Welcome to FACT Oregon

Empowering Families - Transforming Disability

FACT Oregon empowers families and transforms how communities perceive disability. Our peer support, trainings, and resources equip and empower families, transform how they see disability, and help them have high expectations and dream big dreams for their children. We support families to navigate disability and special education, drawing on the lived experience of our team, many themselves parents of youth experiencing disability, and we call out the critically important role of parent/caregiver as a child’s number one fan and advocate.

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Join Us at Our Northern Oregon Special Education Summit!

We’re hitting the road with IN-PERSON Regional Learning Summits. Together we will explore special education and the IEP, share strategies to communicate with your child’s school, and talk about how to resolve disagreements.

Each Learning Summit includes sessions that will allow you to:

  • Understand the importance of IEP documents and the evaluation process

  • Learn how the IEP is developed and the importance of meaningful parent and student participation during the special education process

  • Review the sections of the IEP and identify ways families and caregivers participate in the development of the IEP content

  • Learn effective communication techniques to express your concerns with your child's school team during disagreements

and much more!

Need Support?

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FACT Oregon's Support Line is staffed by parents of youth experiencing disability, and we're here to help!

Call or text 503-786-6082 or 541-695-5416

Email us at support@factoregon.org or apoyo@factoregon.org

Someone from our support team will call you back, usually within 48-72 hours. Or, if you’d like, you can choose a time to talk from our calendar by clicking below.

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FACT Oregon shares a monthly newsletter with our community members and partners. The Newsletter offers information about our upcoming trainings and events as well as podcasts, articles, and testimonials from our greater community.