Collaboration
With Professionals
Partners
In Care Conference:
Parent to Parent's
annual Partners in Care (PIC) Conference brings together a community of
over 250 parents, social services professionals, policymakers,
educators,
and health care providers from around the state. The format of this
day-long
conference includes interactive morning and afternoon workshops, which
offer all participants opportunities to learn about additional ways in
which we can improve responsiveness to children with special health
needs,
particularly by supporting the practice of family-centered programs
&
policies. The conference also includes a keynote speech, exhibits
by for-profit and non-profit organizations, the Partners In Care Award
and lunch. click for PIC conference page
Partnerships
with
Health Care Providers:
Parent to Parent of
Vermont staff work alongside Vermont Department of Health Maternal and
Child Health Programs to ensure that systems of care are family-centered.
As
a member of the Family-Centered Care Team of Fletcher Allen Health Care
(Vermont's largest hospital), Parent to Parent staff and volunteers
work
together with health care professionals and others to implement
family-centered
policies and practices at all levels of health care.
Family
Faculty: please view our
Family Faculty page
Family Faculty
is a constantly growing, evolving component of Parent to Parent. The
matching
and support of families in the various programs and opportunities
described
above brings us even closer to understanding the complexity of the
lives
of families. The willingness of families to share their lives so others
will learn is a benefit to everyone: students, faculty, communities,
and
most definitely, the next generation of professionals and families.
With
each opportunity to listen to families we also learn about our capacity
as a network of support. Other opportunities underway will be
parent
panels, presentations, home visits by students, and practicum with
nursing
students.
Please view info on:
Vermont
Interdisciplinary Leadership Education for Health Professionals Program
(VT-ILEHP), the Medical
Education Project
(MEP) and Families in Resident/Student
Training
(FIRST).
In
collaboration
with CSHN, view the report of a survey of Families with
children
with
Diabetes
click
to view report The Health Department published a manual, Recommendations
for Management of Diabetes for Children in School you may download
it from the health department WEB site: (60+ pages)http://www.state.vt.us/health/schooldiabetesmanual.pdf
