Equitable Participation Across Tiers and Home (E-PATH)

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About

E-PATH is a model demonstration project funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, focused on building the capacity of schools to engage underserved families more effectively. There is a special focus on military-connected families. We are collaborating with the University of Connecticut, the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports project, the NJ Department of Education and its PBSIS project, and the parent centers in Connecticut (Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center) and Rhode Island (RI Parent Information Network) in this 5-year effort.

Staff working with our three pilot schools in Clifton, New Jersey:

Peg Kinsell, Project Director

Jamie Betances, Family Engagement Specialist

Ijjou Hammouch, Family Engagement Specialists

Relevant Resources:

Family Voices’ Family Engagement in Systems Assessment Tools (https://familyvoices.org/fesat/)
Leading by Convening (https://ncsi.wested.org/resource/leading-by-convening/), which has modules and tools as well as rubrics to assess the extent of stakeholder engagement
Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family Engagement: https://www.dualcapacity.org/

National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: http://pbis.org/

Northeast Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: https://nepbis.org/

New Jersey Positive Behavior Support in Schools: https://www.nj.gov/education/specialed/programs/additionalsupports/behavior/; https://www.pbsisnj.org/x78 or https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/training-and-consultation/new-jersey-positive-behavior-supports-in-schools

Serving on Groups that Make Decisions: https://servingongroups.org