All PERCs have certain common functions and responsibilities
including:
Providing
information, resources, and training for parents on important issues
such as parenting skills, problem solving, educational planning for
their child, behavior management, home learning activities, and other
topics to strengthen home-to-school partnerships; Assisting families
on an individual basis to better understand their children's educational
needs and to discover opportunities and options for meeting these needs;
Connecting families with appropriate community services; and Offering
information, resources, and training to educators to increase the skills,
knowledge and attitudes needed to encourage and strengthen family involvement
and positive school-to-home partnerships.