State Department of Education

Collaborative Family School Community Partnership Project

The Collaborative Family School Community Partnership Project promotes collaboration between families, local education agencies, special education programs, related services and general education personnel to address education issues resulting in improvements in school curriculum, school environment and improved professional partnerships through on-going communication, referral and staff collaboration.

 Three services to individuals in three groups:  

The education staff of Families Helping Families at the Crossroads of Louisiana is available to provide information, training, and support regarding the early intervention services, educational, and transition into adulthood needs of children with disabilities, age’s birth – twenty-six. Knowledge is power. We strive to make information available to you about the many state and federal laws and regulations that guide the way early intervention, educational, and transitions into adulthood services are provided. We target three groups: parents and family members of children with disabilities; children and young adults with disabilities; and professionals.

Our job is to educate individuals in these three groups, parents/family members, youth with disabilities, and professionals, so that they can better understand their important roles. Each has the powerful opportunity and responsibility to assertively participate in making decisions about the early intervention services or educational needs of one individual child with a disability. Individual members of each group are also responsible for speaking out while policies are being developed about how effective the resulting early intervention and educational services will be when put into practice for a group of children with disabilities.

The Families Helping Families Center is to help individuals in each of the groups understand their roles, rights, and responsibilities so that they recognize the importance and want to become well prepared to meet their obligations. Children with disabilities have rights under a variety of laws, regulations, and policies. It is when each of us takes responsibility for our role in decision making processes that those rights are honored.

How does the Families Helping Families Center and the Collaborative Family School Community Partnership Project help you better understand your role, rights, and responsibilities? We provide trainings, both in person and from power point on our website. (Please know that if you do not see a training that meets your needs you are encouraged to contact us and request a particular topic, date, or time that better meets your needs. Invite us to provide one of our many power point presentations to you, your group, or organization.) We can also set up training for an individual person.

Our most popular service by far is private consultation or support by phone. While this is also available by e-mail, or by scheduling an in person meeting, most people seem to enjoy the convenience of a phone discussion.

All Families Helping Families Services are provided At No Cost To You !