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Fiesta Educativa’s current family-based activities and programs include conferences,
and development of parent support groups; community outreach; educational and
training workshops; referral services; research; special needs advocacy;
leadership development and promotion of public awareness about social service
programs and policies. Fiesta Educativa, Inc. has also
replicated its model in New Mexico and Texas. Current projects include:
- Fiesta
Familiar: A home-based family training program focused on parent education,
developed by Fiesta Educativa in
1990, which provides a family-centered, family-focused education in the
home of families who have members that are disabled or have special needs.
Services are currently provided in
Los Angeles County, Orange County,
Imperial Valley, San Jose, and San Bernardino County.
- Community
Parent Resource Centers (CPRC): Funded by the US Department of Education
to provide services to Latino and Chinese communities in the Los Angeles area.
- Marguerite
Casey Foundation (3 year grant): Trains and activates local parent leaders
in low income areas throughout California to become effective advocates for their children and to become involved in
legislation to affect systemic change.
- California Consumer Protection Foundation Grant:
Technology grant promoting the use of telecommunications throughout the
agency’s program service network and increasing client and staff access to
health and disability service information with technology. This Grant
ended on 12/30/06. Fiesta Educativa Staff, Parents in Orange County, Imperial County,
Inland Empire, San Jose, and Sacramento benefited
from the objectives of this grant.
- Autism
Parent Education Program (APEP):
Available through the ELARC and SGPRC. APEP
empowers parents through 16 hours of education so that parents can become effective advocates
and collaborate with existing delivery system agencies. Parents will understand the Autism
Spectrum, learn of available resources, and the existing interventions
to help with behavior, social, and communication deficits common to
children with autism.
- The California Endowment Capacity Building Project: the focus is to improve health outcomes for families of children
with special needs in Los
Angeles County.
- Fiesta
Educativa also conducts an annual state-wide conference in Los Angeles.
Regional conferences are currently established in San
Diego, Sacramento, Orange County, San Jose and Imperial Valley and in 11/04/06;
the Inland Empire hosted their first
conference.
- Autism
Conference occurs annually in Los
Angeles.
- Leadership
training has been developed for the San Gabriel Valley/Pomona,
Imperial Valley, and Inland Empire.
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