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Parent Resources


America Reads Challenge: Activities for Reading and Writing Fun
This resource is filled with activities for parents and young children, such as songs, rhymes and games, to enhance children’s reading skills.

American Federation of teachers, AFL-CIO: The Parent Page  
This resource provides tips on helping children with reading and homework, and on communicating with school staff.

Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center in Chicago
http://www.barrharris.org
The Center offers evaluation and treatment, when needed, for children who have lost a parent through death, divorce or abandonment. Our web site has a professional bibliography on loss, as well as recommended books for parents and children.

A Call to Commitment: Fathers’ Involvement in Children’s Learning
This publication describes research on the benefits of fathers’ involvement in children’s education, strategies for increasing fathers’ participation, and examples of programs that involve fathers in children’s learning.

A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links
This resource includes information on family-school partnerships as well as a set of research-based activities for reinforcing reading and language art skills for grades K-3. A Spanish edition is available.

Books for Parents of Autistic Children
http://autism.about.com/library/reviews/aatpbooksa.htm

Gary Direnfeld's "YourSocialWorker.com"
http://www.yoursocialworker.com
Mr. Direnfeld is a social worker and expert on matters of family life. Courts in Ontario consider Gary an expert on child development, marital and family therapy, custody and access recommendations and social work. He is in private practice (Interaction Consultants), writes and provides workshops and is the developer of the "I Promise Program" - teen safe driving initiative. He has authored numerous articles related to parenting and separation/divorce issues which are available on his website and set up for anyone to freely access and use. His goal is that they be of service to the general community.

Exceptional Parent Magazine

Familyeducation.com: Learning Network Parent Channel
The Learning Network Parent Channel offers practical guidance, grade-specific information, and family activities to help parents positively influence their children’s education and overall development.

The Fathers Network
Fathers Network celebrates and supports fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities.

Illinois Fatherhood Initiative
The Illinois Fatherhood Initiative is concerned with connecting children and fathers by helping men to be better
fathers and father figures.

Illinois PTA
The Illinois PTA website provides PTA news, information on children’s programs and career-oriented education, and links to legislative updates and local PTA sites.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
This coalition of major education, community, public service and advocacy organizations that believe in the improvement of learning through family-school relationships.

National PTA: Parent Involvement
This section of the National PTA website offers advice on helping children succeed and tips on parenting.

National Parent Information Network
The mission of this organization is to provide access to research-based information on the parenting process
and family involvement in education.

Parents as Teachers
Parents as Teachers is a nonprofit parent and family support organization which provides parents with practical information on child development, focusing on the early years.

PTA Central
http://www.ptacentral.org
PTA Central is a new educational information website which focuses on parental involvement in schools. It provides relevant educational links for Parent Teacher Groups on a local, state and national level. Thier goal is to become a leading educational resource for Parent Teacher Organizations.

Strengthening Your Child’s Academic Future
This is a series of pamphlets providing tips on helping their children succeed in school.

Summer Home Learning Recipes
A collection of activities for parents and children from grades K through 12 is present on this site.

"Creating a Path to Employment: Tips for Parents with Children with Disabilities" : Work in the 21st century is more team-based than ever.
Start by exploring the world of work together.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/creating_path_to_Employment.pdf

"Essential Skills to Getting a Job: What Young People with Disabilities Need to Know": Often referred to as "soft skills", work ethic, communication, teamwork and critical thinking are all must have's for youth in today's job market.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_job_skills.pdf

"Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce: Including Talents of Young People with Disabilities" : Youth with disabilities bring fresh, new perspectives that enrich strategies for meeting business challenges and achieving success.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/shaping_tomorrows_workforce.pdf

New Transition Resources: Two new handouts to help parents of transition-age youth are now available on the PACER Center Web site. The handouts are produced by
Project PRIDE, a parent information and training project funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
"Start Now to Chart Your Youth's Career Path After Graduation" (PHP-c162)
A high school diploma opens the doors to many exciting, new opportunities. This handout looks at a variety of options available to young adults after high school such as employment, postsecondary training or education and self-employment.
"Help Your Young Adult Learn About Accessing Accommodations After High School" (PHP-c165)
Although accommodation rights are provided to adults with disabilities through the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, services are not provided automatically. This handout discusses methods to advocate for accommodations in postsecondary education and training, employment and for independent living.
These and other PACER Center handouts for parents specifically on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other transition issues can be found on the PACER Web site at
http://www.pacer.org/publications/transition.asp#handouts

New National Center For Parents with Disabilities and Their Families
Through the Looking Glass recently announced its new National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families. This National Center is funded by NIDRR, U.S. Department of Education. The Center targets three national populations: parents with diverse disabilities; family members; and, service providers and trainees who have a particularly critical impact on parents. The Center's activities focus on priority issues facing parents with disabilities and their families: custody and parental evaluations; family roles and personal assistance; paratransit; and, intervention with parents with cognitive and intellectual disabilities and their children. The overall goal of this
project is to improve the quality of life among parents with disabilities and their families. Further information about the Center can be found at:
http://lookingglass.org/ncpd/index.php


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