Making Strides For Autism Inc. partners with various nonprofits, agencies, and businesses to host monthly Support Group meetings in Northeast Florida counties. Meetings are held the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thursday of every month, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at various locations. Our Support Groups are intended for parents of children with autism to learn from and support each other. Due to a new environment with new people please find a babysitter for the evening. Our goal is to provide childcare and webinar access in the future. Each month we will have a parent, company, agency, or therapist as our guest speaker with food, beverages and to enjoy! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones as well!
- Support Groups - All groups meet on various Thursdays of each month from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at various locations. Please check our Community Calendar for locations and guest speakers.
- Parent 2 Parent Support Group - 2nd Thursday
- Making Strides For Autism Inc. has partnered with Northeast Florida Advocates for Autism and Related Disabilities to host monthly Parent to Parent meetings in Duval County. Parent 2 Parent meeting will be held the 2nd Thursday of every month, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at various locations. This Support Group is intended for parents of children with autism to learn from and support each other. Each month we will have a parent, company, agency, or therapist as our guest speaker with food, beverages and to enjoy! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones as well!
- Unidos por el autismo - 3er jueves
- Unidos por el autismo es un grupo de apoyo para familias de niños latinos con autismo. Nuestro objetivo es informar y educar a la comunidad latina en nuestra área sobre autismo, recursos, servicios comunitarios para mejorar la calidad de vida de nuestros niños. La reunión de Unidos por el autismo se llevará a cabo el tercer jueves de cada mes, de 6:00 p.m. a 8:00 p.m. en varios lugares. Debido a un nuevo entorno con gente nueva, encuentre una niñera para la noche. ¡Cada mes tendremos un padre, compañía, agencia o terapeuta como nuestro orador invitado con comida, bebidas y para disfrutar! ¡Esperamos ver caras familiares y conocer otras nuevas también!
- Autism DADvocates Network - 4th Thursday
- The Autism DADvocates Network meeting will be held the 4th Thursday of every month, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at various locations. The Autism DADvocates Network is a network of autism fathers and father figures connecting with autism from a dads point of view. As well as promoting the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children with autism and the community. Each month we will have a parent, company, agency, or therapist as our guest speaker with food, beverages and to enjoy! We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones as well! The network is a program of Making Strides For Autism, Inc. and a member of FND USA (Family Network on Disabilities) Dadvocates network of fathers Sign up to be an Autism DADvocates Network member, updates, and more information at https://makingstridesforautism.org/autism-dadvocates-network.html. Membership is FREE!
- Parent 2 Parent Support Group - 2nd Thursday