Family Support Services

• Family-driven program for parents, siblings, and extended families of the children with disabilities. The goal is to help families feel less overwhelmed, and to aquire the knowledge to become better advocates of the children. This places less stress on the family.
  • parents who have struggled with their own child are better suited to support other parents
  • supported parents are able to better equipped to meet the needs of their own child

To make parents feel less overwhelmed, UCP: Children's Center provides information services, a lending library, support, parental connections, support groups, and workshops.

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