GENERAL SPECIAL NEEDS SUPPORT GROUPS---USA
See also listings for various diagnoses
Please note—The information listed here comes from many sources. Please check individual groups for suitability for your family’s needs.
Parent to Parent of New York State
800-305-8817, 518-381-4350
500 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
With offices throughout New York State, they provide information and emotional support for parents of children with disabilities or special health care needs.
Parent 2 Parent
617-965-7350
Mentor program located in Boston Massachusetts which trains parents to provide support and assistance to other Jewish parents of children with special needs.
Pastries With Peers
Lakewood, New Jersey
732-886-6964
A monthly group for Lakewood area Jewish mothers of children with special needs with Miriam Gewirtzman LCSW. Meetings held once monthly on a Monday morning 10:30-11:45 am. Sponsored by Lakewood Community Services and Yahalom.
Binuryni
718-599-4272 ext 2203
718-599-4273 718-436-4087 Bracha
Support groups by diagnosis for Jewish parents of children with special needs in the New York area
ACC Network
For disorders relating to the corpus callosum
Menucha, Inc.
410-764-0844
3503 Fallstaff Road
Baltimore, MD
Menucha support groups are geared to enable Jewish women to utilize their traditions and beliefs to cope with the challenges of raising a child with special needs in a culturally appropriate manner.
Meetings are led by Rebbitzen Shlomis Eisenberg under the auspices of a licensed psychologist.
Children’s Disabilities Information
www.childrensdisabilities.info/speclists.html
The Children’s Disabilities Information website contains an annotated directory of internet support groups for families of children with disabilities and special needs. Each disability mailing list has been validated by the Children’s Disabilities organization for usefulness and family orientation.
Otsar Parent-Share Support Group
718-946-7301 ext 284
Special Mothers Group
Frum Supermoms of Special Needs Kids
https://www.facebook.com/groups/882211395209705
An online support group for frum mothers of children with various types of special needs.
Jewish Special Needs (Yahoo Group)