The Family Resource Guide (FRoG)
This guide is packed with information, tips, and contacts for a vast array of different issues facing families caring for children with special needs. It includes information and resources on education, medical needs, transitions, financial programs, and planning for the future. This guide will soon be available in a printed form.
Health & Nutrition
In this section you will learn how to find a "Medical Home", as well as related information and services. When it comes to healthy children, there are many contributors to the "whole pot of soup".
Growing & Learning
Along with health care, there are supports and services to help you provide a nurturing and stimulating environment for your child. Children enjoy learning, and it's amazing how much you may learn and grow with them. Your child may be eligible to receive expert attention from experienced professionals - a recipe for success.
Transitions
Journeying through one life stage to another can be exciting as well as challenging for a family of a child with special needs. Luckily, there are programs to help your family find smooth transitions.
Family Support
You are not alone in your efforts to raise a child with special health care needs. There are services, resources, parent groups, and agencies to support you.
Good Cents
In this section are resources for state, federal, and community-based programs that may lighten the financial load - that's something to relish.
Alphabet Soup
Alphabet Soup may clear up some unfamiliar terms and acronyms. You may want to keep this list handy until you're the one pitching those terms around.
