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The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center at The Ohio State University is a leader in the field of family, school, and community engagement. Our mission is to support the development and academic achievement of children by providing tools and trainings to Ohio families and schools for building effective family-school partnerships.
Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
Collaborating with Families for Innovative School Mental Health
Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center Seminar Catalog for Professional Development Opportunities
Family CAFE
The Center to Advance Family Engagement (CAFÉ) helps schools and families work together to improve outcomes for students with disabilities—especially those who are highly mobile such as military-connected families. We create practical tools, training, and resources that make it easier for families to participate in their child’s education and for schools to build stronger, more inclusive partnerships. By promoting trust, collaboration, and shared decision-making, Family CAFÉ empowers families and educators to ensure every child has the support they need to thrive.
Engage Differently Resources (next level):
Read & Learn
Seeing Families as Partners in Literacy Growth - (Nawal Qarooni) Guiding principles for drawing on families' strengths and cultural knowledge to build literacy connections.
Navigate, Learn & Share
ALL Ohio (Advancing Literacy Learning Ohio) is a compilation of high-quality professional learning resources for Ohio’s P20 education system and families. Family Resources can be found here.
Ohio Family to Family: Empowering Ohio Families
Ohio Family to Family: Empowering Ohio Families
Ohio Family to Family is here to help families who have children and youth with special healthcare needs and disabilities, and professionals who serve them. Ohio F2F is staffed by Family Support Specialists who have first-hand experiences and who understand the challenges experienced by families. For more information about support, training, and resources, visit their website: https://www.ohiof2f.org/
To sign up for the Family to Family Newsletter, click this link.
Parental Rights and Advocacy Techniques in the IEP Process
Ohio Family to Family invites you to join them on September 22, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm for Parental Rights and Advocacy Techniques in the IEP Process. This virtual session will cover parental rights in the IEP process, legal privilege to make decisions on behalf of your child, changes in parent rights when your child turns 18, and advocacy/negotiation techniques. For more information, see the attached flyer or register here.
Money Talks
Money Talks
Money Talks is a short, family-friendly online series available in Spanish and English that is meant to help parents talk to their children about financial literacy money . While geared toward middle school students, the information can be applied to any age group. For each of the five (5) topics, there are conversation starters for families to use at home with their child(ren), quotes from parents and caregivers, games, activity ideas and other resources. There are also free financial planning tools for adults. This resource was piloted by Yesenia Alvarez Padilla, researcher at the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center at The Ohio State University.
Ohio Parent to Parent
Ohio Parent to Parent (Ohio P2P) is a statewide parent support program. It matches parents, siblings, self-advocates, foster parents, grandparents, etc. who have a family member of any age, with a disability or special health care need with an experienced, trained, volunteer support parent. For more information, click here.
Ohio Parent to Parent
Ohio Parent to Parent (Ohio P2P) is a statewide parent support program. It matches parents, siblings, self-advocates, foster parents, grandparents, etc. who have a family member of any age, with a disability or special health care need with an experienced, trained, volunteer support parent. For more information, click here.
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