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WI FACETS Activities

• 2010 Region 4 Parent Technical Assistance Center Conference
• 2010 Region 4 PTAC Peer-to-Peer Summit on Volunteers
• 2010 Region 4 PTAC Webinar Series - 1/13/10_990/A-133
• 2010 Region 4 PTAC Webinar Series - 2/3/10_Iland/Multicultural
• 2010 Region 4 PTAC Webinar Series - 3/3/10_Continuation Repts/Goldberg
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Region 4 PTAC Menu of Services

List of services provided by the Region 4 PTAC.

Center Overview

WI FACETS’ Region 4 Parent Technical Assistance Center will provide technical assistance to Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) located in the nine states of Region 4 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin). In collaboration with other technical assistance partners and region 4 parent centers, the center will strengthen the infrastructure, enhance the effectiveness, and increase the capacity of parent centers to educate and support families of children with disabilities to be informed shared decision-makers in their children’s education and to work with national, state and local education systems to implement effective evidence-based practices that improve the results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.

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; (c) 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.