This section provides information on how to manage the crises that can
confront families with special health care needs, including disaster
preparedness and managing behavioral/mental health
crises, medical and legal crises.
Click on the links below to access the information each resource provides.
If you know of additional resources that provide valuable information in this
area, please email us at
learning@medhomeplus.org so that we can include these resources in this
database.
|
Organization |
Link |
What You'll Find
There |
| American College of Emergency Physicians and American
Academy of Pediatrics |
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/eif.doc |
Emergency Information Form for Children with Special Needs, a form
that can be downloaded and updated on your PC, designed to be printed
out and stored in the front of your child's Care Notebook |
| Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center of
Seattle |
www.cshcn.org |
Care Notebook, a more detailed document which provides an in-depth
summary of your child's special needs, available for download |
| File of Life Foundation |
www.folife.org/material.htm |
Source for the File of Life, a magnetic document providing emergency
workers with a summary of your child's special needs designed to be
attached to your refrigerator door, also available form many local fire
departments |
| Interagency Coordinating Council |
www.disabilitypreparedness.gov |
Emergency Preparedness for Individuals with Disabilities Resource
Center offers more information and tools related to emergency
preparedness |
| US Department of Homeland Security |
www.ready.gov/america/getakit/disabled.html |
Disaster preparedness website page that focuses on helping families
with disabilities to be prepared, including how to prepare a kit, make a
plan, and stay informed. |
| US Department of Homeland Security |
www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.html |
Informative brochures on emergency preparedness for People with
Disabilities and Special Needs |
| Wrightslaw |
www.wrightslaw.org |
A wealth of information about managing behavioral crises at school |
| Virginia Legal Advocacy Center |
www.virginialac.org |
Nonprofit organization that supports legal service to protect the
rights of students with disabilities in Virginia |
| Virginia Legal Aid |
www.valegalaid.org |
Source to find a legal aid office and get answers to legal questions |
| Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy |
www.vopa.state.va.us |
State organization that helps people with disabilities obtain
services and treatment |
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