Inaugural Cleft Support Parent Training
Posted on March 28th, 2007We now have 13 fully trained and accredited Support Parents!
The skills learnt on the course, combined with the passion in the volunteers to help others equals a huge potential new resource the Support Group has to support new families.
We are excited about this new service and our ability to deliver high quality emotional support to families beginning their cleft journey.
If you are a new family and would like the Support of a parent of another child with a cleft, then ring us. 0800 425 338
If you are a Parent of a cleft child who would like to ‘give back’ to another family in this way, then ring us too 0800 425 338
The benefits for all of us are huge.
The Support Group would like to thank the volunteer parents who have given of their time and energy to support others. We appreciate your commitment and passion to helping us.
We would also like to thank the sponsors of the course, United Way NZ, Auckland City Council, Waitakere City Council ,Manukau City Council, and Lets Eat Group for making the course a reality.
A big thank you to the trainer, Karen Gillum from Parent to Parent and Robyn Smith and Anne Wilkinson for working with our Support Group to develop the course.
