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Communication and Collaborative Partnerships

Working Together With Families

Is Your School Family Friendly?
http://pacer.org/mpc/pdf/mpc-18s.pdf
Article: Coping With a Family Member’s Disability
http://www.beachcenter.org
Parent-Family Partnerships (PACER)
http://pacer.org/mpc/pdf/mpc-45.pdf
PACER Center has many resources related to parenting a child with a disability.
http://www.pacer.org
Parent/Consumer Advocacy Groups
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/infocenter/programs.htm
Paraprofessionals at Individualized Education Plan Meetings
http://www.pacer.org/

Confidentiality

Minnesota Data Privacy Act
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/13/32.html
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/ferpa/ferparegs.html

Teamwork/Building Relationships

Team building tips
http://www.rttworks.com/images/downloads/TipsFacil.HTML
http://www.teambuildinginc.com/index.html
Meyers-Briggs Personality Type Quiz
http://www.personalitypage.com
Productivity Tools and Services for Organizations
http://www.Culture-Building.com
Team building and collaborative best practices
http://www.circleofinclusion.org/

Communication

National Organization on Disabilities
http://www.nod.org/cont/dsp_cont_item_view.cfm?viewType=itemView&contentId=152
Communication skills tests & conflict management tests
http://www.psychtests.com/tests/relationships/index.html

Listening Skills

About The Human Internet
http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa081700a.htm
Youth work Links and Ideas
http://www.youthwork.com/ywpracal.html

Problem Solving

Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management
http://disputeresolution.ohio.gov/index.htm
Communication skills tests & conflict management tests
http://www.psychtests.com/tests/relationships/index.html

Technicalities

Abbreviations and Acronyms (PACER)
http://www.pacer.org/parent/php/php-c38.pdf

Paraprofessional Training

For more information on team building and collaborative best practices,
http://www.circleofinclusion.org/
Council for Exceptional Children Professional Standards
http://www.cec.sped.org/ps/code.html#2
Article: The Paraprofessional Press: Helping Students Shine
http://chd.gse.gmu.edu
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
http://www.nrcpara.org
Wisconsin CESA #4 Paraprofessional Project
http://www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/paraprof.htm
Paraprofessional Learning and Resource Center (University of Vermont)
http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/prlc

Minnesota Government Agencies

Division of Rehabilitation Services
http://www.mnwfc.org/rehab/rehab.htm
Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/index.html
Department of Children, Families, and Learning
http://www.education.state.mn.us/
Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/
Community Mental Health Centers
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/infocenter/programs.htm

Minnesota Non-profit Organizations

Minnesota Non-profit Organizations Web Directory
http://www.metronet.lib.mn.us/mn/mn-np.html

 

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