P2P Helping Parent (HP) Training Manual
P2P HP Manual Introduction and Table of Contents
- Welcome to Holland by Emily Pearl Kingsley
- Celebrating Holland – I’m Home by Cathy Anthony
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 1 – Orientation
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 2 – Emotional Adjustment
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 3 – Communication Skills
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 4 – The Helping Parent Role
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 5 – Into the Community
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 6 – Resources
Appendix A – Other Training Materials
- Sample Training Agenda
- Whatcom sample flyer
- Yakima sample flyer
- My Circle of Support; Belonging, & Information on Facilitation
- New Horizons for Fathers of Children with Disabilities
- Accepting Your Child-Acceptance
- The Four Stages of Adaptation
- Kaleidoscope Wheel: A Useful Strategy for Change
- Sample Online Training Evaluation Form: Pennsylvania
Appendix B – Helping Parent Self Assessment
Over the years, P2P USA has collected and compiled several surveys from our members. You may find some inspiration here:
P2P Helping Parent (HP) PowerPoint Manual – in Spanish
P2P Yakima Helping Parent (HP) Training PowerPoint in Spanish updated 2018 – (Compiled by P2P Yakima County)
Spanish P2P Capacitacion para el Padre Ayudante – (Compiled by King County 2018)
P2P Helping Parent (HP) Training Manual – Spanish
P2P HP Manual Introduction and Table of Contents
- Welcome to Holland by Emily Pearl Kingsley (in Spanish)
- Celebrating Holland – I’m Home by Cathy Anthony (in Spanish)
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 1 – Orientation
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 2 – Emotional Adjustment
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 3 – Communication Skills
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 4 – The Helping Parent Role
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 5 – Into the Community
P2P Helping Parent Chapter 6 – Resources
English and Spanish resource for Understood.org. Information about the school system in Special Education, stories from parents and students and much more. Easy to understand and navigate. How we can be a good advocate for our children using the same language as the professionals use.
Skagit P2P Helping Parent Training – Presented by Heather Milliren, Skagit County P2P on April 29, 2015. NOTE: This is for reference only and not to be copied by other programs.
- Active Listening Section– to accompany Skagit P2P HP “Communication” section
- Accompanying Documents: Whatcom P2P Helping Parent Survey November 2014
- The Dignity of Risk
Links to various video clips that were a part of this presentation:
- WA Parent to Parent Video series on YouTube
- Brene Brown’s “Empathy vs. Sympathy”
- “Welcome to Holland” poem by Emily Perl Kingsley as performed by Ron Silcock
- “Welcome to Holland” poem by Emily Perl Kingsley (with nice visuals and background music)
- “Sunshine After the Storm” how P2P can help by Rachel Nemhauser
There are many different visualizations on YouTube for “Welcome to Holland”. This is just a sample of what’s available.
“Welcome To Vegas” by Tracie Hoppis parent from Yakima-“When Andy was diagnosed with Autism, our lives were anything but serene and peaceful. Sleepless nights, wild tantrums and marathon meltdowns, food phobias, restrictive and repetitive behaviors, invisible “triggers”, and daily sensory overload. I think our lives more closely resembled Las Vegas! “
Finally, Karlene Umbaugh of Whatcom P2P uses mini containers of Playdough as a hands on activity during her training. She sets these out on the table and asks that each participant shape the Playdough into an animal that best represents themselves. Toward the end of the training she allows time for each participant to explain their animal. This offers insight about that participant for her to keep in mind when making a match.
If you have questions about the above Skagit or Whatcom County materials, please contact them directly.
Sample flyers to share new coordinators with your program areas. Thank you Clallam County.
1st flyer – Sample Clallam County new Westend Coordinator
2nd flyer – Sample Clallam County new Westend Coordinator
