DOCC Parent Teachers In the Community

Elaine Hime – DOCC Program Director

    2011 Houston Business Journal Health Care Heroes Award in the Health Care Education
    2009 Nominee for the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award
    1997 Barbara Jordan Media Award for Special Contribution by an Individual from theTexas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities (for the Resource Guide)
    1996 Community Grassroots Organizing Award from the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (for the Resource Guide)
    Member of the State Children’s Policy Council
    www.hhsc.state.tx.us/si/cpc/index/shtml
    Family Representative for the Emergency Medical Services for Children State
    Partnership Grant
    BCM Transition Clinic Advisory Committee
    BCM Transition Conference Advisory Committee

Presentations for 2011 on Accessing Resources: A Parent Perspective

    BCM Noon Talk Lecture Series
    UTMSH Noon Talk Lecture Series
    Family to Family Parent Conference
    Prader Willi Parent Conference
    In-service for EverCare Medicaid Managed Care - Care Coordinators
    Texas Parent to Parent State Conference
    Down Syndrome Association of Houston Parent Meeting

Presentations – General

    2010 Children Policy Council Legislature Briefing for the Emergency Medical
    Services for Children Recommendations
    BCM Evening with Genetics Parent Perspective on Transition to Adult Medicine
    2010 BCM Transitioning from Pediatrics to Adult Medicine Conference on Parent as Case Manager for Transition

Presentation on Project DOCC Houston

    Texas Medical Home Workgroup with the Texas Department of State Health Services Children with Special Health Care Needs Division

Presentations by DOCC Parent Teachers for 2010

    Caroline Daly – Everyone Counts (Public School program)
         Deaf blind and Intervenors for the Lion’s Club
         Speaker for the 2011 Deaf blind Symposium

    Lee Ann Grimes The Spiritual Care of My Child During Treatment for Cancer, UTMSH Pediatric Residency Advocacy Workshop
    Gabriella Marshall Mackin – Houston Young Lawyers Association Special Education Advocacy Workshop
    Houston Center for Speech and Hearing
    Gina Pepchinski – Disabilities Awareness Day at Bellaire High School. HISD

DOCC Parent Teachers in the Community
Patrick Brogan
* and Allison Pohl Brogan R.N., B.S.N.

    *Vice Presidents of the Lone Star Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation
    Steering Committee for Parents Empowering Parents – parenting program for parents of children with bleeding disorders

Caroline Daley

    Board of Trustees - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    Board of Directors of Mother of Multiples (local)

Alaine Hinds

    Houston Community Advocate for The ARC of Texas
    Board of Directors of the Deaf Blind and Multihandicapped Association of Texas and Chairman of the Legislature Committee
    Texas School of the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Advisory Committee
    Texas Parent to Parent Mentor

Barbara Knighton

    Founder and Coordinator of Parents Supporting Parents that provides a parent network, social events and monthly parent meeting on the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm held at The Woodlands United Methodist Church located at 2200 Lake Woodlands Dr., The Woodlands. For information on Parents Supporting Parents contact Barbara Knighton at jsk@hometech-e.com
    Texas Parent to Parent Mentor
    Certified Family Leader through the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
    Impaired
    Vice-President of the Oak Ridge Elementary Parent Teacher Organization

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