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The importance of creating and maintaining a log regarding your special needs child
Recognizing the sometimes hidden treasures of a special needs family
Medicaid/MediPass
Amerigroup Community Care Florida
Apply for Medicaid
Family-Related Medicaid Programs Fact Sheet
Medicaid geographic area offices with staff to help answer questions about MediPass.
Overview of MediPass
TEENS and TEENS TRANSITIONING TO ADULTS
Child to Adult: The Bridging Dilemma
By Donna Gilcher, CABF Director of Education
FL Supported Employment Bulletin Board
Training Resource Network, Inc. • Funded by the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
Going to College: A resource for teens with disabilities
This website is to help high school students learn about college life with a disability. Video clips, activities and additional resources are included that will help give a head start in making collge plans. Through video clips, college students with disabilities share firsthand experience about how they have been successful. Modules include activities that will help students with self-exploration, college expectations and important considerations and tasks to complete when planning for college.
Partners in Transition
To improve transition services and increase the number of youth with disabilities who achieve their desired post school outcomes.
School to Work
Online courses for teens and young adults with disabilities, and their families, to help with preparation for a successful work experience
TeenCentral.Net
Including an anonymous help-line, for teens, by teens, professionally monitored
CAREGIVER NOTES
Think of each time you have flown in an airplane...and even though many of us neglect to pay attention to the in-flight safety briefing, we are all familiar with what to do if the oxygen mask drops: to start the flow of oxygen, you pull the mask towards you, place it firmly over your nose and mouth, secure the elastic band behind your head and breathe normally. They remind us that even though the bag does not inflate, we can be assured oxygen is flowing through it. If you don't get that mask on quickly (about 15 seconds), you may find yourself unconscious! If travelling with a child (or someone else who needs assistance), you are to first secure your own mask, and then assist the other person. Your first loving instinct may be to help your child, but you can't be very helpful to others if you pass out!
As rewarding as it is to raise our special children, it's important for caregivers to remember to take care of themselves. We all know this but saying it to a familiar fellow caregiver would probably result in "the pot calling the kettle black" analogy. Caregivers often tend to allow themselves to become absolutely overwhelmed, exhausted, and at the end of their rope.
If possible, I go EARLY to pick up my grandson from school. I take a book, magazine or some other portable project, such as crochet or beading. I try to find a shady spot to park, even if it means moving again when school is out. I plan on adding a small neck pillow and wind up alarm clock in my vehicle for a few minutes of quality rest.
Sandy from Ft. Worth, TX
Getting out of the house and some place different really helps! I think we get stuck sometimes with out some different scenery. Not always easy to do and of course the best laid plans often don't work, but try again! We can give up when it is so hard to plan and coordinate, but after you do it once, it will be easier the next time.
I think it is important to ALWAYS have something to look forward to.... something in the works, an idea a thought, a project, a TRIP... As you complete the one fun goal, plan something else. Do this for your family, and also have a 'me time plan' as the caregiver. It is always great to have something for your child to look forward to, but you must have something that is just for you too!
-TJ from Land O'Lakes, FL
I like to light candles or use room spray. Pleasing scents make me feel happy and more relaxed.
-MN from Tampa, FL
A special pillow for bedtime is a great treat! You can have a silk pillowcase, a fuzzy soft pillow, whatever you like. You can even spray them with a relaxing sheet spray. Sweet dreams!
RB from FL
Carepages.com
Free personal websites that connect family and friends during illness & injury.
Family Caregiver Alliance
National Alliance for Caregiving
National Family Caregivers Alliance
Taking Care of YOU: Self-Care for Family Caregivers"
Credits: Family Caregiver Alliance - National Center on Caregiving
This article and step-by-step plan easily apply to all caregivers though it was prepared by those whose focus is the elderly. |
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Resources on the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in their communities. Offers online training and information. Specializing in management, organizational change, education, training, rehabilitation and supported employment.
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