Transition to Adulthood Support for All Family Members
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Family Caregiver Alliance National Center on Caregiving http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=847
AARP Caregiving Resource Center http://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/care-for-yourself/
The Connecticut Family Support Network (CTFSN) exists to help families raising children with disabilities and special health care needs. www.ctfsn.org phone: 877-376-2329
Parents Opening Doors (Latino Family Supports) Group teaches Hispanic parents how to advocate for special education services for their school-aged children with disabilities. 860-297-4391
AFCAMP-Trains parents of children with disabilities from every school district in Hartford to become advocates within their schools, and assists them with training other parents to become advocates.860-297-4358 http://csfaa.org/resources_support_groups.html
Parent to Parent of CT (PATH)- is a network of families providing informational and emotional support to others who have a child with developmental or health related needs. http://www.pathct.org
Find the Community System Collaborative That Serves You http://wrapct.org/Collaboratives.aspx
Network of Care– This website will help link families with groups who are concerned about the mental health of people with disabilities. www.connecticut.networkofcare.org/mh/services/subcategory.aspx?tax=TD-1600.3100-180&cid=15541
Sibling Connections
Sibling Leadership Network provides siblings of individuals with disabilities the information, support, and tools to advocate with their brothers and sisters and to promote the issues important to them and their entire families. http://siblingleadership.org/
The Sibling Support Project is a national effort dedicated to the life-long concerns of brothers and sisters of people who have special health, developmental, or mental health concerns. http://www.siblingsupport.org/sibshops
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Sibling Issues http://nichcy.org/families-community/siblings