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Ed Madara
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A timely article from one self-help group newsletter
Started Dec. 24, 2008
Website(s) that should list your group?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ed Madara Dec. 24, 2008.
"Self-Help Group Centers"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ed Madara Dec. 19, 2008.
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- I work at a "self-help group clearinghouse" in the States. We actually have 2 programs that help people find and form self-help support groups: 90% of our effort goes into our New Jersey program, and the remaining 10% is towards our modest American program. Both services are only made possible through the help of volunteers. See info on both at: www.selfhelpgroups.org There are 5 of us who are paid, and about 20 who are volunteers.
I fimly believe in "free trade" in self-help group models and ideas!
We have GROW self-help groups here in New Jersey that originated in Australia! If you are ever in need of a possible self-help group model and cannot find one, let me know and I would be glad to try to network you with any I know of, so you might not have to "re-invent the wheel." I would also be most interested in learning about any new ones you know of, that could serve to inspire people here in NJ to meet their needs by replicating the efforts here.
“One of the most important capabilities of community self-help groups is that ordinary people can develop such groups in their local communities when none exist, and subsequently their group usually serves as an extraordinary resource to many in that area for several years. I still find it amazing that to start a group, a person doesn't need a grant, an agency, or even an office - just the inspiration and a few other people who share their experience and hope. What significantly helps in providing such inspiration is a person's knowledge of an existing national organization or a model group, which can provide them with basic information so they don't have to ‘re-invent the wheel.’ "
- from "Mutual Aid Self-Help Group Developments” Community Psychologist, 39 (3), Fall, 2006, p. 21.
- Support Group/s (name/s of the groups you have a 'leadership' role with or are a member of)
- Co-founded a Vietnam vets group in northern New Jersey.
Was an active member of a Special Needs Adoptive Parent self-help group (serving as a parent advocate) in New York City.
Active member of Agent Orange victims support network
- Support Group Website
- http://www.selfhelpgroups.org
- Support Group Role/s
- Member, Leader, Founder
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