Get Involved
You can help by joining IAPS in our worldwide effort to advance education, awareness, and research to help the youngest stroke patients survive and thrive. Please consider helping in many ways: Follow & Share, Raise Awareness, Donate, Advocate, Advance Research, Connect Us, and more…
Follow & Share
- Use Social Media to follow, like, share, comment, tag and blog about IAPS and pediatric stroke to build awareness.
- Sign up for our newsletter
Raise Awareness
- Share our fact sheets and website with: family, friends, co-workers, teachers, coaches, school nurses, firemen, police, paramedics, hospitals, healthcare providers and anyone that should know about strokes in children.
- Place fact sheets in medical offices/on bulletin boards
- Pass along the newest Scientific Statement on pediatric stroke
- 2021 World Stroke Day Campaign — print the child mask and/or the adult mask and send us a picture of you and your pediatric stroke superhero by October 27th, 2021. Please send the photos to info@iapediatricstroke.org. We will feature them all on our social media on World Stroke Day, October 29, 2021!!
- We are available to host a table and/or give an educational presentation at medical conferences — send us a request.
Donate
Advocate
- Form a team for your local American Heart Association Heart Walk in the U.S.
- Start a local support group in your area. We can give you start-up pointers, contact us.
- Share your child’s story with local news media
Advance Research
- We can help with recruitment for research studies
- Connect us with research results to ensure access to the most current medical information
Connect Us To
- Medical conferences for presenting
- Leading medical associations for education opportunities
- Funding opportunities for grants and research
- Community or online organizations