Services
FAQs for Parent Centers About Website Accessibility
(2016) | Useful to Parent Centers in building and maintaining an accessible website. Word version of this FAQ Word version of Staff Technology Skill Survey This Frequently Asked Questions page was developed by the Accessibility Work Group within the Parent Center network to respond to Parent Center questions about website accessibility and compliance with […]
Working Together for Families: State Deaf-Blind Project & Parent Center Collaborations
(February 2016 | Links updated, February 2019) A key activity of state deaf-blind projects is to partner with parent centers to serve families in their states. In this report you will learn a variety of practical strategies — some small and some more extensive — that state deaf-blind projects and parent centers use to work […]
Needs of Brothers, Sisters, and Parents | Video
(2010, September) | Useful in learning more about the impact that a child’s disability has on the other children in the family. Can be shared with families, to deepen their awareness of sibling issues and concerns. Dr. Thomas Powell talks candidly about the special concerns, needs, and issues that brothers and sisters often have when another child […]
Resource Guide: Supporting Undocumented Students
(2015, October) | Useful to Parent Centers serving undocumented students. | The U.S. Department of Education has published this resource guide, Supporting Undocumented Students: A Guide to Success in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings, to help educators, school staff, and community organizations support the academic success of undocumented youth, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The […]