State Leaders
Summit 2008
Parent Participation Stipend
The parent participation stipend incentive is intended to provide parent travel support from the Summit for up to $500 to promote and encourage parent participation. Start now to identify your parent leader, or if you are a parent interested in this opportunity—make yourself known to the state department of education and/or superintendent of the school for the deaf in your state. In every state there is a dependable parent who is committed to systemic improvement and is capable of representing the collective issues faced by parents and students from a parent’s point of view (please note that parent leaders should be there in the role of parent and not a professional in another capacity who also happens to be a parent of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing). The Parent Participation Stipend is available on a first-come, first-served basis to states that have exhausted all other means to cover the cost of bringing a parent leader to the Summit. Stipends are limited, so early registration is encouraged to obtain the full savings benefit that is available.
The Stipend application is available as a Microsoft Word form that can be filled out and then sent back via e-mail to parentstipends@ndepnow.org
When opening the form in Word please be sure your Document View is set to Print Layout or you may have trouble viewing the form.
[ - Download the Parent Participation Stipend application form - ]
After downloading and filling out the form please e-mail it back to us at parentstipends@ndepnow.org
Adobe Acrobat Alternative
For those of you that do not have Microsoft Word we have the form available as an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) form. However, if you use web mail or if you have an old version of Reader you may experience difficulties and you may need to download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader (You should do this anyway - it is free and really useful). After downloading the form, please fill it out and click the submit button on the bottom to automatically send it back to us.
[ - Download Parent Participation Stipend application - PDF - ]
If you are not at all technical and are confused please feel free to e-mail us at
parentstipends@ndepnow.org and we will give you an address to mail us the form, but remember the stipends are limited to first come first serve.