Resource Materials

Whether you are new to parenting a child with special health care needs or have many years of experience, new challenges and questions arise. Family Voices has compiled a large number of helpful resources for parents and family members. Many of these resources are part of our Did You Know? Now You Know! trainings that are held throughout Wisconsin. For a listing of upcoming trainings go to training opportunities.

Overview

• Presentation: An Introduction to Health Care Coverage and Community Supports

• Transition to Adult Health Care Checklist: Preparing for Life as an Adult
• Transition to Adult Health Care: A Training Guide
• My Health Pocket Guide
• Interview Questions to Assist in Choosing a Physician
• Interview Questions to Assess how Clinics Operates
• What Should I Expect From my Child's Medical Home?
• Building a Medical Home Partnership: A Wisconsin Toolkit
• The Medical Home Family Index and Survey

• Birth to Three Program
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• Family Support Program
• Wisconsin Services for Children with Disabilities Administered through the Department of
  Health Services

Medicaid is a program, funded by the federal and state governments, which pays for medical care for families with low income and for children and adults with special health care needs and/or disabilities, who may qualify based on their level of disability rather than income.

• Medicaid as a Second Language: Terms, Acronyms, & Abbreviations
• Medicaid 101
• Badgercare
• Katie Beckett
• Health Check
• Medical Necessity
• Personal Care Fact Sheet
  
  

• Brochure - Children's Long-Term Support Waiver Programs
• Medicaid Waiver Manual
• What are Waivers?
• Description of Services under Children's Waiver

• How Managed Care Works
• Managed Care and Advocacy
• Private Insurance Checklist
  
  

• Webcast – A Presentation on Embedding Health Outcomes in the IEP
• School-based and Community-based Therapy Services Brochure
• Department of Health Services Fact Sheet on School Based Services
• Covered Services - Excerpt from Wisconsin Medicaid Handbook on School Based Services
  
  

• Ending Waiting Lists: Families and Programs Working Together
• Waiting for Family Support: Supporting Families Who Have Children with Disabilities

• Children with Long Term Support Needs Foundation Paper
• Council Charge

• Real Choice Systems Change Grant Program
  Activities and Accomplishments of the Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Centers (includes mention of the Did You Know, Now You Know Parent Trainers)
• A Promising Practices Paper: Innovative Strategies for Strengthening Family to Family Health Information and Education Centers
  Profiles Information, Assistance and Advocacy project which involved Family Voices of Wisconsin.