One Family's Journey: Medical Home and the network of supports it offers children and youth with special healthcare needs: The transition process starts early.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Macdonald, Sarah; Sagerman, Paul J.; Boyd, Laura; Sanabria, Kathy
- Source
- Exceptional Parent; April 2008, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p57-61, 5p
- Subject
- Community health services for children
Parents of children with disabilities
Psychological adaptation in children
Exceptional children
Children with cerebral palsy
Medical care
Case studies
Patient education
Disability insurance
- Language
- ISSN
- 00469157
The seventh in a series of articles on a fictitious family's experiences with the American Academy of Pediatrics's Medical Home Initiative. The writers discuss the family's efforts to get their child with special health-care needs to take more responsibility for her health at the early age of 13.