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Center Overview

This project will develop, assist, and coordinate Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) located in the nine states of Region 4 (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri). Through scientifically based and best practice methods, with the support of the Region 4 parent centers and in collaboration with other technical assistance partners, the project will provide a regional unified support system that will work in concert with the National Parent Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to empower parents to be informed decision makers in their children's education.

Methods

The project will: (a) use a variety of mechanisms to disseminate information and provide interactive opportunities for understanding services needed for student success; (b) provide parents and children in underserved and underrepresented communities with information and training on the No Child Left Behind Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and research-based practices to increase parent involvement; © expand and support parent centers to empower parents to become active partners with schools and agencies and to access research-based practices and utilize current findings with their children; (d) collaborate with the National Parent TAC to develop training materials on two major topics annually; (e) provide parent centers with the ability to measure their organization's effectiveness and the impact they have on outcomes for children; and (f) maximize the computer and technological capacities of parent centers in Region 4.