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About PEAK Parent Center

Welcome! PEAK Parent Center is a nonprofit that works every day to ensure that all people with disabilities are fully included in their neighborhood schools, communities, employment, and all walks of life.

A Parent Center founded in 1986, PEAK offers an array of free and low-cost services to families of children with disabilities and self-advocates across Colorado and beyond. Each year, PEAK directly reaches more than 26,000 families, youth with disabilities/self-advocates, and educators.

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Black Lives Matter

PEAK Parent Center stands in solidarity with the Black community. Inclusion, respect, social justice, and equity are core to our mission and values.  Please stand with PEAK. Take actions individually and collectively to address hidden biases and end racist thinking and violence. This moment in time requires everyone - including those of us who are not Black - to speak out, take a stand without compromising, and act with urgency to insist on ending behaviors that plague our country.

Episode 29 - Shirley Swope from PEAK Parent Center, a Nonprofit Helping Educate and Connect Special Needs Parents

Recent News

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Quick Tips for Reducing Stress Around the Holidays
December 20, 2021
It seems most people's stress levels get a little elevated during the holiday season.
NATURE FOR ALL: Getting Out into Nature with Disabilities
September 16, 2021
As a Dad of a daughter who experiences disabilities and as a professional who has spent his career working in National, State and City parks conserving nature and building trails, I found myself at
31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
August 12, 2021
This week is a very important week as July 26th marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

PEAK Featured Events

Person using a wheel chair, getting into driver's side of a car to represent least restrictive options to guardianship
Guardianship and Less Restrictive Options Webinar
Jun 2 2022 -
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Virtual via Zoom Are you a student in middle school or high school? Are you a parent or caregiver interested in learning more about guardianship and what that means? Are you a parent or caregiver interested in other options and what they mean? Or just interested in how to begin this process?
Topic: Guardianship and Less Restrictive Options
Webinar presented by The Arc of Pikes Peak
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022 6:00-7:00pm
Conversations that Count: Reading Literacy Series
Jun 7 2022 -
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Learn about reading and strategies to help students stay engaged and motivated to read at home over the summer.

Upcoming Events

Person using a wheel chair, getting into driver's side of a car to represent least restrictive options to guardianship
Guardianship and Less Restrictive Options Webinar
June 2, 2022
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Jun 2 2022 -
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Topic: Guardianship and Less Restrictive Options
Webinar presented by The Arc of Pikes Peak
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022 6:00-7:00pm
Conversations that Count: Reading Literacy Series
June 7, 2022
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Jun 7 2022 -
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Learn about reading and strategies to help students stay engaged and motivated to read at home over the summer.