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International Children’s Congresses
Starting in 1991, at the request of U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Secretary at that time, Dr. Louis Sullivan, HHS’
Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Division of Services for
Children with Special Health Care Needs has played a leadership
role in fostering a dialogue among nations to promote the same principles
HHS is acting out in communities across the United States: family-centered
care, partnership among agencies and with families, cultural competence,
and the building of cross-disciplinary systems of services at the
local, neighborhood level to help children with disabilities and
their families become an integral part of their home communities.
The international dialogue focused on children takes the form of
International Children’s Congresses held every two years.
These multi-national meetings bring together policymakers, family
members, young people with disabilities, and service providers
from multiple countries to talk about children and youth with
special needs and how best to work alongside them and their
families to make it possible for these young people to become
constructive, contributing members of their nations. The American
Academy of Pediatrics participates in the Congresses.
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