The WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities has been funded to serve as West Virginia’s Family to Family Health Information Center. F2F HICs are family-staffed organizations that assist families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them.
The family-staffed center will provide access to information and resources through a statewide Disability Resource Library. Staff will also hold regional parent support groups and provide trainings on advocacy, managing challenging behaviors with positive parenting practices and coaching in other needed areas. The funding also provides resources to develop simulation-training experiences for medical graduate students that review daily needs and challenges that families of CYSHCN face.
Read the story on the Center for Excellence in Disabilities website.