Buddy Break is a FREE Parent’s Day Out program designed to give caregivers of kids with special needs (VIP kids) a break from their ongoing care-giving responsibilities. For 3 hours once a month, caregivers can leave their VIP kids, generally ages 2-16, and their siblings with trained and screened volunteer “Buddies” to play games, see…
Resource Review: The Caregiver’s Notebook by Jolene Philo After just a few months of caregiving for a medically complex child, I had tried several different ways to organize Emily’s information before I arrived at a method that has now worked for us for many years. Recently Jolene Philo shared with LifeLine her new resource, The Caregiver’s Notebook,…
“The Acute Program is specifically designed to provide inpatient psychiatric stabilization and treatment for children and adolescents ages 7 to 17 who present with co-morbid autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders. The primary objective of treatment is to quickly stabilize the symptoms that led to hospitalization, including severe self-injury, suicidal behavior and/or severe aggression. Our second…
