Down Syndrome & Mental Health Support Group
Wednesday, December 8th | 7pm - 8pmDoes your teen or adult loved one with Down syndrome also have a mental health diagnosis such as Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder? Often these illnesses bring on a change in daily living skills, mood, or interest in activities once enjoyed. Seeing these changes and regression in your loved one can be very difficult.
Please join other parents and caregivers for a support group meeting facilitated by Mary-Frances Garber, a licensed genetic counselor providing supportive genetic counseling in her private practice, Listening, Reflecting, Healing in Needham. She has been a consultant with the MDSC for the past 8 years providing insight and support to many families.
Please note that individualized psychiatric treatment will not be provided at this meeting. This meeting is meant to serve as a venue for families with loved ones with Down syndrome and mental health concerns so that they may obtain mutual support with professional supervision.
Please email mentalhealth@mdsc.org to register or for more information.
New Family Social
Saturday, December 11th | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Join us for an informal way to meet other newer families, share and connect for families whose child with Down syndrome is 0-3 (until 4th birthday). Please email Sarah Cullen at scullen@mdsc.org to request Zoom registration link.
Winter Bingo! Virtual Game Night: for teens and adults with Down syndrome and friends, ages 13 and up
Thursday, December 16th | 6:00 PMMDSC Multicultural Holiday Event / Únete al MDSC a nuestra Fiesta Navideña Multicultural
Sunday, December 19th | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PMGuess That Song Virtual Game Night! for teens and adults with Down syndrome and friends, ages 13 and up
Sunday, December 19th | 1:15 PMWinter Break Movie Night: for teens and adults with Down syndrome and friends, ages 13 and up
Wednesday, December 29th | 7:00 PMNew Family Social
Saturday, January 8th | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Join us for an informal way to meet other newer families, share and connect for families whose child with Down syndrome is 0-3 (until 4th birthday). Please email Sarah Cullen at scullen@mdsc.org to request Zoom registration link.
New Moms Group
Tuesday, January 11th | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PMNew moms of children with Down syndrome ages 0-18 months are invited to join us for a virtual group hosted by Mary-Frances Garber, CGC.
Please email Sarah Cullen at scullen@mdsc.org to request Zoom registration link
Sledding at Stone Cow!
Saturday, January 22nd | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PMBring your sleds and enjoy their snowy hill! Fingers crossed Jack Frost gives us some fresh powder to play! If he doesn’t deliver we can still enjoy each other’s company inside the warm barn.
RSVP or send questions to group leaders Brian & Jessica Young.
jessica.flynnyoung@gmail.com; 774.239.5992
Toddler Moms Group
Wednesday, January 26th | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PMMoms of children with Down syndrome ages 18 months – 3.5 years are invited to join us for a virtual group hosted by Mary-Frances Garber, CGC.
Please email Sarah Cullen at scullen@mdsc.org to request Zoom registration link