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Chelsea's Place
2425 Lancaster Drive NE Salem, OR 97305 (503) 566-2132
Service Description:
Serves families caring for infants and young children (prenatal through 5 years old) who are struggling with difficult life circumstances. Provides Home visits, Therapeutic Classroom, Parent Education, Respite Care opportunities and Family Nights, Parent and Child Interaction Groups, Case specific management and referral, and Early Head Start. The goal is to provide supports that build healthy successful children, to strengthen parents and preserve families through an array of comprehensive and integrated early childhood and therapeutic family support services.
Eligibility:
Call for information - primarily those in low income situations.
Intake Procedure:
Parents, please call for more information if you are interested in home-based services. Services include: crisis intervention, home visits, phone support, resource referrals, play groups, parent education, developmental assessments for your child, family nights, child respite care and early literacy activities.
Service Hours:
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Program Hours vary so call for information.
Languages:
English, Spanish. A Chuukese translator is available.
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Gracie's Place
1135 Edgewater St NW West Salem, OR 97304 (503) 363-3057
Service Description:
Serves families caring for infants and young children (prenatal through 5 years old) who are struggling with difficult life circumstances. Provides Home visits, Therapeutic Classroom, Parent Education, Respite Care opportunities and Family Nights, Parent and Child Interaction Groups, Case specific management and referral, and Early Head Start. The goal is to provide supports that build healthy successful children, to strengthen parents and preserve families through an array of comprehensive and integrated early childhood and therapeutic family support services.
Eligibility:
Call for information - primarily those in low income situations.
Intake Procedure:
Parents, please call for more information if you are interested in home-based services. Services include: crisis intervention, home visits, phone support, resource referrals, play groups, parent education, developmental assessments for your child, family nights, child respite care and early literacy activities.
Service Hours:
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Program Hours vary so call for information.
Languages:
English, Spanish. A Chuukese translator is available.
Support Groups
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X & Y Chromosome Variation Support Group
(CHEC) Community Health Education Center
Salem Hospital, Building D, 890 Oak Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
A partial list of those served in the group includes individuals with:
XXY, XYY, XXX, X, XXYY, Klinefelter Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Trisomy X.
(If you plan to attend you may simple drop in, however it is advisable to call the facilitator first,
Since planned activities may require a change in time and/or venue.
Contact: Carol Campbell 503 871-2767, xxyKSAlemOR@yahoo.com
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Wilsonville, Oregon
A.C.T.S.N. (Advocates of children that have special needs)
Support group meets at least 2 times per month, once in the evening and once in the morning in Wilsonville.
Contact Kim Klupenger at (503)781-7929,kim.hrconsulting@comcast.net or Jenny Cavarno, (503)869-4793, jennycavarno@gmail.com for more information.
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Salem, Oregon
National Federation of the Blind Oregon
Join the Capital City Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Oregon
Meetings third Monday each month
Broadway Commons
1300 Broadway, NE
Salem, Oregon
5 pm to 7 pm
http://www.nfb-oregon.org/home/groups/nfb_of_oregon_parents.php
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Marylhurst, Oregon
AUTISM SOCIETY OF OREGON
Counseling and Support Groups
17600 Pacific Highway 43
Marylhurst University-Davignon Hall
Marylhurst, OR 97036
(503) 636-1676 Main phone
(888) 288-4761
Register for Local Support Groups
http://www.AutismSocietyOregon.orginfo@AutismSocietyOregon.org
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Corvallis, Oregon
POAC of Oregon- Parents of Autistic Children of Oregon
2913 NW Lincoln Ave
Corvallis, OR 97330
http://autismoregon.org/providers/parents-autistic-children-oregon-poac-oregon
Parent resource guide for anyone interested in or starting a home program/new diagnosis of autism .___________________________________________________________________________________
Portland, Oregon
FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
http://www.fsma.org/LatestNews/index.cfm?ID=7285
Service Description:
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Supports SMA families through networking, information and services. Works to Improve care for all SMA patients. Provides Education to health professionals and the public about SMA. Enlists government support for SMA. Provides funding for advancing comprehensive research programs. see:
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Dorenbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR
Principal Investigator: Erika Finanger, MD
Coordinator: Rhonda Muhly, CCRC
Email: muhly@ohsu.edu
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Portland, Oregon
TOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION
Washington/Oregon Serving Washington and Oregon 206-621-2108
e-mail: tsawashingtonchapter@yahoo.com; in Oregon, email: tsaoregon@yahoo.com
website: http://tsa-waor.org/
National Tourette I&R Line: (718) 224-2999
The Portland area Support Group meets 3:00 to 4:30 pm the second Sunday of every month through June. April 7, May 5, June 2. From October to June the meeting will be the first Sunday of each month, at the Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Building, 1040 NW 22nd Ave, 2nd Floor Conf. Room. Not set up to accommodate kids so please adults only. (Directions: Directly across from Good Samaritan Hospital on 22nd Ave NW between Lovejoy and Marshall Streets. Enter the front of the building and go up the stairs to the 2nd floor. Meeting is in the conference room on the left.)
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Salem, Oregon
Mother Oaks Child Hospice
Bereavement Support Group
WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE
1015 3rd Street NW
Salem, OR 97304
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Dundee, Oregon
Aidan's Haven PANDAs Parents Support Group
PANDAs support group for Parents of children affected by PANDAs, PITANDs or PANs.
Contact
Kim Stanley for more information.
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Salem, Oregon
Willamette Valley Down Syndrome Association
P.O. Box 8098 · Salem, OR 97303
Support for families in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and surrounding areas in raising a child with Down syndrome.
Contact: Patie Taylor,
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Portland, Oregon
Swindles Resource Center of Providence Child Center
Swindles serves families of children with Special needs in the Mid-Willamette Valley & connects families of children with disabilities to resources, information and training.
503 215-2429
830 NE 47th Ave, Portland, OR