This website contains information, resources and tools about programs to strengthen parent professional partnerships. The NCFPP believes that strengthening the role of families as partners in the delivery of health care to their children is a critical first step in improving the quality of care for children with special health care needs.
The National Center for Family Professional Partnerships provides this information for parents on how to partner effectively with your child’s provider. Tips include preparing for an office visit, talking with your child’s provider and learning more following the appointment.
The Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides quality, innovative services that increase self-reliance, productivity and dignity for persons who are blind or visually impaired.
Family Hope Foundation is an established non-profit organization providing resources, activities, support, and funding for therapies to families of children with special needs in West Michigan. Those needs may be physical, emotional, or developmental.
The parent-directed section of CSHCS is named the Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. We help shape CSHCS policies and procedures and help families navigate CSHCS. We also offer health resource information and emotional support to all Michigan families of children with special needs. To call on us, enrollment in CSHCS is not required. How to reach us: 1) Call the CSHCS Family Center Phone Line at 1-800-359-3722, or 2) Send an email to: cshcsfc@michigan.gov
The Student Advocacy Center of Michigan has been a voice for students since 1975. SAC works to assist our most vulnerable students stay in school, realize their rights to a quality public education, and experience success. Our services include education advocacy and support, education mentoring (Check and Connect), youth voice, and family support. We believe all students deserve a quality public education and that educators deserve the resources, respect and support to make that happen.
The Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan provides low cost or free mediation to help resolve almost any type of dispute. These include and are not limited to special education, divorce, parenting time, contracts, consumer, landlord-tenant, neighborhood, employment. The center covers 7 counties: Kent, Ionia, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, Osceola.
Our mission is to maximize the quality of life of individuals living with sickle cell disease, enable individuals with sickle cell trait to make informed decisions with respect to family planning, and provide education and testing for the general public.
Hope for HIE is the premiere resource for families, worldwide, whose infants and children experience a hypoxic brain injury (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). Providing awareness, education and support, Hope for HIE has a comprehensive support network, for families and professionals, to connect and promote hope in the journey with HIE.
Self esteem building counseling for children with ADHD, anxiety, or depression. Offers groups, one-on-one coaching and counseling, plus summer day camps for kids ages 4-6, 7-11 and in middle school.