Support Group Meetings
SG/PRC Support
Groups
Local
Interagency Coordinating Area (LICA) Meeting for EARLY START
Second Thursday monthly, 9 - 11:30 a.m. at SG/PRC
For information call
Margarita Salazar (909)
868-7650.
Audience: vendors, community agencies, school
districts, SG/PRC staff.
Parent
Support Group For Children With Autism
Meets the fourth Monday every month from 7:00
P.M. to 8:30 P.M., at theSan Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center Assembly
Room. For more information contact Elizabeth Annamraju 909-868-7566
or Jon Hope 909-706-3595.
P.A.T.H. (Parents Acting for the Handicapped)
For information call Joanne East (626)
919-4983.
Parents' Place Support Groups
San
Gabriel/Pomona Parents Place Family Resource and Empowerment Center
For information email:
warmline@parentsplacefrc.com or call (800) 422-2022 or
(626) 919-1091.
REACH-English Speaking Support Group
Meets first Thursday of each month, 7-8:30 p.m. For information call
Rachel Atencio (626) 919-1091.
Nuevo
Día Spanish Support Group
Meets second Wednesday of each month from 10-11:30 a.m. For
information call Elena Sanchez at (626) 919-1091.
Local Support Groups
Chinese
Parents Assocaition for the Disabled
President Rachel Chen. General hotline (626) 307-3837.
www.cpad.org
Down
Syndrome Association of LA, Pomona Sub-Group Up for Down
Meets third Thursday bi-monthly at 7to 8:30 p.m. For information on
thelocal group call Carol Anten (909)268-6344 or Patty Hynes (626)
915-7119 for information. DownSyndrome National AssociationNational
Web Site: www.ndss.org.
Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles County
For information website:
www.epilepsy-socalif.org or call Guadalupe Corral-Leiva at
(310) 670-2870 or (800) 564-0445.
Foundation for Disabled Youths (F.F.D.Y.)
For information call (626) 968-2169. Location of
classes in Hacienda Heights.
Fragile
X Syndrome
For information:
www.fraxsocal.org or leave a voice mail at (818) 754-4227 or
(310) 796-0987.
FUERZA
Spanish-speaking support group for those with Down Syndrome and
Cerebral Palsy. For information call Ana Trujillo (800) 200-4323 or
fax (626) 917-9881.
IRSA
(International Rett Syndrome Association)
Potluck family meetings quarterly in the Pasadena area. For
information call Sherri Brady (562) 463-0457 or (562) 619-0109.
Japanese
Speaking Parents Association of Children with Challenges (JSPACC)
Contact Person Mariko Magami at (818) 249-1726. Meetings held
monthly in Little Tokyo.
Korean Parents Group for the Developmentally Handicapped
Meets monthly in Los Angeles (213) 386-0977.
Los
Angeles Families for Effective Autism Treatment (LA FEAT)
Contact person: Gretchen Shanofsky at 1-866-4LA FEAT
(1-866-452-3328).
Web site:
www.lafeat.org
Email: lafeat@excite.com.
Meets second Monday of the month at the First Lutheran Church,
Manhattan Beach
Love
in Action Grandparent Support Group
Meets Thursdays 10 a.m. 12 p.m., at the Glendora Senior Center. For
information call Sandra Smith (626) 335-4459.
Prader-Willi Support Group
State wide - (800) 400-9994; for more information call Lisa Graziano
(310) 316-3339; fax (310) 316-3730
Thai
Parent Support Group
Please contact Pauline Utar (626) 287-5728 (Thai speaking parent) or
Gerard Torres of East LA Regional Center (626) 827-5728.
Tourette
Syndrome Camp
For information call Loretta Staebler (626) 445-3986.
Turner
Syndrome Support Group
for information call Colleen Curby at (714) 481-7595.
Vietnamese Parent Support Group
New name is Vietnamese Parents with Disabled Children Assn., Inc
(VPDCA)
Contact Person and President is Hung Nguyen and her number is (714)
527-9216
www.vpdca.org
