Updated Remote Learning Guidance from DESE

by Rachel | May 4, 2020 | Updates

Recently, it was announced that Massachusetts schools would remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. DESE followed up with *updated* remote learning guidance, including a 25-page intensive guide on remote learning, along with prerequisite content...

Family Resource Toolkit from DESE

by Rachel | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized

Schools must provide a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) regardless of where students are spending the day. DESE released a letter that offered guidance for families on coping with the changing landscape of education, as well as a Family Resource Toolkit last week...

How to Properly Use PPE

by Rachel | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized

Thanks to our friends at the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, MFOFC has been working hard to distribute protective masks across the state. We wanted to make sure everyone had information about how to properly use them. Thank you to our partners at...

Family leaders share their social isolation stories on WBUR

by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Featured, Northeast, Uncategorized, Updates

MFOFC Co-Chair, Sophia Johannson, and MFOFC family leader, Elizabeth Bostic, made waves on the radio this past week on a piece produced by Boston’s NPR News Station, WBUR. These two moms, along with another family caregiver in Massachusetts, painted a vivid...

Coping with Covid-19: MFOFC Family Leader featured on ABC News

by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates

A current member of this year’s Southeast Family Leadership Series, Michelle Winchell, has been collaborating and sharing the experience and insight she gained from her background in education to help others navigate remote learning during the Coronavirus...

How to Properly Use PPE

Coping with Covid-19: MFOFC Family Leader featured on ABC News

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