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Project

Parents Empowering Parents: National Research Center for the Parents with Disabilities and their Families

Center:

IL-Institute on Disability & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2017

Contact Information:

Robin Jones
[email protected]
312-996-1059

Project Description:

The center will support parents with disabilities, as well as those who engage with them, through research, training and tools, including a pair of web portals that will feature resources in both English and Spanish. Projects include developing tool kits for states trying to improve their services to parents with disabilities, evaluating support structures for parents who have psychiatric disabilities, a parenting peer specialist program for deaf and hard of hearing parents and an analysis of large-scale datasets for a better understanding of the national parenting with disabilities landscape.

Keyword(s):

Core Function(s):

Area of Emphasis

Child Care-Related Activities, Quality of Life

Target Audience:

Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

National

Funding Source:

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