Welcome to Parent to Parent of the North Olympic Peninsula.
Serving Clallam and Jefferson Counties
Shelby Bell, P2P Coordinator
Lara Radke, P2P Coordinator
All are welcome to join the Clallam County
Mom's Chat via Zoom.
April 16, May 21, June 18
at 6:30 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82995641591
Meeting ID: 829 9564 1591 Passcode: 427077
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.
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/
