It can be intimidating to know how to approach your child's Individual Education Program (IEP) and IEP meetings with the school. This session goes over how you can be a partner in your child's IEP and use your expertise as a parent to make sure your child's IEP is appropriate for them. Your rights related […]
National Training and Technical Assistance Center Supporting children and youth with high emotional and behavioral needs is often lonely, overwhelming, complex, and not well-understood. How as a caregiver do you navigate school services, child welfare, and other involved systems to get the support you need for your child? How as school providers might we learn […]
The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) In the mental health field, whether as parents, caregivers, professionals, or community advocates, we must address a wide array of child and family needs while following agency regulations, policies, and paperwork. In recent times, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased racial unrest, and frequent natural disasters, […]
Any parent or caregiver of a child with a behavioral challenge is welcome to join us on the first and third Thursday of each month. During the month of April, groups will focus on dealing with IEPs and other school issues. There will be time to talk about anything else the group would like to […]
Quarterly board meeting of the board of Families as Allies. All meetings are open to the public and include time for public comments. Public comments can also be emailed to info@faams.org or faxed to 601-355-0919. Register Here >>
Nobody knows their children better or is more devoted to advocating for them than their families. This webinar gives families a layperson's overview of civil rights laws related to mental health and Medicaid and what those laws mean about helping children be able to live in their homes and communities. Register here>>
If you or your child's physician, child care provider, or pre- k teacher has concerns about your child's development, you do not want to miss this event. MECIC is hosting a Virtual Autism Screening Day on April 19th: To register for a screening day, please call 601-266-4745. To learn more visit https://mecic-usm.org/.
Mississippi Parent Training & Information Center Project Systems change is about improving access to services and supports for children with disabilities and their families. This training was developed to help parents become “system change agents” to achieve this goal. This training will help parents explore what advocacy is, why changing systems is important and how […]
Join us via Zoom for our monthly Coaching and Support session for parents who are supporting other parents in any system.
Zero to Three. Early connections last a lifetime. Learn about the data. Hear from experts. Join the conversation. Take action to support. Join experts and advocates on April 22, 2021, at 2pm ET for our State of Babies Yearbook 2021 Baby Summit. We’re looking forward to a robust, solution-oriented conversation around our findings, telling stories […]