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Join us for a Webinar on February 14
Coordinated services planning is part of the Vermont System of Care for children with complex needs and their families.
Many families are entitled to this planning process and many can benefit from it. This process follows a series of steps to help children, youth and families express their hopes and dreams as part of planning how to meet the needs. People from the child, youth, and families' life work as a team to develop a plan (Coordinate Services plan- CSP) that brings together and coordinates the services and supports needed for a child and family. Please join us for this webinar to learn more about who is eligible for a CSP, what purpose it serves, how it may benefit your child/family and how and by whom it is developed and implemented.
Title: Coordinated Services Planning for Children with Complex Needs and Their Families
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
Presenters: Kathleen Holsopple, Executive Director, Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (VFFCMH) and Cindy Marshall, Assistant Director, VFFCMH
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/360096486
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Family-driven means families have a primary decision making role in the care of their own children as well as the policies and procedures governing care for all children…
Here is the full definition
Family-driven means families have a primary decision making role in the care of their own children as well as the policies and procedures governing care for all children in their community, state, tribe, territory and nation.
This includes:
- Choosing culturally and linguistically competent supports, services, and providers;
- Setting goals;
- Designing, implementing and evaluating programs;
- Monitoring outcomes; and
- Partnering in funding decisions.
Guiding Principles of Family-Driven Care
- Families and youth, providers and administrators embrace the concept of sharing decision-making and responsibility for outcomes.
- Families and youth are given accurate, understandable, and complete information necessary to set goals and to make informed decisions and choices about the right services and supports for individual children and their families.
- All children, youth, and families have a biological, adoptive, foster, or surrogate family voice advocating on their behalf and may appoint them as substitute decision makers at any time.
- Families and family-run organizations engage in peer support activities to reduce isolation, gather and disseminate accurate information, and strengthen the family voice.
- Families and family-run organizations provide direction for decisions that impact funding for services, treatments, and supports and advocate for families and youth to have choices.
- Providers take the initiative to change policy and practice from provider-driven to family-driven.
- Administrators allocate staff, training, support and resources to make family-driven practice work at the point where services and supports are delivered to children, youth, and families and where family and youth run organizations are funded and sustained.
- Community attitude change efforts focus on removing barriers and discrimination created by stigma.
- Communities and private agencies embrace, value, and celebrate the diverse cultures of their children, youth, and families and work to eliminate mental health disparities.
- Everyone who connects with children, youth, and families continually advances their own cultural and linguistic responsiveness as the population served changes so that the needs of the diverse populations are appropriately addressed.
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Take Care of Your Mental and Emotional Health
The Vermont Health Department is concerned about the health and safety of those affected by the recent flooding and storm damage. Flood-related loss can cause a great deal of stress for affected individuals, communities and recovery workers. It is important to take care of yourself and your family throughout the storm recovery effort.
For tips on how to care for yourself after a disaster like Hurricane Irene click Here
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