Listed below are some parent support groups. Most of these groups welcome parents regardless where they live.
"The wonderful thing about finding a good support group isn't the stuff you actually say, it's all about the stuff you don't have to say. These people have walked in your shoes."
"The wonderful thing about finding a good support group isn't the stuff you actually say, it's all about the stuff you don't have to say. These people have walked in your shoes."
Special Needs
African American Developmental Disabilities Parent Advisory Group
Choices for Children (Alpine County)
FREED (Nevada County)
It-Takes-Guts (Sacramento County)
Men with children with special needs: 530-621-3096
Mothers of Special Needs Children (Placer County)
Special Moms with Special Kids (El Dorado County)
Women's support for special needs (Placer County)
22Q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (also known as DiGeorge Syndrome or Velio Cardio Facial Syndrome)
22q11.2 Research Center & Clinic
International 22q11.2 Foundation Inc.
22q Family Foundation
ADD/ADHD
CHADD of Greater Sacramento
Adoption/Special Needs
Capitol Adoptive Families Alliance
Apraxia/Dyspraxia
Aspergers Syndrome
Sacramento Aspergers Information & Support
health.groups.yahoo.com/groups/sacautism/
http://www.meetup.com/sacramento-aspergers-self-advocacy/
Adolescents with Aspergers Syndrome
sharon@asapaspergers.org
ce@asapaspergers.org
Autism
African American Developmental Disabilities Parent Advisory Group
Families for Early Autism Treatment
Grades Pre-K to 2nd in San Juan Unified School District
ASD Community of El Dorado County
ASAN (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network)
Autoimmune
It-Takes-Guts
Bereavement
Bereavement Outreach
Children's Bereavement Art Group
Compassionate Friends
Sharing Parents
(Nevada County) Bereavement 530-272-5739
Blind/Visually Impaired
Society for the Blind
Sierra Services for the Blind
Burn Recovery Group
Shriners Hospital
Celiac Sprue Association
dcraig101@hotmail.com
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Support
Deaf-Blind
Cope D-B: Coalition of Parents/Educators Deaf-Blind
Deaf-Hard of Hearing
NorCal Center for Deafness
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association - Sacramento
DiGeorge Syndrome
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Information Alliance
April 2013 - Starting new support group for parents of children 0-18 months with Down syndrome. The group will meet in various locations, including Placer and Yolo Counties.
National Down Syndrome Coalition
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California - Includes telephone support groups.
Fragile X
Elders (Brain impairment, frail) Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center
Head Trauma
Kids Head Injury Support Services (KHISS)
Heart Conditions
Mended Little Hearts of Sacramento
Meets every month on the 3rd Friday of the month at UC Davis hospital. Children, parents and grandparents are welcome.
Learning Disabilities
Mental Health / Mental Illness
National Association for Mental Illness
United Advocates for Children and Families
Muscular Dystrophy
Parent Project MDnorcal.ppmd.faces@gmail.com
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scoliosis
Siblings (Adult) of persons with disabilities
3rd Thursday of month at Valley Hi-North Laguna Library from 6-8 pm
Spanish
Padres Apoyando Padres (Galt): 916-922-1490
Apoyo De Padres Para Padres (Sacramento): 916- 922-1490
Special Education Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
Sacramento County
Elk Grove Unified School District 916-686-7780
Folsom-Cordova Unified School District 916-635-2802
Sacramento City Unified School District 916-643-9163
Sacramento County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 916-228-2446
San Juan Unified School District 916-971-7953
Placer County
Placer County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-886-5873
Yolo County
Yolo County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-668-3786
El Dorado County
El Dorado County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) (Placerville) 530-295-2467 (Tahoe/Alpine) 530-541-2850
Nevada County
Nevada County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-265-0611 x 205
Alpine County
Tahoe/Alpine Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-541-2850
Special Education
Stuttering
Tourette Syndrome
Twins
Mothers of Multiples
African American Developmental Disabilities Parent Advisory Group
Choices for Children (Alpine County)
FREED (Nevada County)
It-Takes-Guts (Sacramento County)
Men with children with special needs: 530-621-3096
Mothers of Special Needs Children (Placer County)
Special Moms with Special Kids (El Dorado County)
Women's support for special needs (Placer County)
22Q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (also known as DiGeorge Syndrome or Velio Cardio Facial Syndrome)
22q11.2 Research Center & Clinic
International 22q11.2 Foundation Inc.
22q Family Foundation
ADD/ADHD
CHADD of Greater Sacramento
Adoption/Special Needs
Capitol Adoptive Families Alliance
Apraxia/Dyspraxia
Aspergers Syndrome
Sacramento Aspergers Information & Support
health.groups.yahoo.com/groups/sacautism/
http://www.meetup.com/sacramento-aspergers-self-advocacy/
Adolescents with Aspergers Syndrome
sharon@asapaspergers.org
ce@asapaspergers.org
Autism
African American Developmental Disabilities Parent Advisory Group
Families for Early Autism Treatment
Grades Pre-K to 2nd in San Juan Unified School District
ASD Community of El Dorado County
ASAN (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network)
Autoimmune
It-Takes-Guts
Bereavement
Bereavement Outreach
Children's Bereavement Art Group
Compassionate Friends
Sharing Parents
(Nevada County) Bereavement 530-272-5739
Blind/Visually Impaired
Society for the Blind
Sierra Services for the Blind
Burn Recovery Group
Shriners Hospital
Celiac Sprue Association
dcraig101@hotmail.com
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Support
Deaf-Blind
Cope D-B: Coalition of Parents/Educators Deaf-Blind
Deaf-Hard of Hearing
NorCal Center for Deafness
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association - Sacramento
DiGeorge Syndrome
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome Information Alliance
April 2013 - Starting new support group for parents of children 0-18 months with Down syndrome. The group will meet in various locations, including Placer and Yolo Counties.
National Down Syndrome Coalition
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California - Includes telephone support groups.
Fragile X
Elders (Brain impairment, frail) Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center
Head Trauma
Kids Head Injury Support Services (KHISS)
Heart Conditions
Mended Little Hearts of Sacramento
Meets every month on the 3rd Friday of the month at UC Davis hospital. Children, parents and grandparents are welcome.
Learning Disabilities
Mental Health / Mental Illness
National Association for Mental Illness
United Advocates for Children and Families
Muscular Dystrophy
Parent Project MDnorcal.ppmd.faces@gmail.com
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scoliosis
Siblings (Adult) of persons with disabilities
3rd Thursday of month at Valley Hi-North Laguna Library from 6-8 pm
Spanish
Padres Apoyando Padres (Galt): 916-922-1490
Apoyo De Padres Para Padres (Sacramento): 916- 922-1490
Special Education Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
Sacramento County
Elk Grove Unified School District 916-686-7780
Folsom-Cordova Unified School District 916-635-2802
Sacramento City Unified School District 916-643-9163
Sacramento County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 916-228-2446
San Juan Unified School District 916-971-7953
Placer County
Placer County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-886-5873
Yolo County
Yolo County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-668-3786
El Dorado County
El Dorado County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) (Placerville) 530-295-2467 (Tahoe/Alpine) 530-541-2850
Nevada County
Nevada County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-265-0611 x 205
Alpine County
Tahoe/Alpine Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) 530-541-2850
Special Education
Stuttering
Tourette Syndrome
Twins
Mothers of Multiples
