The North Carolina Down Syndrome Alliance is committed to helping our staff and their families, our community groups, partners, and the Down syndrome community to stay healthy by doing what we can to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. To help mitigate the impact of this evolving public health issue, NCDSA’s physical offices will be closed until further notice. NCDSA staff will be working remotely to serve children and adults with Down syndrome in North Carolina and available 9am-5pm EST by phone, email, and virtual meetings. In the meantime, please be safe and stay healthy! Learn more about Covid-19 and Down syndrome. 
Growing Together: A Parent Learning Series
Growing Together: A Parent Learning Series is a program designed specifically for NCDSA families of school-aged children. Our Education and Inclusion Specialist designed this series around the most asked questions and challenges we hear about from families like yours. This series covers the topics of parent rights, behavior, communication, and community supports.
Each month, we’ll offer a one-hour virtual information session around a hot topic, followed by a one-hour in-person meetup where you can ask questions, get extra one-on-one help, and dive deeper into the topic with things like make-and-take tools. Along the way, we’ll have guest speakers share their expertise with you.
Come to one session or all of them! We suggest you attend the info session followed by the in-person session each month, but we’ve designed the program so you’ll benefit from any session by itself. Register for each session using our Calendar & Event Registration page. Sessions are offered from October through June.
Program Dates:
Wednesday, Oct. 7th 7-8pm – Info session 1: Understanding Behavior
Saturday, Oct. 24th 3-4pm – Practice session 1: Understanding Behavior
Wednesday, Nov. 4th 7-8pm – Info session 2: Parent Rights
Saturday, Nov. 21st 3-4pm – Practice session 2: Parent Rights
Wednesday, Dec. 2nd 7-8pm – Info session 3: TBA
Saturday, Dec. 12th 3-4pm Practice session 3: TBA
Wednesday, Jan. 6th 7-8 pm – Info session 4: TBA
Saturday, Jan. 23rd 3-4pm – Practice session 4: TBA
Wednesday, Feb. 3rd 7-8pm – Info session 5: TBA
Saturday, Feb. 20th 3-4pm – Practice session 5: TBA
Wednesday, Mar. 3rd 7-8pm – Info session 6: TBA
Saturday, Mar. 13th 3-4pm – Practice session 6: TBA
Wednesday, Apr. 7th 7-8pm – Info session 7: TBA
Saturday, Apr. 17th 3-4pm – Practice session 7: TBA
Wednesday, May 5th 7-8pm – Info session 8: TBA
Saturday, May 22nd 3-4pm – Practice session 8: TBA
Wednesday, June 2nd 7-8pm – Info session 9: TBA
Saturday, June 12th 3-4pm – Practice session 9: TBA
