Community Parent Resource Center Northwest Arkansas

Community Parent Resource Center

Northwest Arkansas

Northwest Arkansas Community Parent Resource Center

(NWACPRC)

We provide training and information services for parents of children with disabilities. We serve

parents of children ages birth through 26 with the full range of disabilities as described in IDEA.

Staff

• Candia Nicholas – Project Director• Patricia White – Family Services Coordinator• Irene Clark – Family Services Specialist / Educational Advocate• Rut Nieves – Outreach Coordinator for Immigrant Families• Carwut Namwe – Outreach Coordinator for Marshallese Families• Staci Bell – Technical Specialist and Library Manager• Elizabeth Scott – Outreach Coordinator for Hispanic Families• Tammy Taylor – School-To-Work Transition Coordinator

NWACPRC is funded by

• 1: Training and information for

parents of infants and preschool age children

NWACPRCGoals

Our goal was to train 50 parents or caregivers on normal growth and development. We trained 112.

• 2: Training and information for

parents of younger school age children

NWACPRCGoals

We disseminated information and received 21,848 hits on our various

media outlets.

• 3: Training and information for

parents of youth transitioning from high school

NWACPRCGoals

Our goal was 10 students and we identified 45.

• 4: Training and information for professionals working with limited English proficient parents/children, foster parents/ children, children with mental illness/ developmental disabilities, children with involvement in juvenile justice.

NWACPRCGoals

School-To-Work

High SchoolTransition Program

Springdale High&

Har-Ber High

Prevocational assistance to students attending high school on IEP track, starting at age 14.

We offer many trainings addressing a variety of topics:

• IDEA & 504• IEP• Transition (PreK, Middle, HS)• Specific Disability information• Sensory Integration• Communicating with schools and professionals• Parent Advocacy• Special Needs Trust and Guardianship• Assistive Technology Many of our trainings and/or materials are in English, Spanish and Marshallese. We also have a resource library containing books, DVDs, binders, brochures, and pamphlets on disability resources.

Trainings for Parents and Professionals

NWA CPRC of Arkansas Support Network continues to strive to increase working relationships with local organizations.

We collaborate with programs such as: • Head Start and Child Care Aware • Child development centers• Mental health agencies• Juvenile detention centers• Educational cooperatives• Local schools

By doing this we hope to provide quality programming and supports to those in our community.

Collaboration

July - 2015 OSEP Leadership Conference in Washington DC

August - Region 3 Parent Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) Conference in New Orleans

Upcoming Conferences

Thank you!Questions? Comments? Contact us!

Arkansas Support Networkwww.supports.org (479)927-4100

Northwest Arkansas Community Parent Resource Centerwww.nwacprc.org cprc@supports.org (479)927-4100