Resources for Families
In addition to our specialists, The Children’s Hospital also provides the following resources for your family:
Children’s Family Health Library
The Children’s Hospital’s main campus location offers a Family Health Library to provide information in broad areas such a parenting, child development, and medical diagnosis in children. Please feel free to stop by and use this great resource as you would like.
Website Resources
Autism Society of Colorado
Autism Society of Colorado
Promotes education, awareness and advocacy for individuals with autism, parents, friends, professionals and advocates.
Parent to Parent Colorado
Parent to Parent Colorado
Resources for parents of children and adults with disabilities or special healthcare needs.
The National Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine
Site of the National Institutes of Health. Provides links to resources for a variety of developmental and other disorders.
Family Voices of Colorado
Family Voices of Colorado
Family Voices of Colorado is a chapter of the national, grassroots organization composed of families and friends who care for and about children with special healthcare needs.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilites
Serves as a central source of information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth; IDEA, the law authorizing special education; No Child Left Behind, as it relates to children with disabilities; and research-based information on effective educational practices.
PEAK Parent
Peak Parent
Provides training, information and technical assistance to equip families of children birth through 26 including all disability conditions with strategies to advocate successfully for their children.
National Down Syndrome Society
National Down Syndrome Society
Benefits people with Down syndrome and their families through national leadership in education, research and advocacy.
Healthcare Program for Children with Special Needs
Healthcare Program for Children with Special Needs
Provides information, referral to services and support for children with special health needs.
Community Centered Boards
Community Centered Boards
Builds partnerships to find innovative, practical and quality solutions to the challenges faced by people with developmental disabilities.
For additional resources, please visit JFK Partners.
