whanau of children and family members with disabilities, health impairments,
or special needs through the support and
provision of information."
Parent to Parent New Zealand seeks to fulfil its mission by providing for families, whanau and care-givers who have, or have had, a child/children with disability, health impairment or special need:
Support
Parents, care-givers and whanau of children with a disability, health
impairment, or special need will have ready access to support from other
parents who have a child with a similar disability, health impairment
or special need. Every endeavour will be made to respond to an initial
contact within 48 hours. A parent, care-giver, or whanau will be matched
either locally, nationally or internationally as promptly and as appropriately
as possible according to their particular request. Wherever possible,
a request for match will be made with a trained Support Parent
Information
Parents, care-givers and whanau of children with a disability, health
impairment, or special need will have access to information. Information
will be available on specific disabilities and health impairments and
their management: on community services and support services including
those offered by the health, welfare and education sectors: on government
policies and reviews of these policies; and on any other area deemed
relevant to the needs of parents or Parent to Parent.
Education
Parent to Parent will provide educational workshops for parents,
caregivers and whanau with a disability, health impairment, or special
need , to give them the opportunity to share their experiences, to further
their communications skills and/or to train as a Support Parent
Advocacy
Parent to Parent will seek to have the additional challenges of
parenting children with a disability, health impairment, or special
need recognised by government policy makers; other decision makers and
authorities, health, welfare and educational professionals: and the
general public so that there is provision and support for children with
a disability, health impairment, or special need.
Friendship
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