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Support Parent Home About Support Parents Meet A Support Parent Support Parent Training Become A Support Parent Privacy Statement	*Support Parents* Support Parents are a key support to families of individuals with special needs. Through our parent-to-parent matching program, we offer parents/caregivers the opportunity to connect one-to-one with a parent/caregiver of an individual with the same or similar disability or special health care need -- someone who has "been there. "There is nothing worse for the parent of a special needs child than to feel like you are alone dealing with an issue. Whether you're standing in the middle of your living room as the EMS people are asking question after question as your holding your child during a Grand Mal seizure or you're sitting in the emergency room on New Year's Eve and watching the clock strike twelve as the ER doctor is asking if you have a DNR because your son has stopped breathing during a seizure. Those are the times that you feel alone knowing that outside the doors of that hospital the world continues and at that moment you feel like no one can relate to you. No parent should feel that way. They should know that no matter what time of the day or night there is someone there that will hold their hand, or listen to them on the phone." - D.G. What is a Support Parent? A Support Parent is a parent or primary caregiver of an individual with special needs who resides in New York State and wants to help other families in situations similar to those they have faced. A Support Parent is a person who wants to reduce feelings of isolation for other families of individuals with special needs and allow others to benefit from their experiences. A Support Parent provides a safe listening environment and a wealth of information to other families. The Match - How Does It Work? How It Works Back To Top This page last updated on December 15, 2008
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