Parents Helping Parents, Inc.

PHP has been helping families of children with special needs in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey since 1976. At PHP, we have specialists in the areas of community resources, special education, and assistive technology. Our staff members speak many different languages, including English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. And over 90% of its staff members are parents of children with special needs who shifted their career path to help others. These experienced staff members have a national reputation for being a trusted source of information for helping parents, caregivers, and children with special needs. We serve families with a range of services: • emotional support and guidance from staff and volunteer peer support parents • practical support such as information on health conditions, community resources, and securing supports and funding • parent education and training on navigating the educational, legal, social service and medical systems of care • condition and culturally-specific parent/professional support and information groups • an assistive technology demonstration center with services for infants through adults at-risk-of or with disabilities • an E-Learning Library with 299 videos in 5 languages.