NC Parenting Education Network

The North Carolina Parenting Education Network (NCPEN) is working to build the field of parenting education in the state with a focus on partnerships between parents and child care providers, teachers, and parent educators. Working together we can help each child reach his or her own potential! NCPEN is an unfunded collaborative of parenting education organizations and agencies.

Fall Parenting Educator Forum

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Parenting Educator Forum – December 8, 2009
10-11:30 am
Fall Forum Agenda

10:00 Welcome, Melissa Lewis, Chair, NCPEN
- Introductions
- Overview of agenda

10:05 Recognition of new credentials
NCPEN work on revising the credentials
Stephanie Jones, NCPEN Credential Chair

10:10 House Bill 1308
Karen DeBord, Past Chair, NCPEN

10:15 Parents are overwhelmed in how to navigate systems
Karen DeBord, moderator

Presentation Panel

Navigating school systems
Presenter:
Beverly Roberts, Project Director
North Carolina Parental Information and Resource Center
Davidson, NC
Department of Public Instruction website (more below)

Navigating mental health systems
Presenter:
Mary Lloyd, Family Partner Coordinator Smoky Mountain Center Central Region,
North Carolina Families United
Morganton, NC

Mental Health Links
What Works? A Study of Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Programs http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/78358.html

Mental Health Services Locator -http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/

Parents Guide to Mental Health Services- State of Washington -http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/hrsa/mh/a_parent_guide_final_2007.pdf

Navigating the juvenile justice system
Presenter:
Eric Zogry, Juvenile Defender
Office of the Juvenile Defender
Juvenile Delinquency Court Powerpoint | Vocabulary in Juvenile Delinquency Court | Juvenile Court FAQs

11:00 Resource Carousel – Melissa Lewis, Moderator

1. Yvonne Perry
Educational Consultant
NC Department of Public Instruction
Changing the way we do business in the village through parent & family empowerment (link)

2. Dr. Andrew Behnke, Navigating systems for Latino parents (link)

3. Empowering Parents

4. Wrights Law - (link) - information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.

Educational Navigation Links
North Carolina Parent Information and Resource Center
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org/education/pirc.htm

North Carolina Parent Training and Information Center
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org/education/pti.htm

National Parent Teacher Association
http://www.pta.org/

North Carolina Parent Teacher Association
http://www.ncpta.org/