Texas Parent to Parent

Texas Parent to Parent

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Providing support and information to families of children with disabilities, chronic illness and other special health care needs

Home What TxP2P Offers Services for Parents Services for Professionals Services for Parent Group Facilitators Resource Directory Newsletters Contact Us Donate About TxP2P Site Map	Welcome to Texas Parent to Parent!! Have you ever had that feeling that no one understood what you were saying? That maybe you were speaking a foreign language but you weren’t aware of it? We know that feeling because we are also parents of children with disabilities and chronic illness. We have spoken that same language and seen the same blank looks on people’s faces. We have dealt with doctors, therapists, insurance companies, hospitals, ECI programs, special education programs, and on and on. We have fought for our child, cried for our child, gotten angry for our child but we have also seen their smile, felt their hugs and known their love and their true value. That makes it worth all of the rest of it, most of the time. For the times it is not enough, Texas Parent to Parent offers a place to call and hear a friendly voice, someone who will understand. We may not have any answers and we may just cry with you or rant with you, but more than likely we’ll laugh a little, also. Does this sound good to you? Then you've found the right place! Our services include: Matching parents to trained Supporting Parent Volunteers who have children with similar disabilities or issues for emotional support and information Providing resource information via a website resource directory or in writing. These resources include long-term financial help, therapy centers, parent support groups, etc. Providing a forum via email or telephone for families to get answers to specific questions about issues related to their child such as special education services, insurance, sibling’s issues, etc. Providing fact sheets and quarterly newsletters via email or in writing. Information provided will include information on specific disabilities, care for the caregiver, special education law, insurance issues, respite care, applicable websites, etc. Providing technical support to families or parent groups for creating support systems within their communities Texas Parent to Parent is a non-profit, statewide program that provides support, resources and information to parents/caregivers of children of all ages and disabilities, as well as to the professionals who work with them. Welcome to our family! Erika, Patty, Luz, Susan, Mary Jane, Debbie, Jan, Rosemary, Jeanine, Laura, & Sue	Click here to see our latest newsletter in PDF form Click here to see current or previous newsletters or to print individual articles from any of the newsletters To see our metro area resource lists, click on the appropriate city below: Amarillo & Vicinity Austin & Vicinity Corpus Christi & Vicinity Dallas & Ft. Worth & Vicinity El Paso & Vicinity Rio Grande Valley San Antonio & Vicinity Click here for our State & National Resource Directory To find resources in the county where you live, go to the Resource Directory and click on your area of the state
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Last Updated: February 19, 2009	Find out about parent to parent programs in other states or to find out how to start a parent to parent program in your state, go to Parent to Parent USA! www.p2pusa.org		Use your Randall Remarkable Card to support TxP2P #10043

Welcome to
Texas Parent to Parent!!

Have you ever had that feeling that no one understood what you were saying? That maybe you were speaking a foreign language but you weren’t aware of it? We know that feeling because we are also parents of children with disabilities and chronic illness. We have spoken that same language and seen the same blank looks on people’s faces. We have dealt with doctors, therapists, insurance companies, hospitals, ECI programs, special education programs, and on and on. We have fought for our child, cried for our child, gotten angry for our child but we have also seen their smile, felt their hugs and known their love and their true value. That makes it worth all of the rest of it, most of the time. For the times it is not enough, Texas Parent to Parent offers a place to call and hear a friendly voice, someone who will understand. We may not have any answers and we may just cry with you or rant with you, but more than likely we’ll laugh a little, also. Does this sound good to you? Then you've found the right place!
Our services include:

Matching parents to trained Supporting Parent Volunteers who have children with similar disabilities or issues for emotional support and information
Providing resource information via a website resource directory or in writing. These resources include long-term financial help, therapy centers, parent support groups, etc.
Providing a forum via email or telephone for families to get answers to specific questions about issues related to their child such as special education services, insurance, sibling’s issues, etc.
Providing fact sheets and quarterly newsletters via email or in writing. Information provided will include information on specific disabilities, care for the caregiver, special education law, insurance issues, respite care, applicable websites, etc.
Providing technical support to families or parent groups for creating support systems within their communities

Texas Parent to Parent is a non-profit, statewide program that provides support, resources and information to parents/caregivers of children of all ages and disabilities, as well as to the professionals who work with them.
Welcome to our family!
Erika, Patty, Luz, Susan, Mary Jane, Debbie, Jan, Rosemary, Jeanine, Laura, & Sue