A Common Voice
3580 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA
A Common Voice is a parent driven, nonprofit organization funded by Washington State Mental Health. The goal is to provide support, technical assistance, and to bring parents together who have experience raising children with complex needs.
We teach parents to make community connections, partner with professionals in the schools, mental health care agencies, or any other system, all in the best interest of the child.
Support, we offer a wide range of support groups for parents to have the opportunity to help their children. All parent support groups are facilitated by parents who have had first hand experience living with a child who struggles with regulating their emotions. All support groups and trainings are free to Pierce County parents.
Assistance and Training,ACV offers parents the opportunity to learn more about :
Advocating for their child in school
Balancing family demands and self care
Setting realistic boundaries
Reframing negative behaviors as strengths
Strengths Packets...how to create one
Replacing negative "Stinkin Thinkin" with positives
Parents Empowering Parents
IEP/504 Basics
Connecting to community resources
Building partnerships with professionals
Juvenile Court support
At Risk Youth Petition Support
Tool Box...ways to cope
A Common Voice (ACV) is a non-profit parent driven organization that exists to offer support, education, and empowerment to parents raising children with complex emotional and/or behavioral needs, ACV is also the WA Statewide Chapter of the National Federation (of Families for Children’s Mental Health; www.ffcmh.org) The National Federation is a national organization that is strong in policy making for children’s mental health issues.

A Common Voice
3580 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA