"Families are meant to be the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we falter."

• Overview
• Connecting Families with Respite Providers
• TLC Events for Parents & Families
• Accessible Family Vacations
• Adaptive Adventures & Kid's Camps
• General Information & Ideas

 

General Information and Ideas

There is so much to be learned about the community and resources surrounding special needs, not to mention your child's particular concerns or diagnoses.

The navigation subjects to the left give you any idea of TLC's targeted areas.

As our efforts remain focused on care provisions, adventure and family health, our resources page can direct you to many helps and services provided by other organizations.

What TLC does and how it works:

In regards to assistance in finding care providers, The LaChris Connection is a non-profit organization and a vehicle for networking. Once TLC introduces, or somehow connects, folks to one another, their future working relationships are private and by choice. All final decisions about hours worked, what and how wages are paid, etc. are agreed upon, and carried out by, the family as employer and care provider as employee. TLC is here to assist and serve when possible.

FAQs concerning family and care provider relations:

Here we address parents' common questions concerning wage rates, Regional Center funding and the logistics of paying your domestic employees. Though these are varied and sometimes complex, TLC presents some information for you to review and research further on your own. We are not to be considered authorities on such subjects.

• FAQs Concerning Family and Care Provider Relations
  Our FAQ & A sheet is "in progress", yet, we've addressed the most common question so you won't feel empty handed, having hit a dead end! Additionally, enjoy ideas on how to acquire the respite you need.

Lists of terms and abbreviations

are provided to assist you as your family continues on this journey. TLC's "Alphabet Soup Sorter" covers many terms used in Marin County and S.F. Bay Area, CA. The following documents add to (and repeat) the list of acronyms that are used nationally:

• Nationally used acronyms
  Note: Compiled by a Georgia PTA, and includes GA terms. Otherwise an excellent, exhaustive list of general and/or national acronyms
• California Respite Association Terms & Abbreviations
  Note: CRA serves families of children, adults and seniors concerning respite issues, hence their guide includes aging terms.

"Did You Know?" Tricks of the Trade

We often learn by trial and error. Here we have a few ideas parents have picked up along the way. These can help in the simplest way yet are profound because of possible time saved or hassles avoided. Let's learn from one another. See hints like breaking 'power struggles' when a child's acting out or tips on how to dress a hemiplegic child. When you complete your Family Survey please share ideas with us in the final, "other" box!