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News Releases

March 11, 2004 – RAMP/U of I College of Medicine Project Goes National
After a successful collaborative pilot project in Illinois, RAMP and the University of Illinois - College of Medicine at Rockford’s Family Residence Program designed a curriculum for Parent Partners in Health Education, a project to train family practice residents to be more sensitive when working with families where a child has a disability. Parent Partners in Health Education, funded by the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities, has received attention from several residency programs across the country interested in incorporating the curriculum into their residency programs. Residency programs from Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois have expressed interest in implementing the program.
For years, RAMP has heard horror stories on how some doctors tell parents that their child has a disability. Even before the baby is born, some parents have been encouraged to abort their baby because it would not be “normal”. After the child is born, some parents feel that doctors do not understand what it is like to raise a child with a disability, or do not listen to what the parents have to say.
Parent Partners in Health Education matches residents to families of children with disabilities. Residents make home visits to their parent partners, providing the resident with the opportunity to visit the family and child in their natural environment. Residents are also expected to meet with the families in other setting, such as a physical therapy session or a school meeting, any setting that will help the resident experience the impact of having a child with a disability.
For more information, please contact Joanne Rouse, RAMP Services Director or Julie Bosma, RAMP Executive Director at 815-968-7467.

March 10, 2004 –RAMP to Hold Focus Groups
RAMP is conducting Focus Groups to gather input from people with disabilities in the area on issues such as transportation, housing, personal assistance, jobs and more. Every three years, the State of Illinois writes a plan for independent living services such as RAMP’s. The focus group results will assist the State in planning how services are provided over the next three years. Focus group dates and locations are as follows:
March 17 - Rockford, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. or 5 - 6:30 p.m., RAMP office, 202 Market St., Rockford. Call 815-968-7467 v/tty to RSVP.
March 18 - Freeport, 5-6:30 p.m., Stephenson County Farm Bureau, 210 W. Spring St., Freeport. Call 815-233-1128 v/tty to RSVP.
March 23 - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Best Western DeKalb Inn & Suites, 1212 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb. Call 815-756-3202 v/tty to RSVP.
Sign language interpreters, food and beverages will be provided.

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