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1,000s Support Groups
of hours & Services
of phone
support!

Mental Health & Wellness Alliance
Services to Latinx Families

help • 15 therapists trained
• Provided an interpreter for most of
our webinars and workshops • 11 individuals receiving
• CPR class in Spanish individual or group

• Provided interpreter for Teaching therapy
About Bodies & Boundaries During
the Early Years
With support from the State Council on Develop-
• Grew WhatsApp Spanish-speaking mental Disabilities and other generous funders, we
group to 26 members launched a pilot partnership program in 2021, pro-
• Connected an immigrant, illiterate viding training & support to mental health clinicians
mother of two children with to help make effective mental health therapy acces-
disabilities (DS & Autism) with an sible to people with DS and their families.
immigration attorney who agreed
to take on her case pro-bono Mom’s Night Out • Dad’s Night Out
• Know Your Rights immigration 60 • Grandparents Group • Parents
webinar for our members and of School-Aged Children • Virtual
partner agencies Group Coffee Chat • Down Syndrome &
• Spanish-language Early Sessions Dementia Group • Story Time
Connections Support Group and
Music Therapy “As an aunt caring for her aging nephew with
• Christmas Toy Drive, and more! Down syndrome, the resources are limited....
The DSCBA family support group has...
supported me to process a difficult journey....
It is better than therapy for me. Families have
Social Media real and current experience.
” - Martha E.

• Facebook: 6,221
followers www.
facebook.com/dscba
• Donations from
Facebook Fundraisers =
over $37,500
• Instagram: 1,161 followers www.
instagram.com/dscba
• LinkedIn: 142 followers: www.linkedin.
com/company/the-down-syndrome-
connection-of-the-bay-area
• YouTube: Every webinar, TEACH series,
etc. can be found here: https://www.
youtube.com/channel/UCSebSQ0EJz_
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