How Can a PTI Help?
- Help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children with disabilities.
- Work to improve education results for all children.
- Train and inform parents and professionals.
- Resolve problems between families and schools and other agencies.
- Connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs.
Information provided the Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers/PACER
Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI)
South Dakota Parent Connection is the Parent Training and Information Center for South Dakota. There are over 100 Parent Centers nationwide, most of which are funded through the U.S. Department of Education.
When the parents of children with disabilities need assistance and understanding, parent centers are a "lifeline." Across the United States, parents turn to parent centers for information and assurance, and for help and hope, as they meet the challenges of raising a child with special needs.
PTIs serve families of children from birth through age 26 with the full range of disabilities.
South Dakota Parent Connection is part of two national networks, the ALLIANCE and Family Voices, which promote the partnership of families, professionals and advocates for the involvement of families as valued decision makers in their children's lives.