Alabama Parent Education Center

Program assists families of children with disabilities in the Education process from birth to twenty six years of age through training, information, and support in order to improve the educational results by providing on-site workshops for families, schools, agencies, and community service groups working with special Education and disabilities. Apec has successfully provided families throughout Alabama with information, support, and training to empower them to successfully advocate to improve their children with disabilities early learning, educational, and transition into adult life outcomes.

Grant and programs supports both youth with disabilities ages 16 to young adult, families, and professionals that support them to understand and navigate transition to adult life including career, Education, and independent living supports and rights. This program supports the work and capacity building of Parent centers funded under osep across six states included in the osep region b-2 including Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Apec independent futures that works project was originally funded in 2020. Apec has partnered with Parent centers, ilcs, vocational rehabilitation centers to identify gaps in information and services across the region available to youth, young adults and their families with stakeholder input from partners across the six states. Work across the remaining years of the funded application will support creation of training and information available to youth with disabilities and their families to promote access to adult supportive services thereby increasing educational and vocational options for young adults with dsiabilties.

Service classes designed to enhance the learning experience of children from homes of separated or divorced families by assisting parents in the process of cooperatively working for the benefit of the children and their educational process.