2. Central Florida PTI All About Your

3. The AWARE Project Parent Training & Information Center (PTI) Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

4. 30 Counties Served

5. Eileen Gilley, CFPC / AWARE Director

6. …… to provide parents of children and young adults with all disabilities and special needs (ages 0-26) in central and northeast Florida with accurate information, interactive training, quality assistance, and empathetic support. The Mission of CFPC…

7. …… to provide parents of children and young adults with all disabilities and special needs (ages 0-26) in central and northeast Florida with accurate information, interactive training, quality assistance, and empathetic support. accurate hi

8. The Mission of CFPC… interactive

9. The Mission of CFPC… quality hi

10. The Mission of CFPC… empathetic

11. CFPC Philosophies Parent to Parent Cultural Respect Grassroots Approach Informed Choice Interactive Training Collaboration vs. Confrontation

12. CFPC Philosophies Parent to Parent

13. CFPC Philosophies Cultural Respect

14. CFPC Philosophies Grassroots Approach

15. CFPC Philosophies Informed Choice

16. CFPC Philosophies Interactive Training

17. CFPC Philosophies Collaboration vs. Confrontation

18. Activity Let’s Play “Find the Missing Words!”

19. AWARE Activities Presentations Website Volunteer Programs Outreach Student Activities Agency Collaboration

20. IEP Jeopardy Related Services Early Intervention Transition NCLB & School Choice It’s Those Wonderful Rights Collaboration vs. Confrontation IEP Clinic AWARE Presentations

21. Visit our user-friendly ________. www.CFLparents.org website

22. Our Spanish website is an actual “mirror” of our English website. AWARE en Español

23. Online Presentations Bulletin Board Online Learning Opportunities

24. Guest/Chat Speakers Informal Chat Sessions

25. Online Sign-up E-Newsletter ListServs Interactive Presentations Volunteer Programs _____________ who are interested can sign up online for: Web-surfers

26. AWARE Volunteer Programs Support Parents IEP Support Parents Ambassador Program

27. We disseminate Public Service Announcements in both English and Spanish to newspapers and ___________. Outreach radio stations

28. We have a faith-based outreach program, involving _________________ in targeted communities. Outreach houses of worship

29. We disseminate packets of information to targeted communities about: Outreach Specific disabilities, Disproportionality, and Re-evaluation.

30. AWARE Student Outreach Website: CFLstudents.org Presentations on Transition Distance-Learning Volunteer Speakers Peer Support Program Youth Coordinator

31. …with organizations and agencies. Collaborative Partnerships

32. Our staff receives quality orientation training as well as ongoing training to enhance their ___________ base. hi! Staff Training knowledge Speaking of knowledge…

33. Central Florida Parent Center We Share Knowledge. For knowledge itself is power. - Francis Bacon Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. - Jacob Bronowski Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. - Confucius Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. - Kurt Vonegut

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