Resource Center
Everybody Counts and Lending Library
The Wood County Society is honored to collaborate with the Parent/Educator Resource Training Center of Wood County in providing training, information, resources and a lending library along with the Everybody Counts Program, which reaches over 900 youth annually!
The mission of the Parent/Educator Resource Training Center is to empower all families and educators through support, information, and training to work in partnership for each child’s educational success and social, physical, and emotional well-being.
The Parent/Educator Resource Training Center completes its mission by:
promoting a working relationship between parents, educators, and our community
providing training for parents and promoting an understanding of the special education process in our schools
obtaining information and consulting with parents to provide direction related to educational issues and community services
providing emotional support through parent-to-parent “sharing.”
offering training workshops to educators for building positive parent/school relationships
maintaining a lending library of current educational resources
To take advantage of these resources, please contact us! All resources are provided free of charge.
Whitaker Minard Scholarship
The Wood County Society is honored to present the Whitaker-Minard Scholarship each year. The Whitaker-Minard Scholarship was established to honor the dedication, passion and commitment of two distinguished individuals – Dr. Charles Whitaker Jr. and Mr. Tony Minard and their work for youth and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. Their work can be seen today in many of our programs as well as our Annual Telethon.
The Whitaker-Minard Scholarship is a non-renewable scholarship that is made available through the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. Prospective recipients include high school and or undergraduate students pursuing higher education in any chosen field with concentration in assisting youth and adults with developmental and physical disabilities.
For more information in applying for the Whitaker-Minard Scholarship, please contact the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation.
Special Assistance and Assistive Technology
Wood County Society is a community partner with the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley and collaborates with various local agencies to meet the needs and demands of our community. The Wood County Society offers this program as a resource for individuals with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities.
Building community resources is a valuable asset to the Wood County Society and allows for future collaboration and the development of programs that provide enhanced therapeutic outlets for our clients to thrive. Please complete the Open Assistance Form below for Wood County Society Special Assistance Program. For additional community resources outside of our mission, please use the West Virginia 2-1-1 information below to complete your request.
Special Assistance includes but is not limited to:
collaboration for services
funding for services
equipment purchases
resource information
educational resources and family advocacy
West Virginia 2-1-1 Resource and Information
For immediate assistance, you may click the link below to search for community resources in our area, or you may call 2-1-1, and a representative will be able to assist you in connecting you to the resources you need. This service is made possible by West Virginia 2-1-1 and the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
