Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP) Conference
Dates for winter conference: Thursday, 1/26/23; Friday, 1/27/23, and Saturday, 1/28/23.
Dates and location for spring conference: TBD
PEP schedule: Thursday: 5:00 pm-9:00 pm; Friday: 7:30 am-5:40 pm; Saturday: 7:45 am-3:30 pm.
Location: Fort Collins Marriott, 350 E. Horsetooth Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80525
Lodging at hotel. You must live more than 35 miles from the hotel venue for the CDE to pay for your lodging. A personal credit card is required at the hotel check-in desk for incidentals only. Meals are for registered and confirmed PEP participants only; no infants, children, or non-registered adults will be permitted in any of the PEP sessions, small groups, or PEP dining areas. However, your family, children, caregivers, who are not registered to attend PEP, can stay in your room and enjoy the hotel amenities. They must provide their own meals.
Description: PEP conferences are for parents*/guardians who have children with disabilities, aged 0-21, professionals who work with families with children with disabilities, aged 0-21, and for support persons who support parents raising a child(ren) with a disability or who are caretakers of the child(ren) with a disability in the family; can include a grandparent(s) or other relatives.
*A parent includes couples, single parents, legal guardians, adoptive, and foster parents.