Training Lay Trainers:
A Strategy To Disseminate Care Coordination Skills to Families of CYSHCN

Project Overview

7th Funding Cycle Development Award
     Project Start Date: 1/1/2012
     Project End Date: 12/31/2013

Project Goal Statement: To train a cadre of Lay Trainers who are themselves parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) to teach care coordination skills and behaviors to other families of CYSHCN using a recently developed care coordination curriculum.

Award Amount: $200,000

Community Partner(s):
Primary Community Partner: Sharon Fleischfresser, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
Additional community partner organization names:

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Special Needs Program
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education
• Wisconsin Department of Children and Families-Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare

Academic Partner:
Primary Academic Partner: John Gordon, MD, Department of Pediatrics

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary 1/1/2012 - 8/31/2012

Affiliated Web Pages:
     Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Special Needs Program
     University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education
     Wisconsin Department of Children and Families-Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare    

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by the project partners)

• Outreach Materials / Events
  • Developed Training Manual for teaching Bridge to Independence curriculum to Lay Trainers, including handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and scripts for partners teaching Lay Trainers