Family Support 101: Understanding Policies that Support Family and Family Caregivers

Hosted by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities for their trainees to learn about policies that support family and family caregivers.

The participants learned:

• Overview and history of family support,
• Current needs of families and family caregivers and
• Policies and practices of Respite.

Presenters:

Sheli Reynolds is the key developer of the Charting the LifeCourse framework and tools and provides overall direction to the LifeCourse Nexus.

Tamar Heller is the distinguished professor and head of the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Jill Kagan is the Director of the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center.

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