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Support Group for Families & Siblings
The Center for Hope and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society offer Family Support Groups
for parents with a child who has cancer and for children who have a sibling with cancer.

for:
when:
where:
facilitators:
registration:

 Parents, grandparents or nannies of a child with cancer and the child's siblings
6:15 pm – 7:45 pm, Third Monday of every month the groups run concurrently
The Center for Hope — Darien, CT
Center for Hope Counselors: Lauren Riordan, PhD & Gail Streisand, PhD
Please call 203.655.4693


Forum for Parents to Receive Education & Support
Features guest speakers on issues such as follow-up care, concerns about lasting effects
of treatment, and diagnostic tests for hormonal studies or learning disabilities.

for:
when:
where:

facilitators:

registration:

 Parents of a child with cancer
4 times a year — call for the next session
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Room CH201
(located on the right at the top of the stairs from the atrium)
Connie Nicolosi, LCSW Oncology Social Worker
Carolyn Demsky, MSN Oncology Nurse
Please call 203.655.4693


Support Group for Teens

for:
when:
where:

facilitators:
registration:

 Teens with Cancer
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, First Thursday of every month
CCMC Hematology/oncology clinic 2J
282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT
Christine Tatum, Med, Child Life Specialist
Please call 860.545.9630


To find more Support Groups in your area

contact:

 Cancer Care of Connecticut
120 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06851
800.813.HOPE (4679) or 203.854.9911
 
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