Please join Julia Luppino, Regional Coordinator as she presents a webinar on When You Are Considering a Developmental Evaluation for Your Child: A Parent’s Perspective to Assist Your Visit. This presentation provides an overview of the parent’s perspective when planning for a child’s developmental evaluation. This webinar will not be looking at specific tests or types of evaluations. Instead, we...
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Please join Sharon Linne, Regional Coordinator, Parent to Parent of NYS, as she presents a webinar on Preventing Parent Burnout for Parents of Children with Special Needs. Extraordinary parenting responsibilities create extraordinary pressures on parents. At the same time, parenting a child with special needs requires energy, focus, and enthusiasm to be effective in our role. The better off we...
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Please join Namita Modasra, Education Advocate, Parent to Parent of NYS, as she presents a webinar on Communicating with the CPSE/CSE through Letter Writing. Letter writing can be a very effective method of communication and advocacy for parents of children with disabilities. This training assists parents, guardians, grandparents how to clearly and effectively express concerns, ideas or suggestions to the...
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Parent to Parent is hosting a new Parent Group specifically for families with children and adults who have Down Syndrome. Come join us for support and conversation.

Please join Parent to Parent of NYS for this presentation on What You Need to Know About Assistive Technology in the IEP This training will teach parents, grandparents, guardians about appropriate Assistive Technology (AT) devices and services how they allow students with disabilities to participate in and benefit from the general education curriculum and to meet Individualized Education Program (IEP)...
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For families with children and adults of all ages that currently have children in residential school or a group home. Come join us for an hour of support and conversation.

Parent to Parent of NYS Fathers Group to meet online via Zoom and discuss the role of dads in navigating their children’s special needs. Come join Chris Brewster for an informal meeting to share information, resources, and support. Parents of children and adults are welcome.

Please join Sharon Linne, Regional Coordinator, Parent to Parent of NYS, as she presents a webinar on Getting Started with the Residential Process: Tips, Tricks, and Information Where Do I Begin? The process of pursuing residential placement can be overwhelming. This presentation will help you organize your needs, preferences, and documents to help you navigate the process.

Please join Tina Beuparlant,Regional Manager, Education Specialist for this training on Let’s Take a Crash Course on Understanding how to Read your child’s IEP. Does your child have an IEP (Individualized Education Program)? We’ll walk through the different sections of the IEP and discuss how to advocate for supports to make sure the IEP reflects your child’s abilities and needs....
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Come join Tina Beauparlant, Regional Manager / Education Specialist as we explore: Is Guardianship the Only Option? An overview of Guardianship and the Many Alternatives Let’s face it nothing keeps parents up at night more than thinking about who will care for our child/children when we are no longer able to care for them. This workshop will increase the knowledge...
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Please join Parent to Parent of NYS, Tina Beauparlant, Regional Manager/ Education Specialist, for this in-depth presentation on Understanding the Regulation of the Commissioner of Education Part 200 Students with Disabilities. This training will take you through the NYS Special Education Regulations step by step. Parents will learn the role they play on the CSE, learn the chain of command...
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Are you a BIPOC Parent of a child with special needs of any age? (BIPOC - Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) Like you, I understand the realities of parenting our children with special needs while walking that tightrope of living on the margins struggling to be seen! Let's address the high pressure reality on us as BIPOC parents so we...
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Please join Laurie Schaller from the National Disability Institute as she presents an overview of Social Security. Laurie will give a general overview of Social Security benefits and answer questions. The National Disability Institute helps individuals across the spectrum of disability, and their families, understand the intricate web of federal and state public benefits, as well as the effect of...
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Have you heard of the Least Restrictive Environment? Many parents are unaware of what is means. (LRE) stands for Least Restrictive Environment and is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It refers to the placement that your child is in. Least restrictive environment is an important part of your child's IEP. Come join us for this great...
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For families with children and adults who have not yet placed, but are considering a placement in a residential school or a group home. Join us as we about the issues and emotions that we experience when making the difficult decision of residential placement.

Parent to Parent of NYS offers FREE online groups for parents of children with special needs. We are here for you! Come join Haya Doleh for: An informal meeting to share information, resources, and support. Parents of children and adults are welcome.

Please join Dodie Daniels, Regional Coordinator, Parent to Parent of NYS as she presents this wonderful webinar. This workshop is where parents, guardians and advocates of children who receive 504, CPSE and CSE special education services take their educational records and organize them into a record-keeping binder. This workshop will assist in being more organized in planning a child’s education,...
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Come join us for our Special Education chat group. As a parent's of children with special needs, we know firsthand how hard it is to advocate for our children in school. Sometimes we feel helpless, exhausted, and lonely and let's face it advocating for our kids is complicated! If you’re a parent, grandparent, caregiver of a child with special needs,...
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