Creating a Medical Profile & Understanding Your Child’s Disability
The first action you should take is to create a Profile of your child or guardian, something like a snapshot. This, once done, will permit you to review your current status, changes in conditions and will provide you with a record or mini-history. We have provided three different types of information forms that will help you make this Profile.
- Health Information Form—Personal Information, Medications, Allergies, Diagnoses, DOB, Medicaid #, etc‘
- Medical History Profile—immunizations, medical conditions, diagnostic/surgical procedures, hospitalizations, etc
- Medical Appointment Form. An excellent form for keeping track of and preparing for a medical appointment may be found at Westchester Institute for Human Development.
Helpful Resources
Emergency Medical Information for Children with Special Needs
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/blankform.pdf
Other forms on this site, funded by DDPC, are useful as well. http://community.wihd.org/Document.Doc?id=27
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