- Do you want to start a PAC in your town? - Do you want to connect and network with other PACs and/or other parents of children with special needs? - Would you be willing to share what's worked for your PAC in making it effective for parents? - Do you need some new ideas to renew your PAC? - Would you like a CMAPAC representative to come to your PAC meeting to discuss the Central MA Alliance of PACs? The goal of the CMAPAC is to form a strong alliance of those involved in special education within central MA -- not only parents, but educators, administrators, as well as special education professionals (Special Education teachers, Speech and Language professionals, Occupational Therapists, Inclusion Specialists, etc.) By uniting with a commom goal and true team effort, we can provide students with disabilities the best possible educational outcome - a goal we all share. Current goals of the CMAPAC: - Obtain contact information for each PAC in central MA - Obtain contact information for Special Education administrators in each school district in central MA - Build the CMAPAC distribution list (parents, PAC members, special education administrators, regular education and special education teachers, OT's, PT's, Inclusion Specialists, clinical and medical professionals, special education evaluators, etc.) - Schedule "CMAPAC Introduction Meetings" with each PAC - Help create a "special education resource library" in each town's public library for parents of children with special needs to reference How CMAPAC can help your PAC: - Help start up a new PAC in your town - Offer to attend your existing PAC to discuss the goals of the CMAPAC - Provide ongoing PAC support (networking/information sharing) - Help you locate other resources (workshop speakers, other PACs, disability web sites, disability agencies, etc.) - Help your PAC build alliances with educators, administrators, and other special education professionals (SP&L, OT, etc.) in your district - Offer training/workshops for parents and others involved in the delivery of special education services - Advertise your PAC's meetings and workshops on the CMAPAC web site - Assist in developing special education resource libraries in each town's public library - Provide legislative updates related to special education - Help parents learn to use today's technology (internet, email, etc.) to become more informed about disability information and resources - You tell us... How you can help the CMAPAC: - Sign up on the distribution list - Tell us about your PAC (who chairs it, when it meets, etc.) - Tell other parents or PACs about the CMAPAC and ask them to sign up too - Tell us who your Special Education Director is and how to contact them - Offer to meet/talk with parents in a neighboring town that are trying to start up a PAC in their town - Attend CMAPAC meetings and workshops - Send information on your PAC meetings and workshops to us to publish on our website - Help us build a strong PAC alliance in central MA so we can collectively work on legislative issues related to special education
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