Based on the lack of access to disease-specific care outside of existing medical intervention, the Mission is Remission® web-based intervention program was created in 2005 as a pilot study, for use by IBD patients and their families. This is a web-enabled evidence based home program of self-management, information, and social support for pediatric IBD patients aged 12-18, with a separate site for their parents. The site was accessed on a restricted-access web site, and participants worked through the program with help of a coach. The coaches worked in collaboration with gastroenterologists, nurses and a psychologist, but the coaches were not medical professionals. This served as an adjunct to routine medical care but not as prescribed medical therapy by the patient's physician or team. This individualized, interactive 12 session program incorporated multi-media tools for disease education and psychological interventions.