Description
The purpose of the Special Education Parent Information Centers program is to ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive high-quality, relevant, and useful training and information to help improve outcomes for their children. Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) promote the effective education of children with disabilities by strengthening the role and responsibility of parents and ensuring that families of such children have meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children at school and at home. The program aims to increase parents' capacity to help their children meet developmental and functional goals and challenging academic achievement goals. Key aspects of the program include:
* Providing training and information to parents of children with disabilities
* Strengthening the role and responsibility of parents in their children's education
* Increasing parents' capacity to help their children meet developmental and functional goals
* Preparing children to lead productive and independent adult lives
* Meeting the specific needs of families in geographically defined communities who experience significant isolation from available sources of information and support.