To support students with special needs and their families to successfully navigate the services offered by Knox County Schools and the surrounding community.

Click on the Parent Advisory Council Logo to connect to the web page for more information dealing with Education Issues including videos, community calendar highlighting free family events, student and family trainings, and or supports and much more!

Advisorycouncil@knoxschools.org Or Call 865-594-9582

Most families experience challenges when it comes to completing homework and parents are often at a loss on how to best encourage effective organizational skills. One strategy includes the use of a "Brain Break" to help your child to refocus. To learn more about what a Brain Break is and how they work, click on the link below.

Children with Executive Function issues, often have a hard time with tasks such as locating their shoes in the morning or remembering to turn in their work regularly. The article below shares a variety of tips from organizing your child's time to explaining the value of having doubles of items that are easily lost. (Socks, pencils, keys etc.). Click on the link below for more suggestions on how to beat the morning rush.

Many children struggle with Anxiety and it can be difficult to decide the best way to support your child when anxiety makes normal tasks challenging. How do you strike the balance between supporting and enabling? The article below shares the insight of a parent supporting an anxious child.

If your child receives special education support, you have encountered many terms and acronyms in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings. The Arc TN - Parent Engagement department has collected some of the most common terms and made a "cheat sheet' for families. Click below to learn more.

KCS will be providing parents with access to the TN PULSE Connect Portal where you will be able to access your child's finalized IEPs and certain other documents. When we return from Fall Break, you will receive specific information on how you can access the Connect Portal.