Parent Involvement Project
Fact Sheet for Families
The T/TAC at George Mason University (GMU) recognizes that families are vital members of the educational team serving students with disabilities and that they play an important role in the academic progress and success of their children. In addition, each T/TAC implements the state improvement goal of providing professional development to improve the performance of children and youth with disabilities, by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and abilities, of all personnel who work with them. To access T/TAC professional development services, school personnel should submit a request.
Family members of students with disabilities may suggest the use of T/TAC services to their child’s teachers, administrators, or related service providers. T/TACs support parent-professional partnerships; therefore, families are welcome to attend training events as part of school-based teams, or as appropriate. Also, families may access other information that is available from our Web site (ttac.gmu.edu); in the T/TAC Telegram (http://ttac.gmu.edu/newsletters/), our e-newsletter; and from T/TAC Online http://www.ttaconline.org/. Statewide, T/TACs collaborate with Parent Resource Centers (PRCs) to offer training events for families of children and youth with disabilities.
T/TAC Lending Resources
To foster the mission of the T/TAC-GMU, the T/TAC Lending Resources of the Kellar Library provides educational personnel and families, within the Virginia Department of Education's Region 4, with materials to support the improvement of educational opportunities and success of children and youth with disabilities. Families may check out print materials either through the online catalog, by email, by telephone at 703.993.3672, or on a walk-in basis. Please contact the librarian, Jackie Kinder Petersen, jpetersk@gmu.edu for more information regarding the lending process of print materials. If families are interested in learning about software or assistive technology (AT) devices, please contact the AT Coordinator in your local school system.
Virginia Department of Education (VDOE): Parent Involvement Project Contact Information
Gloria Dalton, Parent Ombudsman and Acting Project CoordinatorGloria.Dalton@doc.virginia.gov
804-371-7420 Direct Line
800-422-2083 Voice Toll Free
800-422-1098 TTY Toll Free
T/TAC-GMU Parent Involvement Project Contacts
Nancy Anderson Nanders7@gmu.eduBonnie Bell Carter Bcarter6@gmu.edu
703-993-4496 Voice
Website Resources for Parents and Families
Virginia Department of Education's Links for Parents
Virginia Department of Education: List to Parent Resource Centers in Local School Divisions
U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
The Mid-South Regional Resource Center
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
National Dissemination for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
T/TAC Online: Parents/Family Resources
Tips on Finding Parents/Family Resources on T/TAC Online
- Open T/TAC Online http://www.ttaconline.org/
- Click on the Region 4 (green section) on the map of Virginia
- Click on the Resources tab (purple)
- See section *Related Web Sites Funded by Virginia, which includes: Parent Education Advocacy Training Center and VDOE Links for Parents.
- To find more resources: Scroll down the left margin and click on: Parents/Family Or, Type “family” or “parent” in the white search box and click on search. Both of these searches will yield an alphabetical, annotated list of resources.
