Parent Resources

Parent Resources

Easy-to-use tools and guides for parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities — and the professionals who support them

Daily Parenting Skills & Routines

Practical tools for everyday parenting tasks like homework help, bedtime, talking with teens, and child behavior.

Webinars for Parents

Being Part of Your Child's Life At School (Webinar)

Workbooks - Parenting

Starting a Conversation with Your Teenager (Workbook)

Using Corrective Feedback to Help Your Child Learn (Workbook)

Successful Bedtime with Your Kids (Workbook)

Connecting with Your Teenager (Workbook)

Homework Time Workbook – Use this workbook to help you supervise your child to complete homework.

Curricula

Training on Sexuality and Relationships – Learn to talk to your partner and your children about sexuality and get answers to questions. Learn to stay healthy and safe.

Visual Supports & Apps

Parenting in Pictures – Access photos that show how to parent in pictures — a visual support for parents with Intellectual Disabilities.

Improve Your Child's Behavior (App) – An app that helps you describe and then understand and change your child’s behavior using plain language.

"How To" Booklets – Easy-to-read booklets for parents with intellectual disabilities.

Adaptive Baby Care Tools – Resources used by parents with DD to help keep a baby safe and provide good care.

Partner Resources

Advice and Facts for Mothers and Expecting Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities

So You Are Going to Have a Baby — A Guide for Women with DD

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Finding & Using Support

Resources for identifying helpers, using eco-maps, getting respite care, connecting with advocates, and working with home visitors.

Webinars for Parents

Respite and Self-Care: How to get what YOU Need! Maximizing your Success with Home Visitors (Webinar) – $10. Created by and for self-advocates

Workbooks – Getting Help

Using an Eco-Map to Identify People Who Can Help (Workbook)

Taking Care of Yourself (Workbook) – Helps create a plan to be a better parent.

Fact Sheets – Getting Help

Finding Affordable Housing (Fact sheet)

Simple Home Fixes (Fact sheet) – Strategies to organize a home and make parenting easier for parents with disabilities.

Assessments & Tools

Eco-Map Assessment — Who Can Help Me? (Assessment)

Safety Checklist (Assessment) – From the TASP Working Effectively Training.

System Improvement Resources

TASP Organizational Self-Assessment (Self-assessment) – For agencies to evaluate support for parents with ID (outreach, evaluation, policy, environment, staff training, service models, leadership, rights, quality).

Accessing the Village: Blending Formal and Informal Supports in Parenting (System improvement checklist) – Helps consider new kinds of informal supports, especially in rural settings.

System Improvement Checklist (System improvement checklist) – A simple checklist for planning.

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Health & Medical Care

Guides for doctor visits, vaccines, COVID-19 safety, and navigating healthcare with children.

Webinars

Taking Your Child to the Doctor (Webinar) – $10. Created by and for self-advocates

Workbooks – Health

Taking Your Child to the Doctor (Workbook) – Should I get my child vaccinated against COVID-19?

Preparing Your Child for the Covid Vaccine (Workbook)

Safety Resources

Ways to Keep You and Your Family Safe Right Now (Safety guidebook) – Larger font version (updated 4/7/20)

Ways to Keep You and Your Family Safe Right Now (Safety guidebook) – Standard version (updated 4/7/20)

Partner Resources – Health

How and Where to Get the Covid Vaccine (Workbook)

Coronavirus: What Is It and What Can I Do? (Fact sheet)

CoviBook: Supporting & Reassuring Children (Fact sheet) – Written in 12 languages

Green Mountain Self-Advocates (Website) – Resources including “Words to Know About the Coronavirus” in plain language

Pediatric Therapeutic Services – Plain Language COVID-19 Information (Fact sheet)

Communication Tools for Healthcare

Widgit Health (Communication boards) – Free cards to help parents and children understand health conditions and procedures

The Hospital Communication Book (Communication book) – Guidance for understanding and communicating in medical settings

The USP Pictogram Library (Communication boards) – Standardized images to convey medication instructions and warnings

Free Communication Tools (Communication tools) – Charts to support patients with sensory or learning challenges

Simply Saying (App) – Free, award-winning app that uses pictures and sounds about medical treatments

Videos – Health

Why Childhood Vaccines are Important (Video)

Where and How to Get the Vaccine (Video)

Preparing Your Child for the Covid-19 Vaccine (Video)

What You Need to Know About Covid-19 (Video)

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Building Strong Relationships

Tools for healthy relationships, conflict resolution, identifying safe people, and strengthening family connections.

Curricula

Training on Sexuality and Relationships (Curricula) – Learn to talk to your partner and your children about sexuality, get answers to questions, and stay healthy and safe.

Workbooks – Relationships

I Am A Superhero – Finding My Strengths (Workbook) – Identify strengths and use them to plan a successful life.

Good and Bad Relationships (Workbook) – Chart to help decide if a relationship is good or bad for you and your family.

How to Handle Conflict (Workbook) – Strategies for working through conflicts using positive approaches.

Identifying Safe People and Setting Boundaries (Workbook) – Clear directions for who to allow in or out of your home.

Making Good Decisions (Workbook) – Think about outcomes of different decisions and how to make good choices.

Fact Sheets – Relationships

Identifying Safe People and Setting Boundaries (Fact sheet)

Making Good Decisions (Fact sheet)

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Learning & School Support

Resources for IEP meeting preparation, understanding school acronyms, being part of your child's education, and advocacy at school.

Webinars for Parents

Being Part of Your Child's Life At School (Webinar) – $10. Created by and for self-advocates

Workbooks – Education

ADA Acronyms and Abbreviations (Workbook)

When Your Child Has an IEP (Workbook) – Prepare for and participate well in IEP or 504 meetings

Partner Resources – Education

Disability and Special Education Acronyms (Workbook)

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Have a Resource to Share?

If you know of a helpful resource for parents, we'd love to hear from you! Contact us at info@achancetoparent.net to suggest an addition to our resource roadmap.