Founded in 1997, Family Voices of California (FVCA) is a statewide collaborative of locally-based parent run centers working to ensure quality health care for children and youth with special health care needs.
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- New Webinars 5/22 and 5/29
- New Webinar 5/15: Educationally Related Mental Health Services
- New FDA Patient Network Website
- Settlement of IHSS Lawsuit will Prevent Devastating Cuts to Home Care Services
- April 2013 Webinar Recording: The Affordable Care Act and Exchange – What are the Specifics?
- Webinars for Autism Awareness Month
- 11th Annual Health Summit is another Success!
- November 2012 Webinar Recording: Changes to MediCal and Healthy Families
- October 2012 Webinar Recording
- As National Work & Family Month Begins, National Family Voices Celebrates the Work of Special Parent Heroes
Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition now available!
September 19, 2012Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide: Raising Healthy Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2nd Edition from National Family Voices. Developed for families by families, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other professionals. The beautiful 164-page guide will provide families with:
- Information and encouragment for the roles families play every day in the health and well-being of their children
- Information about the importance of well child visits for all children, including children and youth with special health care needs
- Encouragement to speak up and to take active roles in their children's care
- Encouragement to form partnerships with other families and with professionals to improve policies, care, service,s and support for all children and families
- An overall framework for children's good health and insight into all those who contribute to it
- Current, comprehensive, succint information about child development
- Links to resources and further sources of information for children's good health
The booklet is $5/each, and available for purchase here: http://bit.ly/BrightFuturesFamilyPocketGuideorders
ARCHIVED - February 1st Brown Bag Lunch Webinar
January 25, 2012 02/01/2012
America/Los Angeles
***NEW*** Archived Webinar
National Center for Cultural Competence - Two-Part Webinar on Cultural and Linguistic Competence
Presenters: Tawara D. Goode & Wendy A. Jones
Part I. Cultural Competence: What Does it Mean for Family Resource Centers?
Child- and youth-serving systems and organizations continue to struggle with responding effectively to the interests, preferences, and needs of this nation's diverse populations and communities. Cultural competence and linguistic competence are viewed as an essential approaches for addressing diversity, and in reducing disparities by improving access, utilization, and service delivery, and ultimately the outcomes and well-being of children, families, and the communities in which they live. The first in a series of two Webinars will a) explore the importance of cultural competence, b) describe a conceptual framework for advancing cultural competence at both the organizational and individuals levels, and 3) delineate the implications for cultural competence for family resource centers and personnel who provide supports to families of children and youth with disabilities, behavioral health, and special health care needs
To view handouts of the presentation, Click Here
November Brown Bag Lunch Training--Sign Up Today
October 26, 2010 11/03/2010 12:00 pm
America/Los Angeles
NAVIGATING CALIFORNIA CHILDREN SERVICES: The Financial Process & Health Insurance Plans
Please join Family Voices of California and SUE JOHNSON and TERRY ENNS (Alameda County California Children Services) for an interactive Webinar for Family, Youth, Family-to-Family Support staff, Professionals and Providers too.
This webinar will help you understand the detailed financial relationships between the programs covered by California Children Services and insurance plans. Please join Sue Johnson, Chief Therapist and Terry Enns, Managed Care Liaision from Alameda County CCS for an informative webinar geared towards all audiences.
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Physical & Occupational Therapy: October Brown Bag Lunch
September 21, 2010 10/06/2010 12:00 pm
America/Los Angeles
**FREE WEBINAR***
Please join Family Voices of California and
UNDERSTANDING SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS FOR PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: An Overview of PT and OT Service Models Used by California Children Services and School Districts
This webinar will cover the continuum of service delivery models used to provide physical and occupational therapy to students, the focus of each model and how teachers and peers may participate in these services.
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now!
September Brown Bag Lunch
August 5, 2010 09/01/2010 12:00 pm
America/Los Angeles
“HEALTH CARE CONNECTIONS: A Resource for Understanding and Navigating Health Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs" with Juno Duenas and Mara McGrath
Title: "Health Care Connections"
Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now!