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Parent Center and Parent Trainer Resources
National Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
The Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers is an innovative project that provides technical assistance to the over 100 Parent Centers funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The ALLIANCE National Center at PACER Center conducts national conferences, produces materials on special education topics, and offers high quality expertise to Parent Centers nationwide.
Workshop/Training Curricula
Building Program Capacity to Serve Youth with Disabilities
This curriculum is designed to train youth employment program staff with little or no experience working with youth with disabilities. This seven-module curriculum explores disability awareness within a civil rights framework, reviews laws that relate to employment for people with disabilities, helps individuals understand the needs of youth with disabilities and their families, introduces participants to examples of reasonable accommodations and assistive technology, promotes interagency collaboration, and examines the overrepresentation of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system. 2004. More detailed information is available online.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ST-1
Families are Important: An Early Childhood Curriculum
This training curriculum describes the early intervention process and the family’s role in developing an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). 51 slides. 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-45
IDEA 2004 for Families and Advocates (updated for final regulations)
This curriculum covers seven key areas of IDEA 2004: Definitions, Evaluation, Individualized Education Program (IEP), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Private School Placement, Procedural Safeguards, and Placement in an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES). 95 slides, 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish
| ALL-35
Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Intervention Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities
The appealing design and easy-to-understand, common-sense suggestions are sure to inform and encourage families as they address bullying issues. 33 slides. 2003. CD-Rom.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish version
| ALL-19
No Child Left Behind and Students with Disabilities
This curriculum addresses components of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) such as assessments, school choice, supplemental services, and teacher qualifications in the context of students with disabilities. 97 slides, 2005.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English AND Spanish
| ALL-27
Parent and Professional Collaboration: A Cultural Perspective
This curriculum addresses the development of meaningful parent/professional collaboration. Through a focus on how cultural differences affect how persons understand and relate to one another, the curriculum provides strategies that address barriers to effective cross-cultural communication. 34 slides, 2002.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English AND Native American versions
| ALL-18
Parent Centers Helping Families
Interactive Flash and PowerPoint versions of the ALLIANCE's Why PArent Centers and Outcome Data books. 2008.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-59
Positive Behavioral Interventions & IDEA 2004
This curriculum introduces families to a new way of thinking about their child’s behaviors and about the need to advocate for behavioral instruction. Professionals find very useful. 37 slides, 2006.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish
| PBI-5
Solving the Employment Puzzle for Youth with Disabilities
This curriculum can be used by Parent Centers and other organizations to introduce parents and youth to practical career development strategies and to promote awareness of a wide range of community and government resources that can help youth with disabilities prepare for work, find a job, and stay employed. 69 slides. 2003. This curriculum is also available in PowerPoint and HTML format.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-24
Special Education: What Do I Need to Know?
This curriculum, designed for underserved and underrepresented families, provides a basic overview of the special education process. 28 slides, 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-58
The Time is Now: Diversity Inclusion for Parent Centers and Advocates
Examines the issues of diversity inclusion and cultural competency for Parent Centers and includes strategies for conducting outreach to diverse communities. Available in book or CD format. 2006.
$8 (book) |
$15 (CD-Rom)
| ALL-39
Understanding ADHD
This curriculum provides information for parents, teachers and others about ADHD including behavior management, strategies for parents, and instructional strategies for teachers. It can be used in total as a three-hour workshop, or as a series of shorter trainings for community education purposes. The curriculum consists of four units that can be used as short workshops or as the foundation for discussion groups related to each topic area. 59 slides, 2002.
$15 |
CD-Rom: Spanish, English, AND Native American versions
| ALL-22
ALLIANCE Map
ALLIANCE Map
Map of the United States shows the Parent Training and Information Centers, Community Parent Resource Centers, and the regional and national offices of the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers. Contact information for each Parent Center is on the back. 2007.
$1.50 |
10+ copies, $.50 each
| ALL-2
Brochures
Effective Advocacy: Guidelines to help parents help their children
A brochure for organizations or individuals who help parents develop advocacy skills. 2000. (See Translations for Spanish.)
$1 |
10+ copies, $.50 each
| PHP-a13
Booklets
Facilitated IEP Meetings: An Emerging Practice
This publication was a joint project of the Alliance and CADRE, the national technical assistance center on alternative dispute resolution. The booklet introduces parents to facilitated IEP meetings and distinguishes IEP facilitation from mediation. The guide describes how families can prepare for facilitated IEP meetings and answers frequently asked questions about the process. 8 pages. 2004.(See Translations for Spanish.)
$3 |
10+ copies, $2 each
| ALL-26
Resolution Meetings: A Guide for Parents
This booklet, developed in collaboration with the Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), is a guide for families that will help readers to have a better understanding of resolution meetings, one of the ways in which special education disputes can be resolved. 12 pages. 2007.
$3 |
10+ copies, $2 each
| ALL-50
Special Education Mediation
Jointly developed by CADRE, a national technical assistance project on alternative dispute resolution and the ALLIANCE Project, this guide is for parents on how to use mediation to resolve education disputes. Mediation is a process in which the parents and educators work with a neutral third party to resolve disagreements and reach mutual solutions. 2005. (See Translations for Hmong and Spanish.)
$3 |
10+ copies, $2 each
| ALL-3
Handouts Free to Download
| $1.50 per request | 10+ copies, $.50 each
Video
Parents and Educators Working Toward Mutual Solutions
Fourteen-minute video designed to familiarize families with the mediation process in special education and to explain the role of the mediator. Developed jointly by the ALLIANCE and the Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE). Open-captioned.
$35 |
Rental, $10
| ALL-23
Activity Cards
Let's Talk Activity Cards
Let's Talk is an easy and fun way to interact and help your child be ready for reading. These cards will help build your child's vocabulary and speaking skills-the first steps in learning to read. No special supplies are needed, just you and your child. (See Translations for Spanish and Hmong.)
$4 |
10+ copies, $2.50 each
| ALL-54
Books
A Parents’ Guide to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
This booklet introduces parents to the background and main principles of UDL and describes how UDL can help children with disabilities succeed in the classroom. 2006.
$2 |
ALL-38
Developing Parent Leadership: A Grantwriting Manual for Community Parent Resource Centers
A handbook for individuals, community organizations and groups that wish to become Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs). The handbook offers helpful hints and suggestions for writing a proposal. 2005.
$3 |
10+ copies, $2 each
| ALL-4
Parent Centers Helping Families: Outcome Data 2005-2006
Data collected and compiled by the ALLIANCE about the numbers of people served by the nation’s Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs). 2007.
$8.50 |
ALL-30
Strategies for Success: An Evaluation Handbook for Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers
This booklet is a guide to help Parent Centers evaluate their programs and learn how to use evaluations to improve their center’s effectiveness and showcase their accomplishments. 2006.
$5 |
ALL-53
The Time is Now: Diversity Inclusion for Parent Centers and Advocates
Examines the issues of diversity inclusion and cultural competency for Parent Centers and includes strategies for conducting outreach to diverse communities. Available in book or CD format. 2006
$8 (book) |
$15 (CD-Rom)
| ALL-39
Why Parent Centers? Why the ALLIANCE?
Explains how Parent Centers serve families and how the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers serves the nation’s 100 Parent Centers. Data on Parent Center effectiveness and contact information is included. 2007.
$3.50 |
10+ copies, $2 each
| ALL-1
Working Together: A Parent’s Guide to Parent and Professional Partnership and Communication Within Special Education
Helps parents effectively communicate with special education professionals as they develop their child’s educational program. 2006.
$6 |
10+ copies, $5 each
| ALL-51
PACER's site offers many PDF files for download, which require 
