Sibling Support Website/Local Groups

[LNN]

I came across this site today and wanted to share:

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.

 

We believe that disabilities, illness, and mental health issues affect the lives of all family members. Consequently, we want to increase the peer support and information opportunities for brothers and sisters of people with special needs and to increase parents' and providers' understanding of sibling issues.

 

Our mission is accomplished by training local service providers on how to create community-based peer support programs for young siblings; hosting workshops, listservs, and websites for young and adult siblings; and increasing parents' and providers' awareness of siblings' unique, lifelong, and ever-changing concerns through workshops, websites, and written materials.

 

http://www.siblingsupport.org/

[PowPow]

Thanks for posting this.

I am going to look into it.

My "other" kids have been through HE-double-hockey-sticks watching their sisters devoured by PANS.

Thankfully, I think we may never go back to that time, but damage was done and we are trying to recover our family.

The siblings will be on earth longer than us, the parents, and I hope my children will be able to support one another as adults. This looks like a great resource.

[SSS]

Thank you- I bookmarked the sight, and will probably order a few age appropriate books for my 5 year old- it's hard to explain it to her-- so young.