Professional Development
Teaching Activities for Families » Addiction, Abuse Infant Mental Health - The George Family Story
Key Elements of Family-Centered Care
- Recognizing that the family is the constant in a child’s life, while the service systems and personnel within those systems fluctuate.
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Facilitating parent/professional collaboration at all levels of health care:
__ care of an individual child:
__ program development, implementation, and evaluation; and
__ policy formation - Honoring the racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity of families.
- Recognizing family strengths and individuality and respecting different methods of coping.
- Sharing with parents, on a continuing basis and in a supportive manner, complete and unbiased information.
- Encouraging and facilitating family-to-family support and networking.
- Understanding and incorporating the developmental needs of infants, children, and adolescents and their families into health care systems.
- Implementing comprehensive policies and programs that provide emotional and financial support to meet the needs of families.
- Designing accessible health care systems that are flexible, culturally competent, and responsive to family-identified needs.
