One in ten military children has a special education or health care need. In WNY, across the military branches, over 2,600 service-connected children have a parent currently serving. When you add the children connected to Veterans, the numbers increase. Families may not always understand their rights, roles and responsibilities or the resources available to them. Parent Network is here to meet the unique needs of military and veteran families with children with special educational and health care needs.
The added Facebook page and Twitter account serves as the response to Parent Network’s slogan: Support. Educate. Connect. Empower. Families can easily interact while learning more about what is available to them. Professionals can respond as well and share these links to the individuals they serve.
Visit our Facebook page, The Parent Network of WNY Military and Veteran Family Program: www.facebook.com/militaryandveteranfamilyprogram. LIKE us to stay connected and click SHARE to help other families. Also Tweet us and other families on Twitter @MilandVetFam
By the way, all military parents of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged 5-17 years are invited to participate in IANS’s Changing Home and School Environments (CHASE) survey. Dr. Marilisa Elrod, a commander in the United States Navy and a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and the IAN Research Team, created the survey. To find out more and to participate please go to: https://iancommunity.org/research_studies/moving _study