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C. A. R. E.
Comprehensive Advocacy and Resources for Empowerment
Comprehensive Family Support | Advocacy| Resources | Empowerment | Case Study
We believe…
Every child is exceptional
Every child is a child with abilities
Every child should have the opportunity to achieve maximum potential
The entire family is affected by the child’s special health care needs
Families benefit from having a partner to help them navigate health care and social service systems
The following services are provided to families with a child who has a special heath care needs.
The CARE Program offers comprehensive family support for families caring for a child through age 12 with chronic illness or development delays.
Comprehensive Family Support Social Workers provide an array of services to address the needs of the whole family.
Families work with a social worker to coordinate access to health and social service providers. The social worker develops goals with the family to maximize their child’s health and the family’s well-being. The social worker meets with families at the location most convenient for the family – in their home, at the hospital, at school or at Any Baby Can offices.
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Advocacy Parents with children with special health care needs may be unaware of all the options available to them. Social Workers team with parents and other agencies to be the most effective advocate for the child – at school, in the healthcare system, and with other State and human service agencies.
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ResourcesABC assists families in locating available resources, specialists and support. Social Workers link parents to information about a child’s medical condition and provide connections to other resources based on a family’s particular needs.The social worker can link the family with resources for food, diapers, formula, medical equipment/supplies, medications and other basic needs.
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Empowerment - (Information and Referral) Parenting is difficult at best. Raising a child with special needs can be overwhelming. The ultimate goal of Any Baby Can’s C.A.R.E. team is to empower families to achieve stability and meet their basic needs in order to maximize their child’s and family’s physical, emotional and mental well-being. Short term counseling is available in the home, school or Any Baby Can offices as needed. Families can access immediate support, find emotional relief, and develop coping strategies. Links to ongoing, long-term therapy are also provided.
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Case Study - Nan ABC has been working with a 6-year-old boy named Gary diagnosed with ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder. He was so violent in the classroom last year that he had to be removed almost daily and have one-on-one tutoring. His behaviors included biting, hitting, spitting, cursing and throwing furniture. He was also having constant nightmares and literally tore apart most of the furniture in his family's home. ABC worked with Gary along side his mother, providing counseling and school advocacy to ensure he received the most appropriate interventions. Through our education and encouragement, his mother became empowered and informed regarding his needs. She is now his strongest advocate. 8 months later, Gary has stopped having nightmares, and is very social and popular with classmates and teachers at his new school. His schoolwork has improved so much that he will be advancing a grade and beginning the gifted and talented program.
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