Our Families as Partners Program offers classes, support and referrals to the parents, siblings and extended family members of children with disabilities and developmental delays. We help families navigate through their options, maximize their choices and support them in the decisions they make.
Sibshops
Looking for an activity that’s especially for your children without special needs? Sign your children up for Sibshops! Sibshops provide the opportunity for siblings of children with special needs to meet new friends and gain peer support.
Fun for all kids, ages 5-13
Games
Outings
Crafts
Discussion groups & activities
Dinner
Special guests
Sign Language Group
Teach your baby or toddler to sign! It’s an innovative and fun way to begin basic communication with your child.
Designed for children from 8 months to 2 years
Theme-based classes
Features sign language, music, sensory activities, playtime and books
Facilitated by a speech & language pathologist
Limit 10 families per class
Parent participation
Fun for all babies and toddlers
Preschool Language Literacy Group - NEW!
Your child will learn social and language skills, pre-literacy skills and speech and language skills in a small group setting.
Fun and educational for children ages 3-5
Teaches how to initiate peer interactions
Increases dramatic play skills
Features books and rhyming
Facilitated by Belle’s speech and language therapists
Enhances speech and language skills in small group settings
Parent Mentor Program
Do you ever wish you could talk with other parents who are raising children with disabilities? Need someone to listen to your challenges and listen to their similar experiences? If so, our Parent Mentor Program is perfect for you.
Meet other parents
Gain new friends
Acquire advocacy skills
Share advice
Listen to guest speakers
Learn about child development, disability and legal issues
To sign up for any of these programs, please contact Theresa Strothkamp, Outreach Program Director, at 314.821.5230 or at theresa@bellecenter.com.
Deaconess Impact Partner
Winner of two
Stellar Performance Awards:
2007 & 2008
Meets
all 20 Charity Standards
"The lessons our children have learned at Sibshops about inclusion and embracing our similarities, as well as our differences, will helpfully impact them for many years to come. The attention and kindness they have been shown at Sibshops has helped them understand themselves, as well as the challenges their sister faces."
