Parent Resource Center
Pat MacDonald
Pat Macdonald - email
 
The purpose of the Parent Resouce Center is to provide support and information for families with children in special education. We also offer support for families with children in the Title 1 program. We can provide ideas and suggest resouces that may help parents better understand the special education process. We also strive to help parents and guardians become more involved in their child's educational process by promoting cooperation between home, school, and the community. Stop in and visit on  Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday mornings,  contact me by email, or call.  At the Parent Resource Center we have an excellent lending library with books, videos, and magazines on a variety of parenting, homework, and special education topics. We can also do searches on the internet for you. Please let us know how we can help you! 
 

Annual Parent Involvement Survey from the Virginia Department of Education (click here to begin)
Parents and guardians, please take this brief survey online, or click below for a pdf to print, complete, and mail.
Printable copy of survey in English
Printable copy of survey in Spanish

Understanding Special Education Presentation (given 1/19/2011)
Summer 2011 Newsletter
Spring 2011 Newsletter
 
Salem City Schools participates in the Roanoke Valley Project SEARCH High School Transition Program. Please contact the Parent Resource Center for more information. A link to the Project SEARCH program, which is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is listed below.
http://www.projectsearch.us/

Online Resources

http://www.peatc.org
Parent Education Advocacy Training Center
(information on helping parents and the school system work together)

http://www.ed.gov
United States Department of Education
(access to publications from the U.S. Dept. of Education)

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/index.shtml
Special Education Division of the Virginia Department of Education
(News and Announcements, Information for Parents )

http://www.nichcy.org/
National Dissemination Center for Children  with Disabilities
(Information on specific disabilities)

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/prevention/index.shtml
Dropout Prevention, Virginia Department of Education

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