General Emotional Support
Resources
Descriptions of resources in the following categories are available on this
page. Click on a category to go there directly, or scroll down to read the descriptions in all the categories.
- Type of Resource: Gopher, with Web page front-end
- URL: http://www.rivendell.org/
- -or-
- URL: gopher://gopher.rivendell.org/
- Originating Body: Rivendell Resources
- Contact: Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org)
- Description:
- Created by the founder of the Michigan chapter of the
Association for Death
Education and Counseling, Griefnet provides a valuable compilation of
listings of resources related to death, bereavement, and major loss.
Griefnet's scope includes general bereavement, adoption loss, suicide and
homicide, caregivers and hospice resources, and many categories of chronic
illness and physical loss. Most of the listings are addresses and phone
numbers of support groups and individual professionals, subdivided
geographically with an emphasis on Michigan; some Internet resources are included. A short annotated bibliography is also available, as are 13 articles in their entirety. The gopher also includes a memorials section and the beginnings of a poetry directory.
- Visit this resource: Griefnet
- Type of Resource: Freenet / Gopher
- URL: gopher://gopher.coin.missouri.edu:70/11/community/social-services/services-dir
- Access:
- gopher gopher.coin.missouri.edu
- Menu selections:
- Community and Social Services Center
- Social Services Center
- Community Services Directory
- Description:
- This resource lists community service and support groups for Boone County, Missouri. The list can be viewed in alphabetical order, or searched by typing in a word describing the topic. The purposes of the groups, names, addresses, and phone numbers are provided.
- Visit this resource: Community Services Directory for Boone County, MO
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet freenet.hsc.colorado.edu
- login: guest
- Menu selections:
- Colorado Health Care Building
- Support Groups Center
- or type: go support
- Description:
- A general listing of support groups in the Denver metro area. The list can be searched by subject, by typing in one or more topic words. For example, the word "cancer" produced a list of 31 cancer-related groups; the word "grief" produced a list of 18 groups. The list can also be searched by city or zip code. The purposes of the groups, names, addresses, and phone numbers are provided.
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet tso.uc.edu
- login: visitor
- Menu selections:
- TSO Main Menu
- Medical Arts Center
- Children's Hospital
- Community Services and Support Groups
- Description:
- A directory of community services affiliated with the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Listings include contact information for a number of camps and outreach programs for children with disabilities and chronic illness and support groups for their parents. Also includes outreach programs for children with disabilities and chronic illness and support groups for their parents. Also includes SIDS support group.
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet tso.uc.edu
- login: visitor
- Menu selections:
- TSO Main Menu
- Community Center
- Special Needs
- Special Needs Q&A
- Description:
- A forum for people coping with various special needs situations, including disabilities and chronic disease.
- 91 current questions and answers on various topics, including living with Epstein-Barr and computers for low vision. The systems operator will point people to appropriate sections of the Freenet for help when necessary.
See Also:
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to LISTSERV@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU In the body of the message type: subscribe CSHCN-L YourFirstName YourLastName
- Contact: Pat Hackett-Waters (Pat_Hackett-Waters@qm.server.ufl.edu)
- Description:
- For parents, researchers, physicians interested in special health care needs of children.
- This low-traffic list has been used both for messages sharing other Internet resources, and for parents sharing information about their children's health care situations. The tone of the list is polite.
- Volume under 10 msg/week; unmoderated; archived.
- Note that archives go by year -- the file may be too big to retrieve via e-mail.
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@TBAG.OSC.EDU In the body of the message type: subscribe OUR-KIDS
- Also available on the World Wide Web at http://wonder.mit.edu/our-kids.html
- Contact: Ashley Burns (ashley@tbag.osc.edu)
- Description:
- For parents of children with cerebral palsy, sensory integrative problems, or other developmental delays.
- List participants are mothers and fathers of developmentally challenged children, as well as several therapists and other professionals. The listowner says in the list welcome message, "We parents really enjoy this list because we can discuss our children's accomplishments and defeats and know that the audience includes others who know what we are going through." Topics include interacting with school officials, feeding, various therapies, and stresses of parenting special children. Lots of personal stories; little unrelated chatter. Occasional strong disagreements, but these are exceptions to the generally supportive nature of the list.
- Volume 10-30 msg/day; unmoderated; unarchived.
- Visit this resource: OUR-KIDS
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet firefly.prairienet.org
- login: visitor
- Type go center
- Menu selections:
- Community Center
- Community Health
- Self-Help Center
- Listing of Other Types of Groups
- Description:
- A list of caregivers support groups in and around Champaign County, Illinois, prepared by the staff of the Self-Help Center at Family Services.
- Four groups are listed by county and include resources for "significant others of people with chronic illness" and other caregivers of the ill or aging. The purposes of the groups, names, addresses, and phone numbers are provided.
- Type of Resource: World Wide Web Page
- URL: http://csbh.mhv.net/~grohol/news.htm
- Contact: John M. Grohol (grohol@alpha.acast.nova.edu)
- Description:
- This WWW page lists and provides links to Usenet newsgroups that deal with psychology or serve as support groups. It lists the name and a description of a few words for each group, and indicates whether or not the group is moderated. The Pointer covers not only emotional support for physical illness and grieving, but also mood disorders, quitting smoking, shyness, and adoption, among many others. Updated weekly, and posted every two weeks to various support newsgroups.
- Visit this resource: Psychology and Support Groups Newsgroup Pointer
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