Health Care Advocacy

Advocacy is a must learn skill for foster/adoptive  parents caring for children frequently enmeshed in multiple systems of care.  Based on the understanding that anything we accomplish happens because of good communication, the following resources offer information and strategies parents can use to effectively advocate with professionals.

• Foster and Adoptive Parents: Essential Advocates for the Healthy Development of Children in Foster Care
• Children with Special Needs: Helping Families Access Services and Information (pdf)
• Working Together: Health Services for Children in Foster Care
• HIPPA Clarification from NYS OCFS
• Caring For Children with Special Needs – NYS AIDS Institute and OCFS Manual
• Dual Diagnosis: A Caregivers Guidebook from Healthy Transitions
• When to Seek Treatment from the NYU Child Study Center
• How to Talk to Your Child’s Doctor
• What to Do After a Diagnosis
• Education for Empowerment: Schools and Teens in Healthcare Transition (pdf)
• Guide to Understanding OMRDD Support and Services
• Parent to Parent NYS Health Care Information and Education Center

Last modified: July 22, 2011

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