Parents/Families
CAST has an information brief geared towards parents and teachers called, "Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities." http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_accessparents.html
Family and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) seeks to improve the educational results of children with disabilities by educating parents and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). http://www.fape.org/
Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTC) provides information and services about assistive technology (AT) to organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities. www.fctd.info/
Parents Engaged in Education Reform (PEER) aims to increase the participation of parents of children with disabilities in school reform efforts in order to advocate for all students’ educational opportunities. http://fcsn.org/peer/
Parent Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) provides parents and educators with information, training, and technical assistance to ready students with disabilities for learning and success in school. http://www.pirc-info.net/
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers (PACER Center)
offers assistance to Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs)
and Community and Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), which provide information
and training to parents of children with disabilities. http://www.taalliance.org
The University of Virginia's Curry School of Education
has a page of links that offer resources to parents of students with
disabilities. http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/sped/projects/ose/parents/
For additional information on this or other topics,
please contact
The Access Center at center@air.org.
The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
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