Tips for youth to understand the importance as well as developing skills in self-advocacy.
Publication Categories: NHFV - Informational Brochures and Booklets
Educational Accomodations – What is Section 504
Do you know what an educational 504 plan is? This brochure will help you understand what educational accommodations are.
Sending Your Child To Camp
Deciding to send your child to camp can be a difficult decision for parents. Here are some questions to consider.
Tips on Handling Medical Appointments
Tips for parents of newborn’s and young children having special health care needs on making appointments to the doctors go smoothly.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren with Special Needs
This brochure is designed to help guide grandparents in their efforts to raise and care for their grandchild and to find the needed resources for the child as well as themselves.
Does Your Child with Special Health Care Needs Have a Medical Home?
What is a Medical Home? Learn more about this new way of thinking about primary care.
Parent Participation – Bringing the Parent Perspective into the Discussion
When working on a program or project parent participation will bring a new depth and enrichment to the process. To make this partnership work, professionals must have a strong conviction about the value of that parent participation. This brochure suggests ways to include parents and the supports they may need.
Communicating and Developing Good Relationships with your Child’s Health Care Providers
There are many steps you can take to create the type of partnership and relationship that you want with your child’s doctor or health care provider. This booklet was developed to pass on suggestions, tips and encouragement from those parents who have traveled this same road.