Resource eBlast July/August 2018
Sharing Resources for Families of Children with Special Healthcare Needs


Back to School Checklists for CYSHCN
Back to school time is around the corner!  These checklists can help guide your planning to ensure your child/youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) has a seamless return:

When Your Child with Special Needs Goes Back to School from the ARC in Washington State 

12 Great Back to School Supplies for the Child with Special Needs  
Looking for ideas of adaptive back to school supplies or supplies to contribute to classrooms? Let this list of ideas get your creative juices flowing!

Online options to get started with your shopping: 
Have a tween or teen entering middle school this year? How do you support your child through the tumultuous time? Check out these tips from the Family Voices IMPACT project.


Sleep, Mental Health, and Adolescence: Finding the Balance 
Part of transitioning to a new school year is figuring out how to ease kids from the more relaxed summer days and nights into a new school routine while continuing to get good sleep. This Family Voices resource addresses the tricky intersection of adolescence, sleep, and mental health.


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Family Voices is a national organization and grassroots network of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities.  We promote partnership with families--including those of cultural, linguistic and geographic diversity--in order to improve healthcare services and policies for children.