Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)

The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR) serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information (PTI) Centers and the Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), so that they can focus their efforts on serving families of children with disabilities.

CPIR has three main objectives:

• to provide PTIs and CPRCs with products and materials to support their work with families;
• to increase Parent Centers’ knowledge and capacity in specific domains; and
• to increase the coordination of parent training efforts throughout the network.

The CPIR places “user-centered processes” at its core. Because PTIs and CPRCs are the main focus of our work, the CPIR is designed to gather Parent Center perspectives at each step along the way.