2013 Family Leadership Conference 

Weaving the Strands of Collaboration

The 2013 Family Leadership Conference will merge the two statewide conferences that the Education for Parents of Indian Children with Special Needs (EPICS) and Parents Reaching Out to Help, Inc. (PRO) have hosted separately in the past.  The conference will help families improve their advocacy skills so they can impact the systems that affect their children. There will be networking opportunities and a selection of workshop strands that will assist families and professionals. 

Family Leadership Conference Objectives:

The conference will provide learning opportunities for families to:
1. Engage in leadership opportunities;

2. Become stronger advocates so they can impact the systems that affect their children.

3. Increase their knowledge about laws, regulations, policy, and best-practice to encourage increased parental involvement;

4. Learn skills and strategies in communication, sharing stories, and record-keeping;

5. Increase family-to-family networking;

6. Create connections to local, state, and national resources;

7. Create and/or maintain a strong partnership between families and professionals; and

8. Maintain individual identity through culture, language, and family uniqueness so they become stronger advocates for their children, family, and community.

Selected sessions will also be presented in Spanish, Navajo and Keres.

This conference is sponsored by: