Statewide Parent Advocacy Network

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Statewide Parent Advocacy Network SPAN Awareness SPAN 35 Halsey Street Newark, NJ 07102 800-654-SPAN 973-642-8100 www.spanadvocacy.org Empowered Parents: Educated, Engaged, Effective! Statewide Parent Advocacy Network

SPAN’S MISSION To empower families & inform & involve professionals & others interested in the healthy development & education of children, to enable them to become fully participating & contributing members of our communities & society.

SPAN’S FOCUS SPAN’s foremost commitment is to children with the greatest need due to disability; poverty; discrimination based on race, sex, language, or immigrant status; geographic location; or family or other special circumstances

SPAN’S ADVOCACY AREAS Early Intervention & Early Childhood Education Health & Mental Health Human Services Children & families

SPAN ACTIVITIES Information Training Technical Assistance Support Leadership Development Public Policy Advocacy

INFORMATION E-newsletter Website www.spanadvocacy.org List serve Fact sheets & information packets Basic Rights Manual CDs (Health Advocacy, Inclusive Child Care, IEP, Transition)

INFORMATION Laws and regulations Research-based best practices Advocacy strategies Collaboration & partnership skills

TRAINING County-based workshops (Basic Rights, Health Advocacy, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, IEP) Lunchtime teleconferences Regional trainings Annual SPAN Conference Annual Inclusive Child Care/ Health in Child Care Conference Mini-conferences (Inclusion, Transition to Adult Life)

COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING SPAN Resource Parent & Health Resource Parent Trainings Surrogate Parent Parent Leadership Development Institute Parent to Parent Orientations Parents Engaged in Public Policy Parent Support Group Training

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Creating Family Friendly Schools Parent-Educator Collaboration Multiple Intelligences Positive Behavior Supports

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Telephone: In-person Email “warm-line” 800-654-SPAN In-person Email Community Resource Centers Family Resource Centers

Consultation & Technical Assistance Parent Groups/Organizations Family Success Centers Parent Centers in the NJ, NY, CT, MA, PA, RI, NH, VT, & ME

SUPPORT NJ Statewide Parent to Parent Support parents Special Education Parent Support Groups Disability-specific groups Bi-lingual Parent Groups Strengthening Families & Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families & Communities

SPAN PROJECTS Parent Training & Information Center (USDOE) NJ START (NJDOE) Family WRAP (Wisdom, Resources, Advocacy & Parent to Parent Support) (NJ DHSS): Project CARE Parent to Parent Family Voices

SPAN PROJECTS Family to Family Health Information Center (US DHHS) Integrated Community-Based Systems for Children & Youth with Special Healthcare Needs & Families I, II, & III (US DHHS) NJ Inclusive Child Care (NJ DHS) Military Family 360 Support Project (US DHHS ADD) Super Storm Sandy Resiliency Project Health & Education Rights of Children with Special Needs in Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice

SPAN PROJECTS Transition to Adult Life (IOLTA-NJ Bar Foundation) Region I Parent Technical Assistance Center (US DOE) Healthy Adolescent Partnership/ Health & Wellness Initiative (NJ DHSS Child & Adolescent Health) Transition to Adult Life (IOLTA-NJ Bar Foundation) Inclusive After School Champions (NJCDD) Child Care Quality Rating Scale (ACNJ)

SPAN IS YOUR ONE STOP RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION & SUPPORT SPAN empowers families, professionals and communities interested in the health, well-being and education of children.

Contact SPAN 973-642-8100 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 973-642-8100 or 800-654-SPAN TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Director, Parent/Professional Development Carolyn Hayer, ext. 102 or chayer@spannj.org PARENT LEADERSHIP Director, START PROJECT Dianne Malley or dmalley@spannj.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/parentadvocacynetwork Twitter: twitter.com/SPANadvocacy YouTube: youtube.com/SPANadvocacy

SPAN Statewide Parent Advocacy Network 35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: 973-642-8100 Toll Free: 800-654-SPAN Fax: 973-642-8080 www.spannj.org www.spanadvocacy.org

THANK YOU! Erin Seigh Transition Coordinator Statewide Parent Advocacy Network 35 Halsey Street, 4th floor Newark, NJ 07102 973 642 8100 or 732 318 8353 cell eseigh@spannj.org