Do you have a group of parents, family members, professionals, or community members that is interested in learning more about supporting children with disabilities or special health care needs in their communities?
Texas Parent to Parent (TxP2P) is offering trainings that address this critical issue and can design trainings to meet the specific needs of your group.

1. Advocacy
2. Telling Your Story
3. Medical Home
4. Medicaid Waiver Programs
5. Community Resources
6. Private Insurance Issues
7. Plan for Achieving Self Sufficiency (PASS)
8. Health Care Transition Process: Pediatric to Adult
9. Self-Determination
10. CARE Plan Notebooks
11. Understanding & Empathizing with Parents...
12. Person Centered Planning
13. Family Support
14. Stages of Grief & Adaptation
15. Starting Parent Groups

Presentations are also available in Spanish. Presentations are not limited to those shown above. Presentations designed to meet your group’s specific needs and interests are also available upon request.

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We are very excited about this new resource for families in Texas!
For more information about training opportunities or to set up a training for your group, contact Jeanine Pinner, Training & Outreach Coordinator, at 512-217-3558 or jeanine@txp2p.org or Debbie DeLuna, Bilingual Trainer, at 956-447-5568 or debbied@txp2p.org

TxP2P will provide/assist with resources, information and support:

• that will assist families of children with disabilities and special health care needs in ensuring that their children can continue to live at home or in an integrated community setting, and
• that will help families make informed choices about the care that their child receives...from the providers they choose to the manner in which services are provided, and
• for long-term planning and supports for when their child leaves home.

We will ensure that families are aware of the philosophy of home and community-based supports by:

• providing general information and referrals to programs, services and benefits that can help children stay in their community and progress in their development
• providing individualized resources for a child based on the family’s personal situation, including where they live in Texas, income level, age of the child, and the type of health care needs and/or disabilities through our resource directories
• providing education and training opportunities for parents, parent groups, service providers and other professionals who provide health care services and resources for children with special health care needs
• when requested by a parent, providing a one-on-one match with a Supporting Parent Volunteer to provide information, referrals, health care information, and emotional support to new parents or parents new to the special health care need or issue
• developing and promoting our Transition Program for parents of teens and young adults through written information, articles in the newsletter and on our website, one-on-one support from our Transition Coordinator and trainings
• providing opportunities for peer support, discussion, and interaction through expansion of our Internet Listservs, our annual statewide parent conference, matches with Supporting Parent Volunteers, and providing technical assistance and advertising for local parent groups while continuing to identify and provide additional avenues of interaction for parents
• collaborating with existing Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Centers in other states to benefit families, continuing existing collaborations and pursuing additional ones with the Texas Department of State Health Services on best practices and findings from resource dissemination
• providing opportunities for parents to become parent leaders in health care policymaking and advocacy