Parent Support &
Information
Behavior
Management: Guidance and Discipline
Calif. Coalition
for Ethical Mental Health Care Established in 1994 in
response to the abuse of mental health patients and professional caregivers
by the managed care industry, CCEMHC is a grassroots organization
of mental health care clients and patients, consumer advocates, and professionals
from each of the mental health disciplines in California, dedicated to
preserving the quality, integrity and confidentiality of mental health
care through public and professional education, and through legal and legislative
action.
Center for Education
Rights CER is dedicated to developing & marketing
interactive learning resources for K-12 students, promoting advocacy projects
relating to children with special needs, and conducting professional continuing
education programs for attorneys, educators, parents, and others with an
interest in special education law and internet-based learning systems.
Children
of Parents with Mental Illness
Cost & Quality
of Healthcare
Facts
about Childhood Mental Illnesses
Families
and Work Institute Founded in 1989, FWI is known for
ahead of the curve, non-partisan research into emerging work-life issues;
for solutions-oriented studies addressing topics of vital importance to
all sectors of society; and for fostering connections among workplaces,
families, and communities. FWI’s rigorous data are highly respected. Business
and community leaders, policy-makers, individual families, educators and
the media seek out its research, which has influenced decisions across
the nation.
Family Support and
Children's Mental Health established in 1984 at Portland
State University, Portland, Oregon with funding from the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education,
and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Center is dedicated to promoting effective community-based, culturally
competent, family-centered services for families and their children who
are, or may be affected by mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. This
goal is accomplished through collaborative research partnerships with family
members, service providers, policy makers, and other concerned persons.
Health Care Liability
Alliance is a group of medical organizations dedicated
to rescuing the nation's health care system from an out-of-control legal
system that is severely damaging the delivery of health
http://www.achildscry.org/ care
and hurting patients.
Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation
Impact
of Ignoring Children w/ Serious Mental Illness Results
of a National Survey of Parents and Other Caregivers
Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award was created by Public Law 100-107, signed into law on August
20, 1987. The Award Program, responsive to the purposes of Public Law 100-107,
led to the creation of a new public-private partnership. Principal support
for the program comes from the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award, established in 1988.
Medical
Record Privacy, EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center
Mental
Illness in birth family The faces of adoption
National Committee for
Quality Assurance
National Data
Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
PACER (Parent Advocacy
Coalition for Educational Rights) was created by parents
of children and youth with disabilities to help other parents and families
facing similar challenges. Today, PACER Center expands opportunities and
enhances the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities
and their families. PACER is staffed primarily by parents of children with
disabilities and works in coalition with 18 disability organizations.
Parents Helping Parents
PHP is celebrating 25 years of serving families of children with special
needs. We've come a long way in 25 years from a handful of volunteers,
with less than $200 a year budget and a phone answering machine in our
director's closet to over 500 volunteers, a budget of 1.8 million dollars
and a facility with over 13,300 square feet of offices, meeting rooms,
a library and a very sophisticated assistive technology and demonstration
center for children of all ages.
Sibling
Support Project The Sibling Support Project is
a national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of
people with special health and developmental needs. The Project's primary
goal is to increase the avail- ability of peer support and education opportunities
for brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental
needs.
Special Child
an online publication dedicated to parents of children with special needs.
Please take a moment to sign our Guestbook so that we may keep you apprised
of upcoming features. Your name and address will be held confidential.
Support Coalition
Support Coalition International will take
leadership in vitalizing the mind freedom movement by uniting groups in
a cooperative spirit, celebrating empowering emotional support, and launching
human rights campaigns that activate a wide diversity of the public. Our
mutual support gives us the power to speak the truth! |
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& Designed by Judi Coats (Updated on January 7th, 2006)