Family Road Map Workshop

Curriculum Overview: 

Family Road Map:  A Five-Step Path to Helping Families Manage Big Problems

When a situation feels complicated, knowing where to start makes all the difference. Family Road Map and Young Adult Road Map are guides and curricula that help people break up big, overwhelming problems into tasks they can handle.  Offered as a six-hour workshop or “deep dive” coaching experience, Road Map® series curricula teach a simple, five-point Guiding Star method for getting better services and support in ANY system.  Problems change, procedures change—but the Guiding Star, like the North Star, doesn’t change because it is rooted in knowledge about the way ALL systems work.  The Road Map series is provided by family-driven organization Team Up for Families through TUFF-certified Coaches, Facilitators, and Master Trainers working in their own communities from Maine to Guam.

In the Family Road Map* 100-page Guide and six-unit curriculum, families learn to:

  1. SET GOALS by identifying their most functional strengths, priority concerns, and “The Big Picture” of what they need most for their child or youth and family’s future.
  2. LEARN SYSTEM BASICS so they understand what services are available and how to get them.
  3. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS with people who can help them solve problems and find services.
  4. MANAGE INFORMATION through keeping effective records and asking good questions about data that affects their child or youth’s treatment.
  5. FIND SUPPORT to meet ongoing challenges and locate resources for the long haul.

Road Map ® certified trainers have raised children with special needs, and participate in the National Learning Collaborative.

Team Up for Your Family Roadmap Overview

For more information: Contact Crystal Karenchak, Family Involvement Specialist, Desk: 717-772-7628 or karenchakcm@upmc.edu 

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