Southwest Regional Parent Mentor

Southwest Regional Parent Mentor Meeting Minutes Date: ______September 24, 2015_____ Parent Mentors in attendance: ______

Vicky Coleman, Susan Debrosse, Terri Doerr, Julie Dunford, Dawn Hamilton, Nancy Holt, Janet Maine, Patty Oehler, Cathy Staton, Julia Timberlake, Michelle Warner, Alycia Champion, Ann Maguire ______

Parent Mentor’s absent: __ Sharon Honnert, Kathryn Hughes, Sandra Tolliver______

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Robin Bryant, Nancy Jones______

District Representatives: __Jody Henderson, Sharon Rieke, Cynthia Dillard______

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Visitors: ___Sue Hanna, Susan Dodgson, Sue Beck, Donna Owens______

(If this meeting contained a presentation for professional development, please include a very brief narrative of the professional development):

_Mrs. Hanna and Mrs. Dodgson both presented on NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness. Discussion was candid and enlightening. Details were shared about the various programs and support groups that NAMI offers to clients and their families. Information on times and dates in Butler and Montgomery Counties were given. Information on the Southwest Ohio NAMI for persons in Warren and Hamilton Counties was made available. NAMI is a valuable resource for Parent Mentors in terms of having community resources to refer families for additional supports and interventions. http://www.nami-mc.org/ , http://www.nami-bc.org/ . Donna Owens of OCALI spoke about updates to the OCALI website to make it more user friendly for families and that it now offers “Third Thursday” Webinars of interest to families and schools and self-advocates. Sue Beck from Employment First spoke on the new expectations for transitioning youth from school to work: “agency neutral, person-centered, outcome focused”. It will call for cooperation and coordination across agency lines, the plan owned by the individual as opposed to any one agency. The expectation is that opportunities and planning for transition youth will have high expectations with employment as a real option (for those capable and interested) as opposed to a pipeline to segregated, congregate services.

Were certificates of participation given? ______Yes ______No Updates:

OCECD: ___ No one from OCECD was able to attend______

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Council: __ODE/OEC does not have a contract signed with OCECD yet. Until one is signed, OCECD_ Reps will not be attending PM meetings. Minutes still need to be forwarded to Lee Ann. Nancy Holt is_ the council chairperson this year and Elaine Hamilton is co-chair. Parent Mentors were reminded of the_ meeting with OEC and their district reps after the second day of the Leadership Conference on______October 1 st from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. JoHanna Ward has taken a new position and will no longer be working with Parent Mentors. OEC is changing the Administrative process for Parent Mentors. They want _____ encourage more networking and perhaps align Parent Mentor regions with SPiDG mapping. Most of us_ will not see a difference. OEC is looking for parent mentor involvement in Early Literacy and Parent/___ Family Involvement. For this year, Parent Mentors should write PDPs, but we may not have to turn them in. We DO need to continue to collect contact data for OEC. OEC is looking at possible funding options for the Parent Mentor grants in the future. It is an open question. Funding as a line item in the State ____ budget has advantages.______

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Skills & Knowledge: ______

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Old business: ______

New business: __Jody Henderson gave some updates. As far as testing accessibility, it will be the same as__ last year. Read Aloud remains an IEP decision. The Ohio Means Jobs reporting tools webinar has been ___ archived and should be available to review. SST-10 is sponsoring an Executive Functioning training on____

November 10, 2015. Margaret Searle will be the presenter. Parent calls to SST-10 are being shared among_ the consultants this year. Pat Gay is the only person who can go to meetings with parents or Pam Cotrelle__ from OCECD. In the SST-13 region, Sharon Rieke can’t attend meetings. The new “Whose IDEA…” and_

Guidance docs are not available yet. SISR is the new district monitoring strategic improvement process. It_ is a 4 phase process now.______

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Next meeting date/location: ___ November 19 th –hosted by Janet Maine and Dawn Hamilton______

Location: _ Princeton______

______Janet will send out address information. We have to use Princeton’s lunch service, so Parent___

Mentors need to bring $10 to cover lunch expenses.______

Adjourned: ___2:00pm______