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Resources for understanding and embracing your own capacity for leadership.

Learning that your child has (or may have) a genetic condition is a life changing experience. Perhaps you have never considered yourself a leader, or you feel you’re a leader in other areas of your life. You have the capacity to lead, support, and advocate for your family. It’s important to also remember to take care of yourself. These resources will help you learn and gain confidence to lead at the individual level.

BLOGS | If you have 10 minutes...

Finding the Win by Sarah Jacobs

“My husband, Adam, and I have two boys, Graham (10) and Dominic (6). Dominic has Dravet Syndrome. It is a rare and severe form of epilepsy that is lifelong and drug resistant…”

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VIDEOS | If you have 20 minutes...

Who is a Family Leader? With Jeannette Mejias

“Honor your process. It’s okay to not be okay. Then once you go through the stages, what’s next?”

Watch the video here

Cultural Competency with Mauretta Copeland

"All families have strengths, and they all have a lot of value, and so I try to do whatever I can to maximize their strengths."

Watch the video here

Historias de líderes familiares

¿Quién es un líder familiar?

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LEARNING MODULES | If you have 1 hour...

Who is a Family Leader?

In this interactive virtual learning module, you will: Recognize who can be a family leader and how and where they demonstrate leadership, identify leadership characteristics and describe your own leadership in the context of being a family leader.

Complete the module here

Cultural Competency

Define cultural competence and its role at the individual level of family leadership.

Complete the module here


Choose your area of interest below to see the resources for each section: Individual, Family, Community, and Systems.

Individual

Understand and embrace your own capacity for leadership.

Family

Navigate the journey to a diagnosis and leading within your family.


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The National Genetics Education and Family Support Center (Family Center) provides tools and resources to support family engagement and genetic services.

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4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 404 Washington, DC 20008-2369

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