Parent to Parent

Welcome to Parent to Parent of the North Olympic Peninsula.

Serving Clallam and Jefferson Counties

Clallam County

Shelby Bell, P2P Coordinator

Jefferson County

Lara Radke, P2P Coordinator

All are welcome to join the Clallam County

Mom's Chat via Zoom.

October 16 at 6:30 pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82995641591
Meeting ID: 829 9564 1591    Passcode: 427077


A group photograph of moms and children

Learning that your child has

a disability or a chronic health

need can be a frightening and

isolating experience.

You are not alone.

Here you will find support,

resources and other parents

who understand what

you are going through.

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Visit Washington

Parent to Parent:

https://arcwa.org/parent-to-parent/

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Visit USA

Parent to Parent:

https://www.p2pusa.org/


What is Parent to Parent?

 

Parent to Parent is a program that provides information and one-to- one emotional support to parents, and families, of children who have special needs.


With financial support from the Arc of Washington State and Clallam County Health & Human Services, Clallam County Parent to Parent (P2P) supports, encourages and empowers families and caregivers of minors with special needs.

 

Parent to Parent works to provide:

 

• Parent Matching: 1 to 1 matching of new parents with trained, experienced parents, based on similar diagnosis and family issues

 

• Personal support, social support and engagement

 

• Information and education about disabilities

 

• Referral to services in the community

 

• Culturally relevant services through ethnic outreach

 

• Training for parents who want to become Helping Parent peer mentor volunteers

 

• E-newsletter from Arc of Washington Parent to Parent

You can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/sfo9p36

 

You can read archived issues here:

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs082/1102737289181/archive/1103467143824.html

History of Parent to Parent

 

1971 First P2P organization started in Nebraska

             • A program in which parents of children with disabilities could share information and emotional

support with other parents through one-to-one match.

 

1980 P2P Washington state started in King County

 

1986 1st National P2P Conference: host Washington state

 

2003 P2P USA Alliance formed with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

              • To ensure that families nation-wide whose children have special needs have access

to Parent to Parent support

              • Founders came from Vermont, Arizona, Pennsylvania and South Carolina

              • P2P WA state is a member of the alliance


Learn more at: https://www.p2pusa.org/

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