Texas Parent to Parent shares resources with parents of disabled children

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – For some parents, getting started with helping their child with a disability may be difficult.

“When we have that experience and we realize our child has a disability, it comes with a lot of emotions and a lot of uncertainty. We don’t know how life is going to be,” said Rosalba Calleros, the executive director of Texas Parent to Parent.

Saturday, nearly 20 groups came together at the Career and Technology Center in Tyler for the parent to parent conference, to help parents who may be looking to learn more about the resources available for them and their child.

“When i walked in and saw the amount of resources that are actually available for families who have children with special needs, it just gave me a lot of hope,” said Lisa Massey, a parent and volunteer at the event.

Massey has three children with differing disabilities, all who are either adults or nearing adulthood.

However, the journey hear was not easy Massey says, and at times she worried if she could find the proper care for them.

“It is incredibly difficult to help a child with special needs, because you dont know how to help them. So most of the time it feels pretty helpless and hopeless,” said Massey.

Being a part of the event today, she says the resources available now would have helped her significantly when first starting her journey of helping her children.

“Most of us dont have enough time to brush our teeth, so we almost need an event like this so that we can get the resources quickly that we need,” said Massey.

Calleros says Texas Parent to Parent is looking to establish online parent to parent support groups across East Texas.

If you are interested or wanting to learn what other resources are available, visit their website: https://www.txp2p.org/

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