Somali Parents Advocacy Center for Education (SPACE)
Mission
The Mission of Somali Parents Advocacy Center for Education is to support, educate, empower and inspire parents to be better advocates for their children, more specifically, their children with special needs in schools, in health care, and in the community
Support Programs
Family advocacy programs to build resilience in children and their parents
Family Support Services
School Based Services
Tech Awareness Program
Health Services
COVID-19 Information and Support Program
Community Role
Building a movement of parents of children with intellectual disabilities and autism to understand the symptoms and accept potential therapy methods to improve the lives of their children, to stand up and advocate within their own Somali society to be a part of the community and stop the shaming, the shunning, and the internal discrimination going on in order to learn how to take control of their environment to improve the access to quality services available for them and their children.
SPACE Videos
News & Events
Waxaan qabanaynaa maalinta Sabtiga kulan aan uga hadli doono HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine. Fadlan, nagala soo qayb gala.
Today we set up a table in Timilty Park in hopes of spreading information about the COVID-19 vaccines to the Somali community! …
SPACE waxay habeen danbe qabanaysaa fadhi ay layeelan doonto waridiinta Somaliyeed ee ku nool gobolkeena iyo kuwa ku nool gobolkeena agaarkiisaba.
Waxaan qabanaynaa maalinta Sabtiga kulan aan uga hadli doono HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine. Fadlan, nagala soo qayb gala.