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CT Parent's Advocacy Center
AKA CPAC 
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center, Inc. (CPAC) is a statewide nonprofit organization that offers information and support to families of children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through 26. The Center is committed to the idea that parents can be the most effective advocates for their children, given the confidence that knowledge and understanding of special education law and its procedures can bring.

Books for the first day of school

These books were recommended by families in 21 Strong.

You can go to the library and borrow these books for free.

Don't forget that if you want to buy these books to use Amazon Smile and you select the Down Syndrome Assoc. of Connecticut so a percentage of your purchases gets donated to them. (They sponsor all the 21 Strong events)


The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn
Mama Always Comes Back, by Penny Schnee-Bosch
I am Too Absolutely Small for School (Lola and Charlie), by Lauren Child
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, by Joseph Slate
Spots First Day of School, by Eric Hill
Wemberly Worried, by Kevin Henkes
The Ticky Tacky Doll, by Cynthia Rylant
Twas the Night Before Preschool, by Natasha Wing and Amy Wummer
Twas the Night Before Kindergarten,  by Natasha Wing and Julie Durrell
Llama Llama Misses Mama, by Anna Dewdney
Berenstain Bears go to School, by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Kindergarten Here I Come, by D.J. Steinberg and Mark Chambers
Curious George's First Day of School, by H.A. Rey
Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School, by Herman Parish and Lynne Avril

Inclusion Research Studies

​https://www.inclusionevolution.com/7-research-studies-can-use-childs-next-iep-meeting-win-fight-inclusion/
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Articles for K - 12 Educators

http://degree.utpb.edu/articles/education.aspx


Sample No Consent Letter 

Why your child needs a No Consent Letter for restraint or seclusion on file with the school:
https://www.inclusionevolution.com/child-needs-no-consent-letter-restraint-seclusion/
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Using Technology to be included in Math

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNOrcmhDhvg

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