PROJECT DOCC HOUSTON Information

Project DOCC Houston is a non-profit organization connecting pediatric residents in Houston with Parent Teachers who give the physicians an improved understanding of what a family experiences when caring for a child living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Project DOCC Houston consists of a faculty of Parent Teachers who all care for their children living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Project DOCC coordinates a training program through which these Parent Teachers educate pediatric resident physicians at Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School Houston about the unique challenges associated with caring for children living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Since the pediatric resident physicians already receive an extensive education, this component focuses specifically on giving them the perspective from families who manage their childrens complex needs at home and in the community with real life ecperiences that are difficult to protray in a medical textbook or hospital\office setting.