Parent Support Group Program
Special Parents, Exceptional Children, Involved, Advocating, Learning.
Founded in 2008 by Angela Fish, SPECIAL Families of Puget Sound is a parent support group for families with special needs children.
Our goals are:
-to network
-strengthen our special needs community
-learn from one another and expert speakers
-better advocate for our children
We are a family support group inclusive of diagnosis. We encourage professionals and interested community members to also join. Currently a majority of our families are dealing with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADD/ADHD, and other diagnoses.
Founded in 2008 by Angela Fish, SPECIAL Families of Puget Sound is a parent support group for families with special needs children.
Our goals are:
-to network
-strengthen our special needs community
-learn from one another and expert speakers
-better advocate for our children
We are a family support group inclusive of diagnosis. We encourage professionals and interested community members to also join. Currently a majority of our families are dealing with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADD/ADHD, and other diagnoses.
We do our best to provide speakers and topics that are of interest to our exceptional families. This means that we don't shy away from controversial subject matter. Our belief is that there are always opportunities to learn, whether the information is "traditional" or not. Parents are encouraged to ask questions and draw their own conclusions that are appropriate for their family.
We began meeting more than 5 years ago in the Spanaway/Parkland area, finding a nice home for our meetings at the Pierce County Library Processing and Administration Center. In November 2013, we held our last meeting at this location, opting to focus on growing our location at the Children's Museum of Tacoma in downtown Tacoma, which began meeting there in fall 2012. The Tacoma group has become very popular due to the availability of childcare. In 2015, we changed our name from SPECIAL Families of Pierce County to SPECIAL Families of Puget Sound in order to more accurately represent the families we serve. And, we're growing! We added Olympia in the fall of 2015 and Seattle was added in early 2016. Renton and Gig Harbor groups are slated for early 2017. Tacoma, Olympia and Gig Harbor all offer childcare.
To learn about the SFPS Tacoma group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Olympia group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Seattle group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Renton group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Gig Harbor group, CLICK HERE.
We began meeting more than 5 years ago in the Spanaway/Parkland area, finding a nice home for our meetings at the Pierce County Library Processing and Administration Center. In November 2013, we held our last meeting at this location, opting to focus on growing our location at the Children's Museum of Tacoma in downtown Tacoma, which began meeting there in fall 2012. The Tacoma group has become very popular due to the availability of childcare. In 2015, we changed our name from SPECIAL Families of Pierce County to SPECIAL Families of Puget Sound in order to more accurately represent the families we serve. And, we're growing! We added Olympia in the fall of 2015 and Seattle was added in early 2016. Renton and Gig Harbor groups are slated for early 2017. Tacoma, Olympia and Gig Harbor all offer childcare.
To learn about the SFPS Tacoma group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Olympia group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Seattle group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Renton group, CLICK HERE.
To learn about the SFPS Gig Harbor group, CLICK HERE.
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