webinar-managing-your-child-s-educational-challenges/
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Understanding Your Child's IEP
Thursday, March 20, 2025
12 PM to 1 PM
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online Event
This training by FAVOR CT focuses on understanding: the New IEP page by page, changes from the old IEP, how parents/caregivers should prepare input/concerns in the different areas of: academic - all subjects, social and emotional, transition planning. List of supplementary aids and services included.
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Agents of Change
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
11:30 AM to 1 PM
Cost: This is a no cost event
Location: Online Event
This workshop by FAVOR CT helps family members understand the change process that drives the networks of care. Topics include: increase your knowledge of System of Care values and principles, enhance your knowledge of Connecticut's Network of Care Transformation initiative-[CONNECT], develop skills to bring family voice to local, regional and state decision-making tables, and advance family engagement in policy and practice.
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Unlocking the World: Strategies for Comprehension
Thursday, March 27, 2025
10:00am
Cost: No cost
Location: Virtual
THE FOCUS OF THE STORY
How do we know what children know well and what they need to learn to become efficient and effective readers? We use data! Now that we know the components of reading instruction, we’ll look at how to tell if children are mastering what they are being taught. It’s not just about making progress, it’s about making enough progress and using what is learned in actual reading. Our children’s data tells a story. Is it a good one?
Let’s find out!
LEARNING TARGETS
- Describe what data are needed to know how children are progressing in learning to read
- Explain the difference between “making progress” and “making enough progress”
- Explain what to ask about “grades”
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