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Flower Coping/Support
This section includes information about available support programs, both at Children's Hospital Boston and on the internet. These are sites for general support of children with chronic medical needs or other special needs. See section on Illness/Diagnosis for information and supports related to a specific disease or disorder.

Bandaids and Blackboards
A site with stories of coping with medical problems for children, teens, and adults
www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html

Children's Disabilities Information
Information for parents of children with special needs
www.childrensdisabilities.info

Children's Hospital Boston - Center for Families
Provides support for families of patients through lending library, resource location, parking assistance and many support programs (ie. Family to Family)
(617) 355-6279
www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P4sublevel43.html

Children's Hospital Boston Chaplaincy
Provides religious guidance in hospital, on-call 24 hours via the operator
(617) 355-6363
www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P4sublevel54.html

Children's Hospital Boston - Child Life Services
Child life specialists use developmental interventions and play to help patients and families adjust to and understand health care experiences
(617) 355-6551
www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P4sublevel48.html

Children's Hospital Boston - Department of Psychiatry Medical Coping Clinic
Specializes in helping families adjust to acute and ongoing medical stressors
(617) 355-6688
www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site1888/mainpageS1888P0.html

Children's Hospital Boston - Department of Social Work
Clinical social workers provide psychosocial assessment, support with hospitalization/illness, case management, advocacy and resource services for inpatient and outpatient populations
(617) 355-7965
www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P4sublevel60.html

Children's Hospital Boston - Experience Journal
A collection of stories, pictures, and personal experiences from families about what it has been like to live with certain illnesses collected by Children's Hospital's Department of Psychiatry
www.experiencejournal.com

The Daniel Connection
A program of the Jewish Family and Children Services of Greater Boston providing support and financial aid to families of very ill patients
www.jfcsboston.org/comm_programs/daniel_connection.cfm

Exceptional Parent Magazine
Search by category-including Special Needs
www.eparents.com

HealthyPlace.com
Comprehensive information on psychological disorders and psychiatric medications from both a consumer and expert point of view-click on link for psychiatric medications for descriptions
www.healthyplace.com

Jewish Family and Children Services of Greater Boston
Provides support services for immigrants, new mothers, people with disabilities/mental illness, elderly-both resources and support groups
www.jfcsboston.org

Kids' Health
Magazine from Nemours Foundation with sections for parents, children and teens with health information
www.kidshealth.org

Starlight Children's Foundation, New England
Starlight offers a broad inpatient and outpatient programs; free of charge and designed to provide ongoing support for seriously ill children and their families
www.starlightnewengland.org

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