What are people saying about medical home training initiatives?
“I feel like we were able to build some relationships with some people who we can help and who can help us as we continue to work toward the same goal, but from different directions.”
– Brad Thompson: Parent; TX Coordinator for Family Voices

“The planning process and the training program mobilized our community of providers that care for CSHCN and hopefully enlightened legislatures as well.”
– Matthew Sadof, MD, FAAP: Baystate Medical Center Children’s Hospital

“It was a unique opportunity which allowed us to get the time and attention of a diverse group of key players in the children's policy arena during a particularly difficult time in the state with budget difficulties, cuts in services and a major system reorganization.”
– Desiree B. Pendergrass, MD, MPH; Assistant Medical Director; CSHCN Division; Texas Department of Health

Curriculum Design
The medical home training curriculum has been written at a national level so that communities can customize and add local information. Seven components comprise the curriculum which enables it to be presented all at once in a 1-day program, individually as shorter training modules or sessions at local, naturally occurring meetings.
The flexible design of the curriculum enables organizations to customize the program length and target audience.

The curriculum is available in facilitator and participant versions, with the only difference being the inclusion of teaching strategies within the facilitator copy. In both versions, each component contains appendix items that entail resources and tools that correlate to the component's subject matter. The curriculum is available in English and Spanish. To view and download the curriculum, click here.

The seven components of the curriculum are:

• Common Elements
  Overview of the medical home approach to quality, comprehensive health care for children with special needs.
• Family-Professional Partnerships
  The common elements of family-centered care and strategies to develop family-professional partnerships.
• Practices, Policies and Procedures
  Practical strategies to implement medical homes into practice.
• Comprehensive, Coordinated, Collaborative Care
  Strategies for coordinating care, working with community based resources, and collaborating with specialists and allied health care professionals.
• Transitions
  Understand transition related issues and strategies for advancing children and youth into adulthood.
• State and Local Advocacy
  Learn strategies to better advocate for children with special health care needs and identify key partners to assist in these efforts.
• Surveillance and Screening
  Understand the importance of implementing continuous surveillance within a medical home, while learning about practical screening tools to utilize if needed.
  Offers discussion regarding mental and oral health, developmental, vision and hearing screening.

Current and Past Medical Home Training Initiatives
To find out about past training initiatives that have occurred throughout the country since 1999 click here. The majority of these initiatives have been based off of the Every Child Deserves a Medical Home training curriculum, and were hosted at a local Shriners Hospital for Children. To view more information on a specific program, please click on the link associated with each location.

To find out about current training initiatives click here or check out the "Educational Initiatives" section on your state page.

Questions?
If you have additional questions related to training or educational programs at the National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs, please send your question or comment by e-mail to mhtraining@aap.org, or complete the on-line Interest Form.