Short Survey: How could SEPAGs build diverse family engagement?
Even with the best of intentions, it may be challenging to get and keep a core group of parents engaged in the Special Education Parent Advisory Groups, or SEPAGs. It’s even harder to do in the diverse school districts in which there are language and cultural differences that may further impact parent involvement in the SEPAG.
Please help us identify effective and creative strategies, techniques, or tips to addressing challenges as well as increasing culturally responsive practices when it comes to engaging diverse families on SEPAGs.
***For the purpose of this survey, the following definition of culturally and linguistically diverse families is used:
Culturally and linguistically diverse families are families who come from a home environment where a language other than English is spoken and whose cultural, ethnic, social values and background may differ from the mainstream culture.