Parent Resources
Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership
The Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership is an alliance of parents and professionals working together to improve outcomes for students with disabilities by enhancing communication and collaboration between families, educators, and the community.
Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership
Resources and Information

Parent Satisfaction Survey
The Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership encourages parents to get involved. The 2021 Family Involvement Survey will be open from January 19, 2021, to May 31, 2021. The website provides information about the survey and links for access.

Family Resources
The Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership provides information, services, and resources about the unique needs of children with disabilities.

Local Parent Mentors
Parent mentors are working in over 90 school districts in Georgia to improve outomces for children with disabilities and their families.
Mentors in the Heart of Georgia Region
Dodge County Schools
Kathy Simmons
Phone: 478-374-3783
email: ksimmons@dodge.k12.ga.us
Montgomery County Schools
Matt Reese
Phone: 912-583-4132 ext. 140
email: mreese@montgomery.k12.ga.us
Parent to Parent of Georgia
Parent to Parent of Georgia offers a variety of services to Georgia families impacted by disabilities or special healthcare needs. It started in 1980 as a three-year project of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities to provide emotional support to parents of children with disabilities. Since then the organization has grown and is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Parent to Parent
Professional Training and Resources

WAZE TO Adulthood Parent Training
A FREE SELF-PACED online course focused on providing transition information to parents/caregivers of students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to adulthood. Information provided in this course is to help make transition planning easier.

ASPIRE Training for Parents
ASPIRE is a student-led IEP initiative that provides the student with the opportunity to develop self-determination skills. Self-determination skills are a combination of attitudes and abilities that lead students to set goals for themselves, take the initiative to reach these goals, and make their own choices.

WAZE to Adulthood Professional Training
A FREE SELF-PACED online course focused on providing transition information to professionals working with students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to adulthood. Information in this course is to help make transition planning easier.

Training and Events
Check out the Parent to Parent Training and Events Calendar. Parent to Parent provides training and support to parents on many topics such as behavior management, healthcare, Medicaid, IEP, and many other disability-related topics.
Click on the link below to access the Parent 2 Parent Training and Events Calendar.