Are you hoping to build and grow your support system? We are here for you, dearest caregivers! Over the six and a half months since our launch in February, the Caregiver to Caregiver Respite Network (C2C) has been growing, evolving, and expanding our reach.
By Pat Cameron, Director of Family TIES
The Federation has been connecting families with one another for half a century. Through our Parent to Parent program (P2P), families can tap into insight and empathy that can only be found when talking to one another. Funded by the Department of Public Health, Division of Children and Youth with Special Health Needs, this phone-based emotional support program is now expanding.
Our amazing neurodiverse children are worth every moment of care and attention we give them. Still, being a parent of a child with learning and attentional issues can be stressful. The research confirms this. Ongoing stressors experienced by parents of children with learning and attentional disabilities can take a toll on parents’ mental health and physical health.