The body has made the call after its latest survey of parents showed widespread confusion about who to contact at a school.
Of the 1,000 parents polled, 42 per cent said they did not know who to contact with child welfare concerns, 40 per cent did not know who to speak to about behaviour issues and a third did not know the name of the school contact for family issues.
The TDA says three-quarters of schools already have a parents' support adviser in place, but it wants to see the role in all schools.
Graham Holley, TDA chief executive, said: "PSAs can be found running parenting workshops, settling-in sessions, accompanying parents to mediation meetings, liaising with statutory agencies and other organisations on behalf of parents and carers, offering advice, and pointing to sources of further support."
By September next year all schools are expected to provide some kind of parenting support as part of their extended service provision.
The TDA has developed a training programme for PSAs.
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