(In)visibility of children with special health needs and their families in primary care.

Objectives: to discuss the (in)visibility of children with special healthcare needs and their families in the Primary Health Care scenario.

Methods: experience report about the difficulties faced by researchers from different regions of Brazil to locate children with special healthcare needs in the scope of primary care.

Results: the main reason for these children and their families to be "unknown" and, therefore, not assisted in PHC, is the fact that they are followed-up by institutions/outpatient clinics and specialized and/or public rehabilitation clinics, or even because they have private health insurance.

Family dynamics and social network of families of children with special needs for complex/continuous cares.

Objective: To describe the family dynamics and the social support network for families of children with special needs of multiple, complex and continuous care.

Methods: A descriptive study of a qualitative approach, carried out in Maringá - PR, having as theoretical and methodological reference the Calgary Model of Family Assessment (CMFA). Data was collected through semi-structured audio-video interviews, carried out in the homes, together with 11 family caregivers of 13 children.