Come together to build a comprehensive system of services for children and their families

Families, local and regional health care providers, mental health providers, schools, community service agencies, and all others who care about this population are invited to attend.

Everyone is being asked to help identify and address issues facing children with developmental needs, their families, and the community that provides services for them.

Friday, November 21
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
St. Luke's Community Health Education Center
3333 Squalicum Parkway
Bellingham, WA 98227

In preparation, community members are being asked to respond to surveys.

Families and care providers will be surveyed separately.
Input from as many individuals as possible is important.

Link to survey for families

In preparation for the community meeting, planners want to survey families and care providers for children with developmental delays.

For more information please contact:
Melanie Hartley, PHN 360-676-6762 ext. 32094 or
mhartley@whatcomcounty.us

Please take the survey and share the link with other families and care providers.

A wide range of responses will give the best insight into to what exists now and what children and the people supporting them need.

Psychological and Psychiatric Problems in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

Presenter Dr. Ann Uherek, Psy.D. will present a framework for understanding how psychological and psychiatric problems manifest in children with developmental disabilities.

Dr. Ann Uherek, spent many years as Clinic Director and Lead Psychologist for Mental Health Services at Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center-Bellevue. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.

This is a training designed for and aimed at parents, relatives, and other caregivers concerned about the behavioral and mental health issues that their children with developmental disabilities are exhibiting.

To Register in Region 3
(Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan counties),
Contact Kristin Ihrig at: ihrigkr@dshs.wa.gov
or 425-339-4828
Leave Name and phone number, Title and Date of Training, and number in your party.
Once you've registered, assume that you are enrolled unless you receive a message to the contrary.

Saturday, November 15
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Theater (Bldg. 1600) at
Shoreline Community College,
16101 Greenwood Ave N,
Shoreline, WA 98133.

Need sign or language interpreters?
Please request three weeks prior to event