What is Parent to Parent? 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 and stages.
Mission
We walk alongside those parenting children with developmental disabilities and/or special health care needs, connecting them with peer support and information so they can take the next step.
Vision
All families of children with developmental disabilities and/or special health care needs deserve encouragement, inclusion, and meaningful connections that support family well-being.
Parent to Parent No Cost Services:
· Support
· Resources
· Newsletters
· Support Meetings
· Educational Workshops
· Social/Recreational Events
· Presentations in our Community
Various Island County Disability Resource Guides are available, see links below. If you would like a copy mailed to you, reach out to the contact information above with your name and mailing address.
- Matching parents in one-to-one relationships with trained, experienced parents, based on similar diagnoses and family issues
- Comprehensive Disability Resource Guide
- Information and education about disabilities, challenges
- Educational workshops including IEPs & 504 Plans, Guardianship & Special Needs Trusts, Behavior Workshops, etc.
- Monthly Newsletter via mail and email
- Robust Facebook Page with supports, resources, events, training, workshops, etc.
- Culturally relevant services through ethnic outreach
- Training for parents who want to become Helping Parent peer mentor volunteers
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.
Join us every Monday 11am-Noon during our Virtual Office Hours. Pop in, ask questions, find resources, seek support, etc. We are here, you are not alone. Send us an email to receive Zoom link.
Join us on the second Wednesday of every month for Virtual Coffee and Conversations. Daytime 11 am-noon and nighttime 6 pm-7 pm options are offered. Coffee and Conversations is a monthly virtual support group offered via zoom for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities. Parents and caregivers of children of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend. No agenda, no speakers, just a time to connect, and share ideas and resources. Grab your favorite beverage and we will provide the opportunity to stay connected. 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, meet others in our community that is on a similar journey or uses it as self-care to take a quick break from it all. To receive the zoom link, email t.wheeler-thompson@islandcountywa.gov or call/text (360)632-7539
Parent to Parent Newsletters:
2022 October Newsletter Special Education presentations, Transition Resource Fair, DS Awareness Month
2022 September Newsletter Fall Special Education Presentations, Back to School Anxiety
2022 August Newsletter Summer time play dates, Upcoming Special Education presentations, Island Transit
2022 July Newsletter Summer Play Time Dates, Sibshop, Military Family Resources, Sensory Swim updated time 5-5:45pm
2022 June Newsletter Summer time Play Dates, Sibling Resources, M Bar C Ranch
2022 May Newsletter Sensory friendly opportunities, Behavioral Health, Free/Reduced supplies
2022 April Newsletter ASD month, events, stats , etc.
2022 March Newsletter. Safe In-Home, Dating & Puberty, Transition, Summer Camps
2022 February Newsletter- Benefits U, ID/DD License designation, Invest Program
2022 January Newsletter- What is bullying?, Learning and Thinking Differences, Dental Tips
2021 December Newsletter- Holiday sensory tips, Lifeline communications, Supported Decision Making
2021 November Newsletter - Thanksgiving strategies and activities, SSDI vs SSI, Special Needs Trusts
2021 October Newsletter - Disability discounts, DDA Home and Community based waiver funding, Special Ed
2021 September Newsletter - Anxiety, Positive behavior interventions, back to school
2021 August Newsletter - Accessibility Committee, Back to school stress, Executive function
2021 July Newsletter - Summer & sensory activities, Island County Autism Resource Website www.pilotace.org
2021 June Newsletter - Father's Network, bigger picture/government programs, Coping with COVID
2021 May Newsletter - Causes of behaviors, Community Homes
2021 April Newsletter - Transition and Adult healthcare, ASD data and resources
2020 March Newsletter - Special Education myths, puberty, resources
2021 February Newsletter - Disability discounts/passes, Father's Network, Tantrums and Meltdowns
2021 January Newsletter - Parent to Parent, Pandemic, Executive Function, Autism Response Team & Big Red Box
To contact Tiffany Wheeler-Thompson, the Parent to Parent Coordinator Call/Text (425)343-5799 Email: t.wheeler-thompson@islandcountywa.gov
Island County Human Services, Parent to Parent
PO Box 5000 Coupeville, WA 98239
Spanish Outreach: Laiza Ramos (787)529-6788
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.
