S elf-Advocacy Skill Building Center for Parent Information & Resources The webinar will begin shortly. For Audio: Dial Conference code: All participant lines will be muted. Please use the Chat Box to tell us:  The name of your Parent Center  Your state

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S elf-Advocacy Skill Building Center for Parent Information & Resources Thanks for joining us. We’re glad you’re here.

“Self-Advocacy Skill Building” is a priority for Parent Centers. To quote from OSEP’s recent application package At a minimum, the PTIs must: (a) increase parents’ capacity to help their children with disabilities improve their early learning, school- aged, and postsecondary outcomes; and (b) increase youth with disabilities’ capacity to be effective self-advocates.

What more is said in the recent RFPs for PTIs? See the handout for this webinar, online at: handout-selfadvocacy.pdf

For Parent Centers, supporting youth with disabilities in building their self-advocacy skills includes:  Knowing what youth with disabilities need;  Using best practices to provide training and information to youth with disabilities;

For Parent Centers, supporting youth with disabilities in building their self-advocacy skills includes:  Knowing current evidence-based education practices and policy initiatives in self-advocacy; and  Working with appropriate partners serving youth with disabilities. CPIR’s Priority Page on Self-Advocacy can help!

 What is self-advocacy, and why is it important?  Resources for youth themselves  Fact sheets, toolkits, and training materials on self-advocacy  Resources in the Parent Center network  Resources in other languages

Hit the Ground Running Dr. Josie Badger PEAL Center Youth Development Director Creating Successful Youth Programming

Q uestions? C omments?

You can find the slides, helpful handouts, and (very soon) the recording of this webinar on the webpage we’ve created for this event.

Thank you very much for attending this webinar. Debra Jennings, Project Director Myriam Alizo, Project Assistant Indira Medina, Communication and Dissemination Lisa Küpper, Product Development Jan Serak, Senior Advisor

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