Stay connected! This page is updated regularly with news, events, resources, and supports for family and community engagement.
The information below is not sponsored by State Support Team 9 but is provided for your information.
By Barbara Boone, Hadley Bachman, and Sarah DeShon
Within Reach is an interactive, open-access guide that transforms school-family outreach into authentic, data-driven partnerships reaching every family. Grounded in Dr. Barbara Boone and Dr. Hadley Bachman’s Multi-Tiered Family Engagement, this practical eBook delivers actionable tools, real-world examples, and reflective activities to help educators integrate evidence-based family engagement directly into their school improvement plans.
For more resources, visit the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center.
As generative artificial intelligence continues to reshape the landscape of modern work and daily life, the Future Fluent Families project provides a proactive solution for career readiness. This research project involves the development and piloting of a home-based curriculum that allows parents and middle-school students to explore AI technology together. The curriculum focuses on building critical thinking skills, ethical usage habits, and technical fluency. By co-designing these materials with an advisory board of parents and children, the project ensures the content is practical and engaging, helping students prepare for the technological demands of future careers through supportive learning at home.
For more resources, visit the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center.
Virtual Sessions sponsored by OCECD
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Are you interested in providing support to other families who have a loved one with a disability or special healthcare need? Who was that person for you?
Apply to become an Ohio P2P Support Parent!
Ohio P2P is an evidence-based statewide parent support program that matches parents, siblings, self-advocates, foster parents, grandparents, etc. who have family members of any age, with a disability or special healthcare need, to an experienced, trained, volunteer support parent.
Training is comprised of two one-hour Zoom sessions and a set of four online modules to complete on your own during the weeks in between. Total time commitment for the training is around 4 hours, including the Zoom sessions.
The two one-hour Zoom sessions are held on the first and fourth Thursdays of each month (except December). You may choose the time that best fits your schedule, either 12 pm-1 pm OR 6:30 pm-7:30 pm.
Please join us as we build this network. No one should feel alone. Ever.
Apply at: Ohio P2P Support Parent Trainee Application Questions?
Contact us at OhioP2P@cchmc.org, 513-636-1245
https://www.ucucedd.org/ohio-parent-to-parent-p2p/
Stark/Tuscarawas County ASPIES Events
Stark/Tuscarawas County ASPIES Events
The Stark/Tuscarawas Counties Branch of ASPIES is hosting a full lineup of family-friendly, homeschool-inclusive, and acceptance-fueled events over the next five months. Please feel free to share these flyers and events with anyone you feel may benefit.
The best way to stay up to date with everything happening at ASPIES is to sign up for our email listserv at aspies.org or by reaching out directly to brittney@aspies.org.
Self-Advocacy
Self-advocacy, what is it and how can you start practicing advocating for yourself? The video, Self-Advocacy Is for Everyone by the Exceptional Children's Assistance Center, illustrates how individuals can learn to speak up for themselves, make informed decisions, and actively participate in shaping their own lives.
State Expansion 211
Families across Ohio now have even greater access to support through the expansion of Ohio 211. This free, 24/7 service connects individuals to local resources such as food assistance, housing support, healthcare, transportation, and more. With new statewide expansion efforts, all 88 counties will soon have access, making it easier than ever for families to find help when they need it most. Simply dial 211 to get connected to services in your community.
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