The SRVUSD Parent Support Network is a revised and enhanced network of trained resource parent volunteers who are available to provide support and information to parents of students with special education needs. Parent Support Network parents are committed to supporting parents and staff as collaborative participants in the process of their child's education programs.

Parent Support Network volunteers provide parent to parent emotional support and information to parents/families of children with special needs. We are not counselors or therapists. We are parents who have experienced the feelings and emotions that come with learning that our children have a disability. We offer moral support and encourage parents to feel comfortable and optimistic about the future.

The SRVUSD Parent Support Network does not promote or recommend any treatment, therapy or professional services. All information is kept confidential.

We seek to provide and foster moral and emotional support to parents/families of students with special needs and to provide assistance with connecting parents to parents with similar experiences, to community groups and community resources and to promote positive relationships between parents and our school community.

We believe that parents who are informed, connected and supported by other parents who have “been there”, are better able to meet the challenges that arise. We believe that one for the most meaningful sources of support and information comes from other parents who have experienced parenting a child with a special need.

Contact Todd Gary, Special Needs Liaison