Archived Webinars

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Basic Rights

Navigating the IEP

6 Core Principals of IDEA

Parental Consent in Special Education

Five Skills for Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate

Special Education Records: What to Keep and How to Organize

Special Education Process

Related Services

Steps for Success: Making IEP Meetings Work

Pasos para aprovechar lo maximo de su reunion del Plan de Educacion Individualizado (IEP) / Steps to Success: Making IEP Meetings Work

Skills for Effective Advocacy

Extended School Year: What Does it Mean for Your Child?

Know Your Rights: IDEA Procedural Safeguards

Section 504, ADAA and Children with Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs: What Parents Need to Know

Tips for Effective IEP Meetings: Before, During and After

How to Include Your Child in the IEP Process

I Don’t Think My Child’s IEP is Working as Well as it Should, What Do I Do?

Conflict Resolution: What is It?

Records: What to Keep and How to Organize

Communication Tips for Parents: Making Sure Professionals Hear You

Keys to Building Effective Communication Skills

Research Based

Project SEARCH: What’s Happening in Mississippi

Positive Solutions for Families of Young Children with Challenging Behaviors

What Is UDL (Universal Design for Learning)? An Introduction for Families

What Is SEL (Social Emotional Learning)? An Introduction for Families

Growing the Connection: Promoting Meaningful Family-School Partnerships

Promoting Meaningful Family Involvement

What Is PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)? An Introduction for Families

Promoting Positive Behavior in Your Child

Parenting with PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports)

Practical Tips for Using PBIS in the Home

It’s Summertime! Practical Tips for Using PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) in the Home!

The DEC (Division for Early Childhood) Recommended Practices are for Families too!

Oh Behave! Creating a Behavior Support Toolbox for Preschoolers

Educational Options: What’s Available in Mississippi?

Fair Housing 101

Bullying Prevention: How Parents and Families Can Help

What is a System of Care and What Does Wraparound Mean?

What is a System of Care and How Do MAP Teams Help Families?

Children and Lead: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Them

MDRS Disability Employment Awareness Month Series

• MS Department of Rehabilitation Services: Who are we?
  
• Pre-Employment Transition Services
  
• Job Placement Services
  
• Saving your income with a Mississippi ABLE account 

U-THRIVE Program: What You Need to Know

Lead Poisoning: What You Need to Know

Building Social Connections: An Introduction to the PEES Program for Parents

Inclusive Volunteering: Opportunities for All

Parent Advocacy Academy

Parent Advocacy Academy (Part 1) 

Parent Advocacy Academy (Part 2)

Skills for Effective Advocacy

Power of a Personal Story

Transition

Empowering Futures: A Parent’s Guide to Pre-Employment Transition Services

College Allows Anybody to RISE To The Top!

Project SEARCH: What’s Happening in Mississippi

The Family Role in Transition Planning

Independent Living, Here We Come!

Your Voice in Transition

Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act: After High School

Getting and Keeping the First Job

Mapping Dreams: Transition to Adulthood

Transition from Early Intervention to Pre-School

How You Can Help Your Child Learn to Be a Good Self-Advocate

Transition: Making the Move to High School (Tips for Parents)

Transition 101: What Parents Need to Know

Introduction to Work: Overview of Resources

Introduction to Work: Skills Needed

Introduction to Work: Laws and Disability

Introduction to Work: Work and Disabilities

Transition: Steps for Success

Using Employment Skills during the Holiday Season

Pathways to College: Preparing for Inclusive Postsecondary Success

Early Intervention/Early Childhood

IDEA Part C Early Intervention Written State Complaints: A Guide for Families of Infants and Toddlers (Birth through Age 2)

Childcare and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

IDEA Part C Early Intervention Mediation: A Guide for Families of Infants and Toddlers (Birth through Age 2)

Transition from Early Intervention to Pre-School

Early Intervention: Due Process

Early Intervention: Written State Complaint

Early Intervention: Mediation

First Steps to Next Steps: Transition from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Special Education and/or Community Supports

Parent Leadership/Parent Engagement

Importance of the Family Voice

Tips for Emerging Family Leaders

Parent Leadership and Systems Change

Ideas to Improve Parent to Professional Communication

Teaming and Collaborating: Participating on Your Child’s Team

Teaming and Collaborating: Family Members Working with Other Team Members

Teaming and Collaborating: Sharing What You Know with Professionals