Announcing the

Conference

Special Education Law and Advocacy Training

October 28, 2010
8:30am-4:30pm
Nashua NH

With Pete Wright

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Conference Sponsorship & Advertiser Information

Now Offered!
Free Train-the-Trainer Workshops for Fall 2010

Our Train-the-Trainer sessions are free and are ideal for teachers, parents and community volunteers who want to contribute to their school community by offering high-value, relevant workshops. We provide all the materials you need to deliver a successful workshop experience, including trainer’s manual, PowerPoint presentation, exercises, and handouts. You don’t need to be an expert — you just need to care. Registration is open. Click here for more information.

Watch the 2010 Partnerships for Education Keynote Address

Communicating with Parents, Families, and the Larger Community: The "Principal" Effects of Community Relations
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NH Adopts Common Core State standards

July 13, 2010. NH Commissioner of Education, Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D. said, “These standards seek to provide a clear consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce. Common standards will help ensure that students are receiving a high quality education consistently, from school to school and state to state.” More...

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PIC Programs

PIC On Special Education. (Parent Information Center on Special Education). Provides telephone assistance, workshops, and information related to special education.

NH State PIRC (Parent Information and Resource Center). Promotes parent involvement in education through information, products, training, and technical assistance to parents and schools.

NH Connections. Provides technical assistance, workshops, and resources to enhance school/school district strategies of parent involvement in special education.

SSECT (Supporting Successful Early Childhood Transitions). Supports the transition from Early Supports and Services to preschool special education.

AFC (Advocates for Families of Children with Disabilities). Provides consultations and technical assistance.

MICE (Multi-Sensory Intervention through Consultation and Education). Referrals and evaluations for any child ages 0-3 suspected of having a visual or hearing impairment.

NH Family Voices. Library and resources for parents with children with disabilities or special health care needs.

Prevention Makes Cents. Helps prevent and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect through school-based prevention education and parent support programming.

Welcome to the Parent Information Center of NH

The Mission of the Parent Information Center is to guide and encourage families in supporting the unique learning potential of their children, including children with disabilities. The Parent Information Center is committed to the belief that:

Parents make the difference
All children can succeed given the right support
Every child is worth our investment
Children do best when schools and families work together in partnership
As children grow they can take increasing ownership of their education and future

The Parent Information Center (PIC) and its various grant programs address a variety of key issues in order to help parents support their children’s success in school and in life. These issues are described in the panels below, which include links to the various programs, and to their services and resources.

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Parental Involvement in Education

The Parent Information Center is a recognized leader in building strong family-school-community partnerships in both regular and special education. Parent involvement is key in all of PIC’s programs.

To learn how to become more involved in your child's education, click here.

To learn more about parent involvement in the special education process, click here.

Special Education

Since 1975, the Parent Information Center has been supporting families who have a child with a disability.

To learn more about the special education process, click here.

To learn strategies school districts are using to engage families in special education, click here.

Reading and Language Development

For workshops and resources around helping your child birth-5 to learn to talk, read or write, click here.

To learn more about our Early Literacy Volunteer program, click here.

For workshops and resources around helping your school-age child to strengthen their literacy skills, click here.

No Child Left Behind

The Parent Information Center of NH helps parents and schools work together to address student progress and achievement under NCLB.

For more information about NCLB, click here.