The Center for Parent Information and Resources is honored to support Parent Centers in their heartfelt work with families of children with disabilities. Visit CPIR’s website (the Hub).
1. Meet the CPIR
The CPIR serves as a central “Hub” of information and products created for the network of Parent Centers across the country serving families of children with disabilities. Visit us at the Parent Center Hub to access the products and resources shared on this page and to learn more about the amazing Parent Center network.
2. Buzz from the Hub
Our monthly e-news highlights hot new resources, upcoming events of note, and materials you can share via social media, your website, or your own e-newsletter. The Buzz spotlights a key topic every month.
3. Social Media
Follow the CPIR on social media for the latest disability-related resources that you can share with your own social media groups:
4. CentersConnect
Engage with colleagues across the Parent Center Network, exchange resources with other centers, discuss high-priority topics, and solve mutual challenges—all this and more when you join CentersConnect, a virtual platform exclusively for Parent Center professionals.
5. Central Event Calendar
The main Hub Event Calendar lists upcoming events from national TA Centers, regional PTACs, and other Parent Centers. Examples include calendar listings of upcoming workshops, webinars and other events. You can also post your own events of interest to Parent Centers.
6. Parent Center e-Learning Hub
The eLearning Hub, a virtual platform exclusively for Parent Centers, provides key capacity-building resources for Parent Center staff via online self-paced training modules. Follow this link to sign up and see the course offerings.
7. Survey Item Bank
Want to know how well your trainings and services are addressing the info needs of families, youth, and funders? This database of 150+ ready-to-use questions in English and Spanish enables you to quickly and easily survey participants accessing your programs and services.
8. Materials From Other Parent Centers
Has your Center created resources that can be shared with other Parent Centers? Submit them by emailing us at: CPIR@spanadvocacy.org
9. Recursos en español & English Speakers’ Index to Resources in Spanish
Ofrecemos muchos recursos en español que puede compartir con sus familias. The “Index to Resources in Spanish” helps English speakers find information for Spanish families you serve.
10. CPIR Resource Library
The Library houses over 1,100 family friendly informational or research-based materials on key topics for Parent Centers. This includes fact sheets; IDEA training materials; parent guides; explanations of early intervention and special education, the IFSP and IEP, and transition planning; webinars on priority topics such as early learning, assessments, self-advocacy skill building, and more.
And there you have it! Great things you can find on the CPIR Hub!
But you know… that’s only a start of what’s here.
Explore, find, share, repurpose, enjoy!
Updated January 8, 2024