Parents and Professionals:

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Parents and Professionals

• Partnership for Positive Relationships

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Who are we?

• Lisa Raffoul

• Jane Welsh

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• How do we define
• family?

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Discussion Notes

• In a Familys Shoes

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Discussion Notes

• In a Familys Shoes

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Life is what happens to us when were making
other plans

• John Lennon

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Navigating Services

• The partnership begins

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How do we communicate effectively?
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How do we enhance trust?
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How can we welcome families?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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What methods can we use to communicate with
families?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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How can we get families to participate?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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How will you define roles?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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Do parents have status on the team? Is their
leadership valued?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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Do you provide useful services to families? How
do you know?

• Personal Planning

• Organization/Community

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Teamwork

• Max DePree...
• The key elements in the art of working together
  are how to deal with change, how to deal with
  conflict, and how to reach our potential...the
  needs of the team are best met when we meet the
  needs of individual persons.