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Parent/Professional Training Seminars for Families of Children with Disabilities

Phase I: Portfolio
Tenaya Watson
CUR/516
July 13, 2015
Dr. Mary Poe

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Parent/Professional Collaboration Training Seminars for Families of

Children with Disabilities
Parent/Professional collaboration can be possible in the community to
enhance support for families of children with disabilities. Providing
training seminars for targeted audiences, such as parents and
professionals, could allow for positive support and collaboration. Various
modalities will be delivered in these training seminars to express targeted
goals and objectives for parent/professional collaboration, educational
guidance, emotional support, and understanding of legal rights and
procedures. There will be visual presentations, guidebooks, and hands-on
activities provided during the training for 2-4 hours per day, Monday thru
Friday, and over a 2 week span.
The target audience is parents of children with disabilities and
professionals providing communication therapy for children with
disabilities.

Visual presentations (e.g. videos, PowerPoint slides, etc.)

Training and communication guidebooks
Hands-on activities
2 weeks
Monday-Friday
2-4 hours per day
Establish connections between families/professionals to collaborate
communication needs for the child
Understand laws pertaining to disabilities, personal rights, and
compliance procedures