Services Provided to Families

The following learning opportunities and technical assistance activities are offered to families by the Florida Inclusion Network. Please contact your FIN facilitator for more information on how you can take advantage of these and other learning opportunities.

Family Assistance

The Florida Inclusion Network provides information to families about:

• Practices that support students with disabilities who are included in general education classroom/school settings and participation in the general education curriculum
• Effectively communicating and collaborating with your child’s school
• Other projects/agencies that may provide useful information or services

Training on Family FACT Folios

FIN Facilitators provide individual and groups of families with training focused on the Family F.A.C.T. Folio series.

Topics include:

• What is Inclusion? (Volume 1)
• Speaking Up and Working with Others to Include Your Child (Volume 2)
• Is Your Child’s School Inclusive? (Volume 3)
• Inclusive Classrooms – Is Your Child In or With? (Volume 4)

Individual Student Planning

FIN Facilitators can provide families with support for individual student planning activities including facilitating person-centered planning processes (e.g., PATH, Circle of Friends) and collaborating with school teams to identify practices that will support the implementation of the student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP).