Children's Advocacy Center of Collier County provides the Parent Education Program. This program offers voluntary community parenting classes and comprehensive in-home, group, and online court-ordered parenting classes.

Parenting Education Focuses on:

• Understanding the appropriate developmental expectations of children
• Developing empathy for their own needs and the needs of their children
• Appropriate discipline strategies
• Understanding appropriate parent-child roles
• Developing a child's age-appropriate power and independence

Please call or visit website for more information.

The Parent Support Network (PSN) helps parents of children with disabilities. They provide the training and info they need for their child. PSN prepares the child for school. They help them lead productive and independent lives. PSN also gives free workshops.

Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Toll Free: 800.825.5736

The Salvation Army provides Pathway of Hope. This program helps families in poverty. They offer case management and intensive counseling. Please call or visit website for more information.

NORD offers resources for patients with rare diseases and their caregivers. These include free webinars, fact sheets, infographics, and more. The materials will provide guidance on the journey with a rare disease. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

This group offers peer support groups. They believe that peer support is important to recovery for people with mental illness. The groups bring people with similar experiences together. The meetings are confidential and informal. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Support Groups Available For:

• Depression
• IDF
• Teen Transgender Group: Families & Allies
• Veterans

Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches offers residential care to children in need. It runs several child-care campuses throughout the state. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

This group provides support to parents of children with disabilities. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Its information hub can help them:

• Prepare their child for school
• Connect with other parents
• Find local and national resources
• Advocate for their child
• Plan for emergencies
• And more