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

www.parenttoparentnys.org

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

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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

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For disorders relating to the corpus callosum

 

Menucha, Inc.

410-764-0844

3503 Fallstaff Road

Baltimore, MD

www.menucahinc.org

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

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Special Mothers Group

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An email group for frum mothers of special children where you can ask a question or post ideas.

 

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)

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