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Save the Date! The 8th Annual Family Leadership Conference will be April 12-13, 2012
The 8th Annual Family Leadership Conference, presented by the Family Leadership Action Network (FLAN) will be take place on April 12-13, 2012 at the Isleta Conference Center. Keep checking our website for updates and registration information. www.parentsreachingout.org/flan
Attention - Exhibitors
Last year over 300 families, educators, administrators, and service providers from around the state attended our family leadership conference. We invite you to join us this year by advertising in our conference program and/or by joining us at the conference. For more information, please contact Dolores Wansa at dwansa@parentsreachingout.org, or call her at 505-247-0192 or 1-800-524-5176.
The deadline for reserving your space is March 9, 2012.
The Family Leadership Action Network (FLAN) is a network of families working to promote the voices of families in order to influence the policies and the programs that affect them. FLAN builds on each family`s strengths and knowledge and celebrates diversity. FLAN works for positive, family-friendly changes to systems that eliminate stereotyping and assumptions about the families they serve. FLAN promotes the importance of collaboration and relationship building to create positive outcomes for families, children, and communities.
Family Leadership Conference Page
Governor Martinez Announces Completion of Autism Plan
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Governor Susana Martinez announced the completion of new Public Education Department rules that will require 11 specific strategies to be considered when Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are written for children who have autism. IEP teams will now need to consider strategies such as positive behavior supports, parent/family training and support, and educator/staff support when developing the education program for students with autism. PRO Executive Director Johnny Wilson and staff members Kendra Morrison, Shannon Van de Riet, and Jacquelynn Gipson attended the public announcement which was held at the Santa Fe Children`s Museum. Afterwards, they had an opportunity to talk with Governor Martinez and Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera. "We were pleased that the Governor honored her promise to address the needs of students identified as having autism," Wilson said after the announcement. "These rules appear to move New Mexico schools in a positive direction in meeting the needs of these students."
During the past legislative session Martinez vetoed a bill that contained the same rules because that bill changed the federal definition of autism. Adoption of that bill would have jeopardized $90 million in federal funding. Martinez remarked that the new rules will make it easier for the parents of children with autism, estimated at over 1300 in New Mexico, to create the best education plan to fit the unique needs of their children.
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