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Homestart
3rd Floor, 30 Whitehall Street, DD1 4AF
Tel: 01382 202040
e-mail: admin@homestart-dundee.org.uk
National Autistic Society
393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NG
Tel: 020 7833 2299
e-mail: nas@nas.org.uk
NAS Scotland
Central Chambers, 109 Hope Street,
GLASGOW. G2 6LL
Tel: 0141 221 8090
One Parent Families Scotland
13 Gayfield Square,
Edinburgh. EH1 3NX.
Tel: 0131 556 3899
Free Helpline: 0808 801 0323
e-mail: info@opfs.org.uk
web: www.opfs.org.uk
PAMIS
Springfield House,
15/16 Springfield, Dundee, DD1 4JE
Tel: 01382 385154
e-mail: pamis@dundee.ac.uk
web: http://www.pamis.org.uk
Parent to Parent
Ryehill Health Centre,
St Peter Street,
Dundee
DD1 4JH
01382 630044
e-mail: parent-to-parent@ukonline.co.uk
Royal National Institute for the
Blind(Scotland)
12-14 Hillside Crescent,
Edinburgh. EH7 5EA
Phone: 0131 652 3140
Helpline: 0303 123 9999
e helpline: helplone@rnib.org.uk
web: www.rnibscotland.org.uk
Offer emotional support and practical help for
families, with at least one child under 5yrs, who
are experiencing stress or difficulties. Families
are visited regularly by trained volunteer
befrienders, who are usually parents themselves.
NAS offer help and advice on all aspects of
Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Asperger
Syndrome. They have a large publications list of
leaflets and books.
Scottish Branch
One Parent Families Scotland provide advice
and support to empower lone parents, providing
help through a variety of services across
Scotland. There are presently 3 Projects running
in Dundee. Further details can be obtained by
making contact by any of the listed methods.
PAMIS focuses on the needs of people with
profound and multiple learning disabilities and
their carers. They provide information, advice,
support and training on many issues.
They have a comprehensive resource centre
which you can use.
Parent to Parent supports parents of children
with special needs, whether physical, learning,
emotional or medical. They work to alleviate the
loneliness and isolation experienced by many
parents of children with special needs. They also
help parents to promote their views to the NHS
Trusts, Scottish Executive, Local Authority and
voluntary organisations.
Services provided: One to one support; Group
support; Community/Family workers; Neonatal/
Paediatric Family worker; Contact with other
parents; Parenting skills.
The RNIB provide support and information in
relation to visual impairment and blindness..
They produce a wide range of booklets covering
a great range of visual impairments. They
produce a series of "Early Years booklets", which
parents will find helpful.
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