Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) & Autism Resource Guide


Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) & Autism Resource Guide Families & Children Schools & Childcare Providers This guide provides resources and tips to help families of children with special healthcare needs, including those with autism spectrum disorder, improve their everyday health and be prepared during crises like natural disasters Search the Resource Central website for more resources with keywords: Disabled Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, or Health Services for Persons with Disabilities for more information. Summary Autism Speaks Natural Disaster Resources This webpage provides resources and tips from Autism Speaks to help families with autism prepare for and cope with natural disasters safely. Autism Speaks · None Summary Job Aid Be Ready: Tips for Families of Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs This resource provides tips for families with special healthcare needs to prepare for emergencies, including making plans, gathering supplies, and staying informed in multiple languages. EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC), Region V for Kids · 2021 Summary Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs in Emergencies This CDC webpage describes how to prepare and care for children with special healthcare needs during emergencies, ensuring their safety and well-being in disasters. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 2024 Lecture Individuals with Disabilities & Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Pre/Post Disaster This webinar describes how people with disabilities and families of children with special health care needs can prepare for disasters. Family Voices · 2018 Lecture Disaster and Families of Children with Disabilities: What Every Health Care Provider Needs to Know This page describes how health care providers can help families with disabled children prepare for disasters, ensuring they are ready and safe during emergencies. Region V for Kids, EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) · 2021 Journal Article Access to Critical Health Information for Children During Emergencies: Emergency Information Forms and Beyond This policy statement addresses the access to important health information for children during emergencies, highlighting the use of emergency forms and additional resources. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) · 2023 Summary Autism Speaks Natural Disaster Resources This webpage provides resources and tips from Autism Speaks to help families with autism prepare for and cope with natural disasters safely. Autism Speaks · None Summary Job Aid Be Ready: Tips for Families of Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs This resource provides tips for families with special healthcare needs to prepare for emergencies, including making plans, gathering supplies, and staying informed in multiple languages. EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC), Region V for Kids · 2021 Summary Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs in Emergencies This CDC webpage describes how to prepare and care for children with special healthcare needs during emergencies, ensuring their safety and well-being in disasters. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 2024 Lecture Individuals with Disabilities & Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Pre/Post Disaster This webinar describes how people with disabilities and families of children with special health care needs can prepare for disasters. Family Voices · 2018 Lecture Disaster and Families of Children with Disabilities: What Every Health Care Provider Needs to Know This page describes how health care providers can help families with disabled children prepare for disasters, ensuring they are ready and safe during emergencies. Region V for Kids, EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) · 2021 Journal Article Access to Critical Health Information for Children During Emergencies: Emergency Information Forms and Beyond This policy statement addresses the access to important health information for children during emergencies, highlighting the use of emergency forms and additional resources. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) · 2023

Families & Children Schools & Childcare Providers

This guide provides resources and tips to help families of children with special healthcare needs, including those with autism spectrum disorder, improve their everyday health and be prepared during crises like natural disasters

Search the Resource Central website for more resources with keywords: Disabled Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder, or Health Services for Persons with Disabilities for more information.

Autistic preschooler with headphones coloring alone in class

Summary

Autism Speaks Natural Disaster Resources

This webpage provides resources and tips from Autism Speaks to help families with autism prepare for and cope with natural disasters safely.

Autism Speaks · None

Disabled child in a wheelchair being helped by a special needs carer

Summary Job Aid

Be Ready: Tips for Families of Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs

This resource provides tips for families with special healthcare needs to prepare for emergencies, including making plans, gathering supplies, and staying informed in multiple languages.

EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC), Region V for Kids · 2021

Mother helping disabled son walk in walker outdoors

Summary

Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs in Emergencies

This CDC webpage describes how to prepare and care for children with special healthcare needs during emergencies, ensuring their safety and well-being in disasters.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 2024

Seven years old boy with crutches sadly looks out of the window

Lecture

Individuals with Disabilities & Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Pre/Post Disaster

This webinar describes how people with disabilities and families of children with special health care needs can prepare for disasters.

Family Voices · 2018

Disabled boy in a wheelchair enjoying a walk outdoors with his mother

Lecture

Disaster and Families of Children with Disabilities: What Every Health Care Provider Needs to Know

This page describes how health care providers can help families with disabled children prepare for disasters, ensuring they are ready and safe during emergencies.

Region V for Kids, EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) · 2021

Journal Article

Access to Critical Health Information for Children During Emergencies: Emergency Information Forms and Beyond

This policy statement addresses the access to important health information for children during emergencies, highlighting the use of emergency forms and additional resources.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) · 2023