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The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center builds positive futures for Virginia's children by working collaboratively with families, schools and communities in order to improve opportunities for excellence in education and success in school and community life. Our special focus is children with disabilities. We do this by providing:

• Services and support for families and professionals;
• Easy-to-understand, research-based information and training; and
• Opportunities for strategic partnerships and advocacy for systemic improvement.

The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center believes that children reach their full potential when families and professionals enjoy an equal, respectful partnership. PEATC believes that:

• Families are children's first and best teachers;
• Information and training enrich and empower families and professionals to build strong partnerships.
• All children deserve the opportunity to live, learn and participate fully in their communities;
• Children with disabilities can achieve independence and make valuable contributions to society.

Fanny and her daughter Karen I have a daughter who is 13 years old and has a cerebral palsy and autism. I looked to PEATC for help back in 1998. They taught me how to advocate and work with schools and how to fill out forms. People who work at ... [read more] My son receiving an award upon graduation from school as the student who showed the greatest growth When I first contacted you twenty years ago, my 13-year-old son was suffering with a severe case of school phobia. He couldn't attend regular schools, we had exhausted schools for emotionally disturbed children, and he ... [read more] [Submit YOUR story to Faces of PEATC]

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