NEPACT E-News from Your Region A TA Center

Navigating Excellence - Parent Center Assistance & Collaboration Team

Region A E-News

Inspirational Quote

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart." - Marcus Arelius

Message From Diana & Michele

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It was wonderful to be with all of you at the NE-PACT Conference! We hope you know that we love all of you, the people with whom fate has brought us together, with all our hearts! We are so inspired and energized by each and every one of you, as well as by our collective work. We hope you enjoy these pictures of our time together. You can find all the conference materials here.

A Special Thanks...

... to CIDA, United We Stand and the New York Region 1 Collaborative for sharing information about their Parent Centers and their communities with us. Watch the video below or click here.

Upcoming Events/Dates to Remember

Region A August Drop-In Call: The next Drop-in call will take place on Tuesday, November 7, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, ET. Our featured technical assistance presenter will be Dr. Laura Kern from the Center on PBIS. Click this link to join the Drop-in call.

2023 Data Collection Drop-In Calls: CPIR will host multiple Data Collection Drop-In Calls to provide assistance and an opportunity to answer your questions related to both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Data Collection process. Follow this link to join any of the Drop-In Calls. Registration is not required. Feel free to invite any staff that works with your Parent Center’s data.

Wednesday, November 1 at 2:00 pm ET
Wednesday, November 15 at 2:00 pm ET

Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR): Check out the Hub Central events calendar for more webinar and events.

ABOUT THE REGION A PARENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

The Navigating Excellence-Parent Assistance and Collaboration Team (NE-PACT), the Region A Technical Assistance Center, provides technical assistance to federally-funded parent centers -- Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) - NEPACT Logolocated in the states of CT-AFCAMP, CT-CPAC, DC-AJE, DE-PIC, MD-PPMD, ME-MPF, MA-FCSN, NH-PIC, NJ-SPAN, NJ-ASCF, NY-AFC, NY-CIDA, NY-LIAC, NY-UWS, NY-Starbridge, NY-INCLUDEnyc, NY-Sinergia, NY-PNWNY, PA-HUNE, PA- ME, PA-PEAL, PR-APNI, RI-RIPIN, VI-DRVI and VT-VFN. These Parent Centers are independent non-profit organizations. We also provide support to emerging parent centers and parent organizations serving families of children with or at risk of being identified as having disabilities. In addition, we work with early intervention and education agencies (local, state and federal level) seeking information regarding best practices in involving parents of children with disabilities in systems improvement.

The center activities are specifically designed to:

Enhance the capacity of parent centers to provide effective services to families of children with special needs and to work effectively with their states to improve special education and early intervention systems; and,
Facilitate their connections to the larger technical assistance network that supports research-based training, including educating parents about effective practices that improve results for children with disabilities. For more information click here.