This resource book provides a directory of services available to help individuals with TBI, and includes helpful information for both providers and families.
Youth Sucide Prevention Toolkit for Parents developed by the Oakland County Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder are bombarded with treatment choices all of which claim to be effective. This manual is designed to support parents as they make decisions about their child’s treatment. It discusses the complexity of diagnostic evaluations for children on the autism spectrum, identifies and describes effective treatments, and outlines the importance of professional judgment and using data to guide treatment decisions (such as how best to determine if a professional or organization has the capacity to provide evidence-based practice for a child with autism.)
Hemi-Kids is an email discussion group where parents of infants and children who have mild to moderate hemiplegia or hemiplegic cerebral palsy share information. In many ways, these children live a pretty typical life and often don’t quite fit into the world of children who have disabilities. Yet, they don’t quite fit into the typically developing world, either. The parents on Hemi-Kids understand the challenges of parenting a child with mild to moderate hemiplegia.
The Michigan Department of Education Offices have developed the Collaborating For Success Parent Engagement Toolkit; a comprehensive, research-based resource that includes pertinent and practical information, proven strategies and tools to assist you in enhancing your parent engagement efforts and/or providing a simple yet powerful guide to jump start your program. Includes section on students with disabilities.
This pamphlet explains some of the resources available to families who have children with special needs. Program materials order form: http://michigan.gov/documents/mdch/Birth_Defects_Order_Form_439838_7.pdf
The Baby’s First Test mobile app serves as a quick reference guide for health professionals, state public health programs, families, and any other individuals or groups looking for the latest newborn screening information at their fingertips. The mobile app allows users to easily search for condition-specific information, including causes, treatment, and family experiences, as well as review newborn screening information in their state, including conditions found on each state’s newborn screening panel. By saving users most common searches, the mobile app allows users to navigate and search with ease, giving busy professionals and families the right information at the right time without any of the hassle.
Home Help Services is a program administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS). It is designed to give support to individuals who are unable to care for themselves adequately at home. This program provides funding for individuals to hire helpers to assist with daily activities. This allows people to live in their own homes rather than live in nursing homes, adult foster care homes, or homes for the aged.
This website created by the Michigan Department of Community Health helps consumers search more than 150 commonly prescribed prescription drugs in Michigan for the lowest price. Users can search this website by zip code, city, or pharmacy. Consumers are urged to call the pharmacy to confirm the latest price listed on the website.
This Michigan Department of Education resource has information for students with chronic health conditions, such as asthma and diabetes, and tips on how to manage health care at school.