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Support for parents Support for Parents -Website
The Parentline and Web Mail Service
Conversation board
Support for Parents -Website
Information on child’s growth and development
Self -evaluation tasks Work books for parents and professionals Activities for families in the process of
change Practical tools for family negotiations and
communication between family members
Parentline
Started 1989 Helpline open 27 hours per week Educated volunteers offer peer support
for parents Volunteers work in groups and receive
group councelling and consultation Service is anonymous and confidential Service costs 8 cents/min. + local net cost
Parentline web mail service
Started year 2000 Contact is anonymous and confidential Response is promised in two weeks Volunteers are educated to answer
empathetically (a virtual hug) Volunteers work in guided groups The amount of messages is increasing