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Island County Parent to Parent

Provides support and resources to families that care for a child/adult with disabilities and/or special healthcare needs. 
CONTACT: Parent to Parent Coordinator Tiffany Wheeler-Thompson is available via call/text at (360) 632-7539 or by emailing to t.wheeler-thompson@islandcountywa.gov or Spanish outreach Laiza Ramos at 787-529-6788  

Upcoming events                          

Planning our 2023 webinars for the spring time. If you have a topic you would like to be addressed, please let us know.  Dates and Times to be Determined. Right now the topics include: 

Alphabet Soup - What does DDA, DVR, SSI and County DD provide? How can they help my family? 

Housing options for adults with disabilities: Funding, support, locations, different types/options, etc.

Island County Parent to Parent Facebook Page has lots of information, resources, activities, presentatations, etc.


Island County Disability Resources

  • Island County Behavioral/Mental Health Resource Guide: English

Email to t.wheeler-thompson@islandcountywa.gov to request hard copies and resource toolkits. Provide your contact information to ensure a reply. 

Other resources

Ages & Stages

Transition Support & Resources

How Can Parent to Parent help?

Parent to Parent can guide you to community resources, support in a variety of different ways, help with navigating systems, and connections with other families with special needs. All Ages, All Stages, All Abilities. We may not be therapy, but we sure are therapeutic! We will share knowledge, and resources, and provide support and guidance. Or sometimes you may just want to chat and meet others in our community that is on a similar journey.

Parent to Parent no-cost services:

  • Support
  • Resources
  • Newsletters
  • Support Meetings
  • Educational Workshops
  • Social/Recreational Events
  • Presentations in our Community

Parent to Parent meetings:

Join us on the second Wednesday of every month for virtual coffee and conversations. Daytime virtual gatherings are 11 a.m. to noon and and nighttime virtual gatherings are 5-6 p.m. Parents and caregivers of children of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend. There are no agendas or speakers, just time to connect and share ideas and resources. To receivea Zoom link, email to t.wheeler-thompson@islandcountywa.gov or call/text her at 360-632-7539

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"I am a stranger to you now, let me walk with you for a while. Because I have been where you are, and where you are about to go.  I have no answers.  I offer my hand, my heart, my listening ear, my time, and my experience instead…. So that one day, you can turn to another and say: I am a stranger to you now."

By Alice, New Hampshire Parent, Parents Helping Parents

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Parent to Parent Newsletter downloads   (PDF format):


Parent to Parent Support Programs of Washington State is a member of the Parent to Parent USA Alliance. Washington State Parent to Parent (P2P) maintains confidentiality and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, creed, sex, or national origin.

 

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Mailing Address:1 N.E. 7th Street

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