by Erin Croyle | Apr 14, 2020 | Advocacy, Help, Help, Home Life, Individuals, Parents, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Work Life, YOU
The Center for Family Involvement and the Center for Disability Leadership at the Partnership for People with Disabilities have partnered to put together a toolkit to help individuals with disabilities and their families during this pandemic. This document has...
by Erin Croyle | Mar 20, 2020 | Advocacy, Caregivers, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, In-laws, Individuals, Marriage, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Work Life, YOU
Pay attention to what you’re feeling right now. Take a moment to take it all in and really reflect on your thoughts and the cause of all of the anxiety. Stay calm and FEEL IT. Isolated. Restricted. Trapped Scared. Angry. Uncertain. Unemployed. Assigned inappropriate...
by Erin Croyle | Feb 28, 2020 | BABY, Caregivers, Extended Family, Help, Home Life, Individuals, Medical Team, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, YOU
It’s hard seeing memes out there saying “keep calm and wash your hands” when you have a loved one who is medically fragile or susceptible to respiratory distress. We know how to keep calm, we’ve done it many times while rushing them to the emergency room or even...
by Guest Author | Nov 4, 2019 | Advocacy, Caregivers, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Grandparents, Help, Help, Individuals, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
By Dana Yarbrough As we kick off National Caregivers Month, I thought I’d share a blog entry my father wrote four years ago about his experience as a caregiver for my mother, affectionately known as Moosie, who has lived now with Alzheimer’s Disease for about 14...
by Erin Croyle | Sep 6, 2019 | BABY, Diagnosis, Elementary School, Help, Help, High School, Individuals, KIDS, Middle School, Parents, Preschool, Puberty, Uncategorized, YOU
We know it’s not polite to talk money. But we like to keep things real here at the Center for Family Involvement. Raising a child with a disability is expensive. It doesn’t really matter what your income is. Even those making what’s considered “good money” can...
by Erin Croyle | Aug 19, 2019 | Finding Balance, Individuals, Parents, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
Our mission at the Center for Family Involvement is to work with families to increase their skills as advocates, mentors, and leaders so that families, children, and adults with disabilities can lead the lives they want. This mission has remained crystal clear since...
