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GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Children with special health care needs are those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally<br>

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GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

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  1. GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

  2. Definition of Children with Special Health Care Needs: Children with special health care needs are those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally (AAP, Pediatrics 102:1, July 1998).

  3. Medical Home A medical home is an approach to providing child development service in a high-quality and cost-effective manner. Primary care providers, families, and allied health care professionals act as partners in a medical home to identify and access all of the medical and non-medical services needed to help children and their families achieve their maximum potential.

  4. Tasks of the Medical Home for CSHCN: Provide “regular” pediatric care (check- ups, vaccines, etc.) Be knowledgeable Organize the team of providers (case management) Be available

  5. Family-Centered Care The family is the constant. A family is a culture unto itself. Family issues affect the child. The child’s problems affect the family.

  6. Family-Professional Collaboration Facilitates open communication. Creates an atmosphere of trust. Respects cultural values. Recognizes that negotiation is essential.

  7. Community Resources TYPES OF SUPPORTS FOR FAMILY AND CHILD: Natural (grandparents, friends, etc.) Informal (support groups, respite, camps, etc.) Formal (school, SSI, etc.)

  8. About In Mumbai SRCC is one of the center provides rehabilitation and medical services to special childrens. In 1947, a group of dedicated volunteers started a small clinic in a doctor’s waiting room for the treatment of children afflicted with poliomyelitis. The continued efforts of these few persons resulted in the birth of this Society. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became a patron, and was instrumental in the grant of land to Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC) at Haji Ali. Since then it has been a society serving the needs of Children, from all sections of society.

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