G.E.A.R. Parent Network - Maine's Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Monthly Learning Series
Posted on April 28, 2026
When: May 5th | 3:30 - 4:30PM
The Mission of Maine’s Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs is to improve the health and quality of life for children with special health care needs and their families.
In this webinar learn about the G.E.A.R. Parent Network and its grassroots efforts to become a family organization in 1992 offering phone support and support groups to parents, and the evolution in its mission to support Maine parents and caregivers who are raising children/youth with emotional and behavioral healthcare needs. In 2013 the Family Peer Specialist role evolved from being one of not only providing emotional support and resource sharing, to today in reducing parental feelings of isolation as well as increasing parental knowledge and skill building that builds family protective factors, resiliency and strength while honoring parent voice and choice. Join us to learn more about this totally family run organization that offers no cost short and long-term family peer support, and the data that supports the many benefits that credentialled Family Peer Specialists offer to both the family and service delivery system.
Speaker: Cindy Seekins, CFPS, G.E.A.R. Parent Network Director