This session will share about PEPTI, an OSEP-funded project led by the Napa County Office of Education under the direction of the California Department of Education and in partnership with the Department of Developmental Services. One of the goals of the project is to promote culturally responsive, successful family transition experiences using the Sunshine Model (Haines, et al., 2017), a framework for actualizing trusting family-professional partnerships. We will share how we developed professional development webinars, community of practice sessions, and an interactive module for Family Resource Center personnel based on the Sunshine Model. We will also share the core features of the model and examples of ways this work can be duplicated. Participants will engage in discussion to identify: 1) specific ways they already nurture trusting family partnerships aligned to the model, 2) opportunities for increasing family partnership in their work, and 3) actionable next steps for improving their practices.
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