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Click here to download the flyer for more information!What:The Parent Group will offer resources, tools, strategies, and support, along with time for Parents to share concerns and brainstorm ideas and a snack. Weekly topic examples: Bedtime struggles  /  building routines Helping your child organize Discipline strategies Melt downs Expectations for public settings Accepting who your child is Help your child ‘fit in’ academically, socially and emotionally Kids Fun Night will provide children with a place to interact socially with other kids, games and educational centers, a friendship circle to practice friendship skills, and a snack.When:Thursdays beginning January 19, 20126:00 pm - 7:30 pmWhere:Hamilton, MTSouth Valley Child and Family Center  515 W. MadisonContact:Doug Cochran-Roberts, Therapist [240-3510]                             Deb Ellingson, Former School Counselor [529-4893]               Kathy Cook, Retired Teacher [961-3951]                                  Carolyn Durgin, Para-educator [214-7031]Nicole Turner, Parent [381-8476]Kathy Molesh, Parent [531-3437]Louise Kingston, Parent [961-512]

As a parent to a child with special needs one of the best things you can do for yourself and your child is to join a support group.  Support groups can be rich in information that can be helpful for you while raising a child with special needs.  You can learn from the experiences of parents who have been there before.  There are opportunities for emotional and social support for you and your child.

In November 2012, AGATE trained new facilitators of "SENG-model parent groups".  We now have trained facilitators in Great Falls, Hamilton, Columbia Falls, and Bozeman.   If you'll like to join or request a SENG-model parent group in your area, contact one of the trained facilitators.  

SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) emphasizes the importance of parent support groups.

Providing “optimism training” to parents of children with developmental disabilities who struggle with challenging behavior appears to go a long way, researchers say. Behavior issues seen in children were more likely to subside for parents whose own attitudes were addressed while they were taught to implement positive behavior support as opposed to parents who were merely trained in how to address their children’s challenges.

Let's keep IDEA PTA alive with renewed parent input and involvement.    The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Mary Hall of PLUK, which is located at 380 Keith, which is the NW corner of Keith and Hilda in the University area.   Several of our wonderful MT CAAN members have already brainstormed some exciting ideas as to how parents can unite with enlightened educators to utilize this group as an important vehicle by which:  parents can gain the empowerment and voice they should have in the special education process and at school, generally; We can work together systematically to achieve the kind of meaningful changes, opportunities, and supports that we want and need to see in the school environment, so that all children, regardless of diversity, get the free and appropriate education they are due by law and that they deserve by human right.

Click here to download the flyer (PDF) What: Autism/Asperger’s Parent Support Group When: Sunday, December 12, 3:00 pm Where: Lewis & Clark Library Helena, MT Contact Nanette at 449-6607 or e-mail 5holmes@q.com for more information! Meet other Parents who are facing the challengesthat come with raising a child on the Autism Spectrum!

Click here to download the flyer (PDF) What: Autism/Asperger’s Parent Support Group When: Sunday, November 14, 3:00 pm Where: Lewis & Clark Library Helena, MT Contact Nanette at 449-6607 or e-mail 5holmes@q.com for more information! Meet other Parents who are facing the challengesthat come with raising a child on the Autism Spectrum!

Quality special education services are intensive, individualized and expensive. Because parents want quality services for their children, parent-school conflict is normal, predictable . . . and inevitable.

Educators believe they are “the experts” in educating children. Some educators and service providers feel threatened by strong, articulate parents who are active advocates for their children. How do schools deal with perceived threats? Some schools try to limit parents’ ability to advocate for their children.

In this article, you will learn how to manage a crisis with the school. We describe typical parent-school crises that cause parents to seek outside help. You will learn that a crisis has two sides: danger and opportunity. We will describe how to avoid common pitfalls and provide strategies you can use to weather a crisis.

Parenting children with disabilities can be an exceptionally rewarding experience characterized by challenges and triumphs. In addition to traditional Parenting responsibilities, Parents of children with disabilities must also fulfill the disability-related caregiving needs of their children.

Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families are pleased to announce new scholarships specifically for high school seniors and college students who have Parents with disabilities. A total of ten $1000 scholarships will be given out Fall 2010. These scholarships are part of Through the Looking Glass' National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families. Please note that the 2010 awards have different application procedures than previous years.There are two separate scholarship awards, and each has separate eligibility requirements: High School Seniors - To be eligible, a student must be a high school graduate (or graduating senior) by Summer 2010, planning to attend a two-year or four-year college in Fall 2010 in pursuit of an AA, BA or BS degree, and have at least one Parent with a disability. College Students - To be eligible, a student must be currently enrolled in a in a two-year or four-year college in Fall 2010 in pursuit of an AA, BA or BS degree, be 21 years of age or younger as of March 1, 2010,and have at least one Parent with a disability.

Each year the Montana Office of Public Instruction distributes a parent survey to a portion of parents of children receiving special education services. Surveys will be sent by May 21, 2010 to the parents of children who attend those districts to be monitored in the 2010-2011 school year. A listing of these schools can be found at: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/Mon/10MarchMonitoringCycle.pdf.

Click here to download the 2011 Parent Institute Registration Form What: The Montana Office of Public Instruction and the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education (AGATE) present the 2011 Parent Institute.  The institute titled "Pathways to Excellence: Parenting High-Ability Children" features nationally recognized expert Margo Long. When: The institute will be held on Friday, June 3, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mountain Where: Helena, MT Cost: $25.00 and includes lunch and materials. For further information: Visit the Montana AGATE webpage at: http://www.mtagate.org and click on the link for the institute.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities’ RTI Action Network has developed this guide for parents and schools involved in implementing response to intervention (RTI) in the elementary grades. As schools work to implement this new approach, some confusion may arise, so parents should feel free to ask questions and raise concerns along the way.

NEW YORK -- Rebuffing an intensive lobbying campaign, a task force of the American Psychiatric Association has decided not to list the disputed concept of parental alienation in the updated edition of its catalog of mental disorders. The term conveys how a child's relationship with one estranged parent can be poisoned by the other parent, and there's broad agreement that it sometimes occurs in the context of divorces and child-custody disputes. However, an acrimonious debate has raged for years over whether the phenomenon should be formally classified as a mental health disorder by the psychiatric association as it updates its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for the first time since 1994.

Parenting a school-aged child with dyslexia requires strategy, savvy and time. Frankly, not all of us possess these attributes in equal measure and the job often seems beyond our means and abilities. The screenings and evaluations, planning and homework support, emotional pep-talks, talking to teachers and administrators, identifying best supports and assessing what is available, navigating legalities, keeping up-to-date on the latest educational interventions and assistive technologies — all of this leaves most Parents feeling depleted and inadequate.