Event Details

NJCDB Family Leadership Training Program

June 05, 2010 (09:00 AM to 03:00 PM)
June 06, 2010 (09:00 AM to 03:00 PM)
Registration: Required (click here to log into your NJCDB account) - Don't have an account yet? Click here to sign up!

NJCDB Family Leadership Training Program is a sustained parent training initiative that focuses on building skills in better participate as equal partners in the planning and implementation of their child\'s education.  Participants are required to engage in a group project that will cumulate in a July NJCDB Family Learning Day (2010) as well as identify a personal goal and activity to demonstrate increased leadership skills.  This activity will be guided by the National Consortium on Deafblindness and include a variety of National experts.

Participant Outcomes

Broaden Vision - Participants will gain insight into ways they can help improve the lives of children and families through their state deaf-blind project and in their local and state communities.

Expand Knowledge - Participants will learn about programs, practices, and effective strategies they can use to help strengthen their own family, as well as other families and their communities.

Enhance Leadership Capacity - Participants will increase their communication and partnership skills and expand their ability to plan and implement leadership strategies.

Enlarge Networks - Participants will gain exposure to a variety of people, programs, and ideas which will be resources as they engage in leadership activities.

Increase Confidence - Participants will build the self-confidence needed to advocate for their own child and family and take on challenging leadership paths.

Who would be a good candidate for the program?

Strong candidates will demonstrate a variety of emerging leadership qualities and show evidence of even greater leadership potential.

  • Excited to be part of the program
  • Healthy situation in their personal and family life
  • Non-judgmental of other families
  • Capable of looking beyond their own life and family, and representing the greater population of deaf-blind
  • Believe that they can make a difference
  • Listen and learn from others
  • Inspire others
  • Innovative and can persevere against challenges
  • Willing to commit to all of the activities of the program (face-to-face)