title: Support for families and children with special needs.
abstract: One home care agency's staff identified community needs and developed three pediatric programs to address those needs. The programs include case management, a respite program, and parent education to prevent child abuse or neglect. All programs strengthen the families and thus the community this agency serves and are thus good examples of an agency's use of all resources at hand.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breckbill
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carmen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D019090:Case Management; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012144:Respite Care; D012944:Social Support; D013781:Texas