Parents as Leaders (PALs)

Parents and caregivers will gain valuable tools to better support children with disabilities. Module 1: Understanding How to Speak Up for Yourself focuses on understanding your child’s disability, knowing your legal rights, building strong relationships with educators and healthcare professionals, and navigating systems for support. Module 2: Parent Guide to Local, State, & National Resources helps families learn how to find and use important resources that support their child’s well-being and success. Module 3: Sharing Your Story empowers parents to share their experiences with confidence, raise awareness, inspire hope, and advocate for better supports and services. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and grow as a leader for your child and family.

Collectively the PEN Team has over 60 years of experience with all aspects of disability, from medical diagnosis, early intervention (IFSP) to school eligibility - IDEA/IEP, inclusion in school & community settings, navigating Transition and Post Secondary options to living independently, and much much more … our goal is to share our experience, strength and hope through informal storytelling of raising our children with a wide range of disabilities & family dynamics.

PEN serves 12 counties from Southeast FL into parts of Central FL (Broward, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, and St. Lucie Counties). Please call 800-825-5736 if you would like to talk to a Parent trainer.