Who we are

Parents Education Network is a coalition of parents collaborating with educators, students and the community to empower and bring academic success to students with learning and attention difficulties.

Our story

We are a grassroots organization with national impact, founded in 2003 by a group of parents whose children have learning and attention difficulties, and who individually struggled to find the information, services, and expertise to help their children succeed academically. They did not want other parents to experience the isolation and frustration they encountered. They came to believe strongly that parents and educators must work collaboratively to help LD children understand their strengths and individual learning styles.

What we believe

• The child suffers if the parent-school relationship is adversarial instead of collaborative.

• Understanding learning and attention difficulties, as experienced in the classroom and at home, is the key to a good partnership between the school, parents and students.

• Parents can't teach educators; parents must teach other parents, and educators other educators.

• A strength-based approach at school and home is most effective in helping students reach their full potential.

What we want to achieve

• Increasing awareness, knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the strenghts and challenges facing students with learning and attention difficulties through education and collaboration of parents, students, teachers and the community.
• Promoting a strength-based, research-driven approach that benefits all students, in the classroom and at home.
• Empowering students with learning and attention difficulties to reach their full potential.