Should I Join?

• Are you curious about how to improve services for children 0-5?
  
  
• As a professional who works with children, have you experienced frustration with "the system" in getting services that young children need?
  
  
• As a teacher, are you convinced that there is more to teaching than you were taught? As a therapist and clinician, do you hear the word "transdisciplinary" and wonder what therapy across specialties means in a practical sense?
  
  
• Does the fact that there are so few studies to better understand the needs of non-white, non-English speaking children disturb you?
  
  
• Are you concerned about the lack of high quality and affordable day care, early intervention and preschool programs for the middle class and working poor?
  
  
• Is education the largest public health crisis in America?
  
  
• Do we live at a moment in history when young children have never been in greater jeopardy?
  
  
• Do you want to participate in a celebration of life?
  
  
• Do you want to associate with and join an organization where real questions can be asked and real answers given, - even if the answer is "We don't know yet."?
  
  

If your answer is "Yes" to any one of these questions, you should join the Melody Arons Center for Applied Preschool Research and Education, Inc.

MAC Membership Entitlements

MAC membership entitles the member to participate in individually designed training programs at a discounted rate, the opportunity to participate in Advisory Groups, and the use of the Interactive piano in IEP/IFSP programs for children and families. There are three yearly public meetings of MAC in addition to regional meetings throughout the year. The website is updated monthly, membership input a factor in the articles that are posted. Monthly parent training programs are provided based upon a Needs Assessment done in September of each new school year. It is to be understood that membership does not entitle access to the protocols of research studies or to any other confidential information pertaining to MAC’s children or families served. Efforts are made to provide quality programs that are affordable. Partnerships with other organizations are welcomed in areas of common interest.