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FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
The
events listed below are either sponsored by MARE or by other
organizations. MARE is not responsible for changes made to
the event listings for other organizations. For each event,
please note the sponsoring organization and appropriate contact
to direct questions and comments. For any MARE event, please
call 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or 1-800-882-1176 for more
information.
If
you would like to post an event on the MARE website, please click
here. Please note that MARE will review submissions and
only post applicable events.
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Adoptive Parent Support Group
Adoption Community of New England (ACONE)
Anna Collins: 508-872-2230
September 21, 2011: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
This group is open to all adoptive parents seeking support for raising children and young adults who have unique adoption needs. Parents of children from all ages are welcome.
http://adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/programs/all/adoptive-parent-support-group.php |
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GLBTQ Adoptive Parents' group
Center For Family Connections: 350 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA,
02141
617 547 0909, cffc@kinnect.org
Would you like a chance to discuss and share issues related to being a GLBTQ
adoptive parent? Would you like to meet others who have similar experiences?
This six-week group is for adoptive and foster parents who identify as members
of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community. |
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Parent Groups: Spring Schedule
Adoptive Families Together (AFT)
Click HERE to see their Spring 2011 Schedule
Adoptive Families Together (AFT) offers several parent-run confidential groups. AFT provides education, advocacy, support, and more. They also welcome adopted individuals, birth parents, foster parents and all those with a connection to adoption.
AFT Parent Groups meet montly in: Acton, Billerica, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Swampscott and Worcester
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"Picking up the Pieces"- Raising Children with Difficult Beginnings
Center for Family Connections
For more information, or to register, call (617) 547-0909. Pre-registration and pre-payment required as space is limited.
This group will provide an opportunity for adoptive and foster parents to hear about other parents' experiences and gain valuable information about how trauma and difficult beginnings can impact a child's emotions and behavior throughout childhood and adolescence. The group sessions will include presentations and discussions on trauma, attachment and loss, as well as building on your child's strengths, coping with the impact of your child's trauma on the other members of the family, and caring for yourself in order to better care for your child. |
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Camp
to Belong and Sibling Connections
Camp to Belong and Sibling Connections
Creating
enduring relationships for siblings who experience foster
care. Through innovative programs and practices, we
provide year-round connection opportunities for brothers
and sisters who are separated when placed in foster
care. Camp To Belong is a national nonprofit organization
dedicated to reuniting siblings separated when placed
in foster care. Summer campers take part in events designed
to help deepen the sibling connection. To learn more, visit: http://www.siblingconnections.com/ctb.html.
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Adoptive
Family Mixer
Together in Motion
Mondays
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Together in Motion, 1 Broadway, Arlington, MA
For more information, please call Erik or Katherine
at 781-643-1377 or visit their website at www.togetherinmotion.com.
Together in Motion offers a sunny play area with a padded
floor filled with soft play blocks, stairs and slides,
modules, balls, tunnels, and other age appropriate equipment
for children up to six years old. There is a separate
lounge area filled with comfortable seating and tables
for snacks or building block play. The entry fee for
the adoptive family mixer is a discounted rate of $5
per child.
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Rainbow Connection Playgroup
The Rainbow Connection Playgroup
The third Thursday of each month
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
St. Joseph Parish Center, 145 Holliston Street, Medway,
MA
For more information contact Michelle Cuff at 508-533-5820
or email her at michcuff@yahoo.com.
This new group welcomes all foster/adoptive/biological
parents, and their children, looking
to make meaningful connections with others raising minority
children in the suburbs.
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GLBT
Playgroup
Proud Parenting
2nd Saturday of each month
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
North Parish, North Andover Massachusetts
For more information please contact Brian Tessier: www.proudparenting.com/user/93 or visit North Parish’s calendar: www.Northparish.org.
All are welcome and especially expectant parents to
network and ask questions and share common questions
and concerns.
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Pathways
to Permanency through the Trauma Center
The Pathways to Permanency Program
Trauma Center in Brookline, MA
Rona Sandberg, LICSW, Clinical Coordinator at 617-232-1303
ext.223 or visit www.traumacenter.org.
The Pathways to Permanency Program strives to strengthen
and support families in providing foster and adoptive
children with a nurturing and stable home environment.
The program offers services that include caregiver support,
psycho-education, and consultation. These services are
provided by clinicians with extensive experience working
with childhood trauma and foster care and adoption related
issues.
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Parent Groups
Adoptive Families Together (a program of MSPCC)
Ongoing
9 different locations in Massachusetts
For more information and group locations, please contact Patty Brady at
Adoptive Families Together at 617-587-1554 or pbrady@mspcc.org. Info can also can be found on www.mspcc.org.
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Information and Groups for Single Adoptive
Parents
Single Parent for Adoption of Children Everywhere (SPACE)
Ongoing
Varies
Please visit their website at www.oocities.com/odsspace for more information and group locations. SPACE is a chapter
of Adoption Community of New England, Inc. |
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Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. – MARE- 45 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
617-54-ADOPT (542-3678) – 1-800-882-1176 – Fax: 617-542-1006
NON DISCRIMINATION POLICY
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This policy also applies to employment practice, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, outside vendors, service clients, use of contractors and consultants, and dealings with the general public.
MARE is partially funded by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families – DCF
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