How can you talk to teachers, therapists, and other adults in your child’s life about consent and boundaries? This video breaks it down with simple, practical tips.

Talking About Consent with Adults

What do you do when you're teaching your child about body autonomy — but the adults around them aren't on the same page? Here’s how to set clear boundaries and keep your values front and center.

Teaching Body Autonomy When Adults Don’t Get It

Learn how everyday moments like diaper changes and bath time can become powerful opportunities to teach children about body autonomy and consent. In this video, Erika Fundelius, PhD,  shares practical tips for modeling respect and communication from the very start.

Teaching Consent Can Start at Birth

Learn what consent is with Erika Fundelius, PhD, and the various situations it can be given.

What is Consent?

When your child can’t speak up for themselves at the doctor’s office, it can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Linda Tirabassi-Mathis, PhD, RN, CPNP, CNS, Program Director, Health Care Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital offers practical tips for supporting your child’s communication and self-advocacy in medical settings, even when they’re nonverbal or have complex needs.

Helping Your Child Communicate With Doctors

Learn how OT, PT, and speech therapy continue into adulthood. Discover why finding the right provider early matters and how to ensure quality care as your child grows.

Is There OT, Speech, and PT for Adults?

Join Linda Tirabassi-Mathis, PhD, RN, CPNP, CNS, Program Director, Health Care Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital, as she shares how to help your child transition to adult healthcare — starting with knowing when to switch doctors and how to build key health skills early on.

Important Medical Steps to Take Before Your Child Turns 18

In this video, Linda Tirabassi-Mathis, PhD, RN, CPNP, CNS, Program Director, Health Care Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital shares tips for building your child’s adult care team early, asking the right questions, and finding providers who truly understand their needs.

How to Find New Providers Before the Transition to Adult Care

Looking for alternatives to conservatorship? This clip breaks down practical options every parent should know — from supported decision-making to HIPAA releases — and why courts in California must consider less restrictive paths before granting conservatorship.

Alternatives to Conservatorship Every Parent Should Know

Turning 18 doesn’t always mean total independence — especially when it comes to medical care. Here's what California parents need to know about consent, capacity, and staying involved in healthcare decisions for young adults with disabilities.

Medical Consent: What to Know When Your Child Turns 18 and Still Requires Your Support?

When your child turns 18, they’re legally considered an adult — even if they still rely on you for medical care. In this clip, health privacy expert Deven McGraw breaks down what that means for parents of young adults with disabilities. 

Disability, Consent, and Medical Rights at 18

Discover how California law affects parental access to a minor’s medical records. Learn about consent requirements, patient portal restrictions, and what to do if your child is unable to consent. Find out how healthcare providers navigate privacy and parental involvement.

California Law: How Can a Child Allow Parent Access to Medical Records?

Special Education Services and Individualized Education Programs

Learn about special education services, everything you need to know about IEPs, and how to advocate for the services and supports your child needs.

Education and IEPs

Insurance Options for Parents of Kids with Disabilities

Whether you’re using private insurance or public benefits like Medi-Cal or a combination of the two, get tips on how to fund the supports and services your child needs.

Insurance

What to Do When Your Child Has Received a New Diagnosis

Has your child received a new diagnosis? Are you concerned about a developmental delay? Check out these resources to help you navigate medical services, funding, and more.

New Diagnosis

Public Benefits - Government Programs for Children with Disabilities

Depending on your income, your child’s age and diagnosis, and other factors, there are a variety of government programs available to you.

Public Benefits

Mental Health

Learn how to help your child manage stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges with these resources from therapists and other experts.

Financially Supporting Your Child With Disabilities into Adulthood

Check out our resources to help plan your child's transition into adulthood and set them up for success.

Future and Financial Planning

Family Life - Advice for Parenting Children with Disabilities

Parenting a child with disabilities comes with unique joys and challenges. Learn how to meet your family's diverse needs and how to talk about disability together.

Family Life

Self-Care for Parents Raising Children With Disabilities

Raising a child with disabilities can place a lot of demands on parents. Check in with your own mental and physical health needs through these resources.

Self-Care for Parents

If you want to homeschool your child, one option is through a PSA. Learn how to set this up in California.

Create an All About Me page for my child

Be an advocate within the school system

Learn how to homeschool my child through a private school affidavit

IHSS can provide funding for paramedical services for a child with disabilities. Find out how to apply here.

