Leadership Development for Family Members

Leadership Development for Family Members is designed to give family members the knowledge and skills to participate in leadership roles in their own families, teams, local communities and state. This curriculum is based on the premise that parent leadership is achieved when parents and professionals build effective partnerships, share responsibility and decision making power, and respect each others’ unique contributions.

A strong family voice demands participation at all levels. The Parent Leadership Council, working in partnership with PPAL, seeks to build and strengthen the family voice across Massachusetts. The goals of this parent leadership development curriculum is to recruit and engage family members to serve as leaders within their own families and communities, and to connect family members to the larger statewide family movement.