Educational Partners
Community resources to support families of a child with a disability receiving special education and related services.
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Family & Community Resources
- Community Children's Councils: A partnership of parents, school personnel, private providers, and other community members, coordinated by the Department, who are concerned with the delivery of services and support to special needs children and families.
- Disability & Communication Access Board: For persons with disabilities (Department of Health).
- Leadership in Disabilities & Achievement of Hawaii: The Parent Training & Information Center (PTI) for the state of Hawaii. Its mission is to enhance education, work, and life opportunities for children and youth with disabilities by empowering them and their families through information, training, and mentoring, and by public outreach and advocacy.
- Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC): A diverse group of individuals with expertise on all aspects affecting special education and related issues. Membership includes a majority of parents of children with disabilities, as well as teachers, administrators, representatives from the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, and others.
- Special Parent Information Network (SPIN): Information, support, and referral to parents of children and young adults with disabilities and the professionals who serve them (sponsored by DOH/Department).
Family & Community Resources
Educational Partner Meetings
A State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) Stakeholder Engagement Meeting was co-hosted by the Hawaii State Department of Education and the Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) on December 9, 2022 to review SY 2021-2022 data for selected SPP/APR indicators. The meeting was organized into small groups where district and state special education staff, parents, advocates, and representatives from state organizations were provided the opportunity to engage in group discussions in sharing information on specific indicators and provide feedback on improvement strategies for implementing the requirements of IDEA and increasing educational results and functional outcomes for our students with disabilities.
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