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Thank you for visiting our Family Engagement Planning Resources Hub. Click a topic below to find ideas and resources for working with families to make plans and decisions at the school level! You can also click the search button at the top and type in a topic you are interested in. Have questions? Contact us at OhioSFEC@osu.edu.

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Article: Building trust among parents/caregivers and teachers is key to reopening schools

Trust in school safety varies among communities. The theory of relational trust suggests that schools need to build respect and ...
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Video: How community organizations, schools, and families can work together to support early childhood literacy

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Midwest) and Chicago public broadcasting station WTTW produced "a 19-minute documentary about how community organizations ...
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A Practice Brief for All School Personnel: Revisiting Family Involvement introduction

Revisiting Family Involvement: A Practice Brief for All School Personnel

Access this practice brief from the American Psychological Association. It offers insights for school personnel as they work with families ...
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Before...Meetings in school. After...Meeting families where they are. Let's change the way we think about family engagement.

Toolkit: How to “Reframe” family engagement in your communications

After three years of research, 72 focused interviews, and more than 6,000 participants, the research conducted by FrameWorks Institute provides ...
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Cover of A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education. Special Education Procedural Safeguards Notice April 2017 Ohio Department of Education

Ohio’s Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education (Available in 13 languages)

This guide by the Ohio Department of Education can help parents and caregivers understand your rights and your child’s rights ...
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Tiered Approach to Family Engagement Notecatcher

Schools often organize their work into tiers - Universal Tier 1 supports for all students, Targeted Tier 2 supports for ...
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Family Engagement In Systems

Leaders of the education system and other systems of care embed family engagement in their practices, values and principles. The ...
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Patterns of Participation Tool worksheet

When to Convene a Team and Who to Include

This tool is designed for school and district leaders. Its purpose is to help determine when to include families on ...
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