The National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs (National Center) has developed a training curriculum for primary care physicians, pediatric office staff, child health advocates, allied health care professionals, and parents of children with special needs. The medical home training curriculum focuses on how to ensure that all children, especially those with special needs, have a medical home (care that is accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally competent) in changing health care environments. The curriculum contains practical strategies, tools, and resources to provide medical homes for children and youth with special health care needs. The development of the Every Child Deserves a Medical Home training curriculum was funded by a grant from Shriners Hospitals for Children.

In 1997, the medical home training curriculum was developed by over 75 authors and was a collaborative initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Family Voices, the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Since 1999, the curriculum has been used to sustain training programs around the country for the diverse audiences of children with special health care needs' providers. The training programs are led by a range of faculty which represents the varying perspectives of a medical home. To view more information, please visit: past training initiatives and upcoming training initiatives.

Moore B, Tonniges T. The "Every Child Deserves a Medical Home" Training Program: More Than a Traditional Continuing Medical Education Course. Pediatrics. 2004:113(suppl):1479-1484