Building Strong Parent Advocates

This training will be presented virtually and will include webinars, discussion boards, resources, and supplementary materials.

PEATC, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Education, invites families to join us for our online self-paced training course, Building Strong Parent Advocates. Families of children receiving special education services find themselves in a world filled with complicated policies, confusing acronyms and terms, and piles of paperwork. Often families find themselves looking for information and background knowledge to help them better support their children through the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The Building Strong Parent Advocates training provides information to help families build a solid foundation to understand the special education process while empowering them to be their child’s best advocate.

A certificate of completion for 6 hours will be provided for all who complete the training.

The training will take approximately 6 hours and can be accessed anytime during the 3 week time frame indicated below.

This course opens May 6, 2024 and will be open through May 26, 2024.