Peer Navigation
Parents assisting other parents to identify, access and effectively participate in treatment and policy planning and implementation to assist their child OR youth assisting other youth to identify, access and effectively participate in treatment and policy planning and implementation.
Free Prescription Medicine
Information about nationwide programs to qualify for free or reduced cost prescription medication for people who cannot afford their prescription drugs (not Medicaid).
Family Networks (like AYFN) across the country
Links and listings to 42 state networks.
Each family network assures that when a parent, grandparent, foster parent or youth makes a call to a network, the person who answers the phone has first-hand knowledge of the challenges of raising a child with an emotional or behavioral challenge. They know the resources for help in their state.
The Freedom Self-Advocacy Curriculum
Training: Train the Trainer
The Freedom Self-Advocacy Curriculum
FASD Support Site - Bright Tomorrow
FASD Support Site - Bright Tomorrow
If you are caring for or working with someone who has FASD, this site offers hope and help. Different sections address the needs of parents, teachers, clinicians, and social service workers. The practical information you need is right at your fingertips—in a format that you can use immediately. Checklists, web links, suggestions for interventions, and more … print it, use it, share it.
Parents Helping Parents
Parent directed family resource center for children with any kind of special need (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities).
Planning for New Programs and Buildings
The following site have woorkbooks or other tools to assist a group in transforming an idea into an actual plan:
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First Steps - questions and answers and useful links Society for NonProfit Organizations
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Developing a Board of Directors Family Networks Technical Assistance Center
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Developing Articles of Incorporation
Health Care Power of Attorney
Legal Concerns
DSM IV-TR
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the text that is used by mental health professionals to assess, categorize and name mental disorders in people of all ages. The assesment is complete with five axis: Axis I describes the Clinical Disorders, Axis II describes prominent maladaptive personality features and mental retardation, Axis III describes the general medical condition (with ICD-9-CM or medical codes), Axis IV describes psychosocial and and environmental problems and Axis V provides a numerical range for the individual's Global Assessmen
