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Services
Parents Helping Parents provides a wide array of services to help parents advocate for their children with disabilities. The project is staffed by parent advocates who assist parents by distributing informative materials, conducting workshops and trainings, and providing one-on-one consultations with parents throughout Minnesota.
Individual Assistance
PACER receives over 14,000 phone calls and e-mails each month from parents and professionals requesting information and assistance. Parent advocates, most of them parents of children with disabilities, help clarify existing laws, explain school procedures, develop strategies for working with teachers, and answer questions about everything from transportation to parental rights.
Workshops
Parents Helping Parents conducts workshops for parents and professionals on a variety of issues related to disabilities. See a list of current workshops >
Some topics include:
- Assessment
- Parent involvement in planning IEP's (Individual Education Plans)
- Parent-school communication
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- ADD and ADHD
- Early Childhood Family Education
- Grandparent Support
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- and many others
PACER's site offers many PDF files for download, which require 
