PACER Web Sites

The ALLIANCE Web site features research-based information on special education and related topics for parents and professionals. The site includes a wide selection of news, publication, and resources, as well as a directory of the nation's Parent Centers.

PACER’s National FAST (Family Advocacy and Support Training) Project provides family support leadership training to families of children with disabilities in fifty states and territories. A primary emphasis is reaching underserved families from all geographic regions.

Teens Against Bullying Web site is a relevant, edgy, and unique educational resource for bullying prevention designed to engage, empower and educate all teens. Information is presented in an innovative, engaging and interactive style. There are solutions—creative resources that all teens—can use to educate other teens and young people and to raise awareness in their community or to help other teens in bullying situations.

"Kids Against Bullying" was created for elementary school children, with a unique emphasis on children with disabilities. This Web site is an informative and creative resource to educate students about bullying prevention and provide methods to respond to bullying situations. The site features an animated cast of characters, information, celebrity videos, Webisodes, interactive games, animation, contests, and other activities. Parents and professionals will find helpful tips, intervention strategies, and resources for use at home or school.

Project C3―The United States Department of Labor awarded the Governor's Workforce Development Council (GWDC) of Minnesota a five-year grant to improve transition outcomes for young adults with disabilities. The project, Connecting Youth to Communities and Careers (Project C3), will seek to align state development resources to better serve youth with disabilities, and to demonstrate how innovative partnerships with community intermediary organizations can improve local transition services, using evidence-based best practices.

The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project is designed to address the information needs of the 7 million families throughout the Country whose children with disabilities receive special education services.

SEAC, Minnesota Special Education Advisory Councils A SEAC (pronounced “seek”) is an acronym for Special Education Advisory Council, which is a group that provides input on special education issues to its local school district.