Hawaii Family Corner

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact and Program Information

Medical Home Training Parent Resource Directory: The Keiki 'O Hawaii resource guide
The Parent Line is a free statewide confidential telephone line which offers support and information to parents and other caregivers. The phone line staff will help you problem-solve parenting challenges and child and adolescent behavior and development issues. Community resources information and parenting handouts are available. They also provide an on-line resource directory for parents and caregivers.

Family Voices: www.familyvoices.org/st/HI.htm
Partnering with professionals and families to advocate for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent.

NAMI of Hawaii (National Voice of Mental Illness): www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Your_Local_NAMI&Template=/CustomSource/AffiliateFinder.cfm&State=HI
Education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental illnesses) and their families.

Special Parent Information Network (SPIN): www.spinhawaii.org/
The Special Parent Information Network (SPIN) is a parent to parent organization in Hawaii that provides information, support and referral to parents of children and young adults with disabilities and the professionals who serve them.

Family Village: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. This site offers informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology,adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much, much more!

The Association for Retarded Citizen (Arc) Family Resource Guide www.thearc.org/familyguide/hawaii.doc
This guide is written for families raising children with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities. It tells families about benefits, supports and services in their state that might help their child.

Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive list, please let us know if you have additions for your state resource page. You can contact us at: medical home@aap.org.

Last Updated July 27, 2005