Family Resources

Welcome to the Family Resources page.

From this page you are able to visit the many links to information, organizations and events of interest to families of children with special health care needs. At Franciscan Hospital, we make every effort to provide parents and other family members with useful resources to help them and their children. If there is an organization that you feel could benefit other parents or caregivers that is not listed here, please contact us with the organization's Web site address. If we feel the information provided on that site can be useful to others, we will include it to our list of links.

Click here to access resources that support our Healthy Eating Campaign for children and families:  

 

AAC-RERC is to assist people who rely on augmentative and alternative communication

Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics

American Lung Association

American Speech Language Hearing Association

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK)

Augmentative Communication Inc.

Brain Injury Association of America

Boston Twin Mommy   NEW!

CaringBridge: Helping Families Stay Connected  NEW!

Consumer Product Safety Commission      

Design to Learn™ . . . for people who live or work with individuals who have severe disabilities.

Easter Seals

Environmental Protection Agency    

Families for Early Autism Treatment

Instruction for Life   NEW!

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Intervention Center

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Center for Injury Prevention   

National Highway Safety   

National Mental Health Information Center

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

News Visions

Simplified Technology

The Barkley AAC Center and the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America

Therapro

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services   

United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Wonderbaby.Org  NEW!