New Family Links (August 29, 2011)
Colin Farrell Speaks at the Positive Attitudes and Actions for Inclusion Conference in Dublin, Ireland October, 2010 (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLtVjXNL3ZE
Parent advocates Tommy and Audrey Boyle, founders of myspecialneeds.ie, organized the conference, entitled "Positive Attitudes and Actions for Inclusion." "We want to get the message across to as many people that inclusion is the only way forward," said Tommy. The Boyles said that their son, Michael, is one of the few children with significant disabilities in Ireland attending a mainstream school.
Creating Home Partnerships
http://www.nhcebis.seresc.net/document/filename/453/Family_Engagement_Article_in_TEC_2008.pdf
Muscott, H. S., Szczesiul, S., Berk, B., Staub, K., Hoober, J., & Perry-Chisoholm, (2008). Creating home partnerships by engaging families in schoolwide positive behavior supports. Teaching Exceptional Children, 40(6), 6-14.
Examples of Family Partnerships in School-wide Positive Behavior Support from New Hampshire
http://www.nhcebis.seresc.net/family_engagement_article2008
Florida’s Family Resource Page
http://flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu/resources_family.asp
Families and Schoolwide PBS
How can families get involved in schoolwide PBS?
Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports - Families and PBS
http://pbis.org/family/default.aspx
Colorado Department of Education
Parent/School Partnership Resource Site
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprevention/pi_parent_school_partnerships.htm
Pacer Center Introduction to School-wide Positive Behavior Support
http://www.pacer.org/pbis/infoforparents.asp
Pacer Center Training Modules
http://www.pacer.org/pbis/trainingmods/index.asp
Florida’s Family Resource Pages
http://flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu/resources_family.asp
Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Families and School-wide Positive Behavior Support
http://pbis.org/family/default.aspx
Families and Functional Behavioral Assessment
Family Involvement in Functional Assessment
http://fifa.fmhi.usf.edu/
Parent's Guide to Functional Assessment
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ttobin/parent.pdf
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice: Briefs for Families on Evidence Based Practices
http://cecp.air.org/familybriefs/
Tips for parents: How to get behavior supports into the IEP.
http://pbis.org/pbis_resource_detail_page.aspx?Type=3&PBIS_ResourceID=268
School-wide Positive Behavior Support – Strategies for Involving Families
Family Engagement Checklist - Maryland
http://www.pbismaryland.org/documents/FamilyEngagementChecklist.pdf
How to Increase Parent Involvement in the Schools
http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip22.html
Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement
http://www.cpirc.org/vertical/Sites/%7B95025A21-DD4C-45C2-AE37-D35CA63B7AD9%7D/uploads/%7B1310DD65-F94A-457D-A680-9EE824084458%7D.PDF
A Dozen Activities to Promote Parent Involvement!
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr200.shtml
Information about Positive Behavior Support with Children
Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Support Family Newsletter, Volume 1
http://www.kipbs.org/new_kipbs/basicInfo/newsletter/family/KIPBSNewsletterV1Issue1.pdf
Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Support Family Newsletter, Volume 2
http://www.kipbs.org/new_kipbs/basicInfo/newsletter/family/KIPBSNewsletterV1Issue2.pdf
Association for Positive Behavior Support Family Page
http://www.apbs.org/new_apbs/familyDesc.aspx