Become an In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) parent provider

Prepare for my annual In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home visit

Apply for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) protective supervision

Apply for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) paramedical services

In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn what the eligibility requirements are for IHSS and paramedical services, as well as how to demonstrate that your child's care needs exceed that of a typically developing child.

Hire a third-party In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) provider

Apply for IHSS and Paramedical Services

Learn how to obtain IHSS for your child, and apply for paramedical and protective supervision services. You'll also learn how to become a parent provider of IHSS for your child.

Submit In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) sick hours as a parent provider

Receive IHSS training in the Career Pathways program

Apply for IHSS, paramedical services, protective supervision, and parent provider after enrolling in Medi-Cal

In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn who is eligible for IHSS and protective supervision, as well as how to demonstrate your child's care needs beyond what a typically developing child would require.

Apply for California Children's Services (CCS)

Apply for IHSS and Protective Supervision

IHSS hours can include measures that protect your child from harming themselves or others. Learn what you need to include in your application for this service.

Regional Center

Regional Center Early Intervention (Ages 0–3)

Self-Determination Program

Medi-Cal

IHSS: In-Home Supportive Services

Other Public Funding Sources

IEP: Individualized Education Program

IEP Meeting Preparation

Preschool IEP

IEP Assessments

Strength-Based IEP Goals

Educational Accommodations, Modifications, and Curriculum

Educational Transitions

Learning At Home

Educational Placement

Educational Inclusion

Parenting

Camps and Travel

Supporting Therapies and Education at Home

Disability Culture and Advocacy

Private Insurance

Public Insurance Programs

Mental Health In Children with Disabilities

Therapies

Education-Based Therapies

Behavioral Intervention Therapies

Funding Sources For Therapies

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Therapy at Home

504 Educational Plans

Medical

Therapies (Ages 0-3)

IEP-Related Services

After the IEP

How do you know what you don't know? Hear an education advocate's tips for seeing if your child's IEP supports and services are helping them at school.

How to Tell If Your Child’s IEP Is Working as It Should

How is Congress posing to cut Medicaid, and how can we advocate to protect federal Medicaid funding? Learn from the executive director of the SCDD.

Understanding Proposed Cuts to Medicaid and How You Can Make a Difference

How does private insurance work with public benefits like Medi-Cal, Regional Center, and California Children’s Services? Learn how to use all of the resources your child is eligible for.

Troubleshooting Common Issues with Public and Private Health Plans

Help your child recognize and avoid triggers. Other treatments for seizures may include medication, diet therapy, or surgery.

How do I help my child manage seizures?

It is important that your child is comfortable and has fun things to do as distractions during the hours or even days for the EEG. 

How do I help my child through an electroencephalogram (EEG)?

If you think your child is having seizures, you will need to see a pediatric neurologist, and preferably a pediatric epileptologist to conduct an EEG and analyze the results.

How is epilepsy diagnosed?

If you have concerns that your child's IEP accommodations, services, or other supports aren't working as they're supposed to, what are your options?

What to Do When It’s Not Working: Troubleshooting IEP Supports, Services, and More

Non-attorney education advocate Mary Petiso breaks down when parents of children with low incidence disabilities should push for an IEP instead of a 504 Plan. Learn how to determine what your child truly needs and how to advocate for the right support in school.

IEP or 504? What to Choose for Students Low Incidence Disabilities

Lisa Concoff Kronbeck, Undivided's Public Benefits Specialist, shares key tips for accessing public benefits to support children with low incidence disabilities. Learn how to navigate programs like Medi-Cal, IHSS, and more to ensure your child gets the services they need.

Public Benefits Tips for Kids with Low Incidence Disabilities

Because of their disabilities, our kids are often in situations where their right to consent in everyday interactions is ignored. Learn how to help change that.

Teaching Children About Consent — Consent 101

Parents are often deeply involved in their child’s healthcare — scheduling appointments, reviewing records, and making sure they receive the care they need. However, as children grow, privacy laws change, sometimes sooner than expected.

Medical Rights and Consent at Ages 12 and 18

As our children grow, their healthcare needs change. For parents raising children with disabilities, this frequently involves moving from a pediatric care team to adult providers capable of addressing their changing needs.