Family Foundations for Special Education Philadelphia Trial
Family Foundations for Special Education is a research project partnership between Penn State University and PHMC. PHMC is creating a special education curriculum for Penn State University to add to their Family Foundations program. The curriculum, which is designed for co-parents of children with disabilities, provides support around entering and working with the Special Education system and Individualized Education Program (IEP) process.
The curriculum focuses on increasing knowledge about the special education system and developing communication skills to help parents work together on ways to support their child’s educational needs. This knowledge and these skills may otherwise be largely inaccessible to many families entering a highly stressful transitional context with their children.
- Develops the specialized curriculum and its related participatory sessions and materials
- Engages participants in the project and deliver the content
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Eligibility Criteria
- Co-parents over the age of 18 years who are involved in childrearing together
- Parenting a child who has been referred for evaluation or with a recently diagnosed disability and has not yet had their first IEP meeting
- The child must attend a Philadelphia elementary school (K-5th grade)
- The child must be the first child in the family to go through the IEP process
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