Family Engagement Feb 2023
February 2023
Learn Interesting Facts About Black History Month
February is recognized as Black History Month but throughout the year, we celebrate the stories and contributions of African Americans who are invaluable to the history of our country, as well as the education of our children.
Why is February notable? How can you celebrate? What is this year's theme? See these and other interesting facts in Danielle Smith of NBC Los Angeles' article--Read here...
National School Counseling Week - February 6-10, 2023
February is Low Vision Awareness Month
February is Low Vision Awareness Month! What better time to welcome the newest member of the PaTTAN Family Engagement team? Tesia (Tess) Nasehi is a Family Support Specialist for Blind/Visual Impairment. Read the American Foundation for the Blind article featuring Tess.
See also the American Optometric Assn.'s article on low vision's effect on students' academic achievement.
Beyond the Cookie-Cutter with a Multi-Tiered Strategic Approach to Family Engagement
Want a different way to engage your families, to go beyond the same old cookie-cutter efforts that haven't produced much success?
View this extraordinary webinar on the Multi-Tiered Strategic Approach to Family Engagement. Director Dr. Barbara Boone and Family Engagement Researcher, Hadley Bachman, share research and strategies that launch student success through family engagement. Learn how to apply the multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model to develop expanded home-school program partnerships to support learning and healthy development.
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Coming soon! The Framework for Access and Belonging (FAB)
FAB, the Framework for Access and Belonging, is a renovation of the Supplementary Aids and Services (SaS) Considerations Toolkit. This framework supports school teams of educators and families in determining a student's strengths, addressing learning differences, removing barriers, and implementing strategies to promote successful inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum and settings.
Learn how the team and stakeholders designed improvements to the current framework, such as time, data collection, and the addition of a tool to monitor progress and success of the plan.
Introduction to FAB recorded webinars available soon!
The mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.