SG/PRC Support Groups

Alianza/Lucero Meeting - Spanish Speaking.
For information call Violeta Escobar (909) 868-7528.

Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean Support Groups.
For information call Maggie Lang (909) 868-7526.

Filipino Parents Support Group
For information call Violeta Escobar(909) 868-7528.

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.

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

Autism Society San Gabriel Valley Chapter Meets first Wednesday of each month in Covina. For information, website www.sgvasa.org or call (626) 388-2134 and leave a message, a parent volunteer will return your call.

Chinese Parents Assocation 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.
www.turner-syndrome-us.org

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