Spokane support groups

New listings

Connections, Child-Parent Grief Support Group – Wednesdays through Feb. 22, 6-7 p.m., Hospice of Spokane, 121 S. Arthur. For children in grades 1-12 and their parents who are coping with loss. Call 456-0438 to register.

Scleroderma Support Group – Meets the third Thursday of the month in Jan., March, May, July, Sept. Nov., 7-8:30 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Center, 910 W. Fifth, Room 263. Call Debbie Liddell at 467-8725 or Roberta Choma at 467-7269. Scleroderma Foundation Web site is www.scleroderma.org.

Ongoing

Naranon – For families and friends of drug addicts. Meets Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Bethany Presbyterian Church, 301 S. Freya. Call Walt or Lois at 489-6368.

Nicotine Anonymous – Twelve-step support group offering our experience to those who want to quit smoking. Meets Wednesdays, 4:45 p.m., Spokane Valley Community Center, 10814 E. Broadway. No dues; call 926-9804 or 927-1153.

Parents of Addicted Teens Group – Is forming. For information, call 747-6901 and leave a message.

The Parent Project – Program and support group for parents of teens beginning June 9 at the Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Center for Faith and Healing, 101 W. Eighth Ave. Presented by Conrad Bagley, M.A., and John Hindman, L.I.C.S.W., to encourage parents to improve their parent/child relationship by becoming an empowered parent and reducing conflict. Call (509) 389-2930 for more information, or 458-5889 to register.

Parkinson’s Support Group – Meets the third Monday of the month, 2-3 p.m., St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S. Cowley. For information call 473-6740 or 466-1679. There will be no meeting during the month of December.

Partners of Addicts Group – Is forming. For information, call 747-6901 and leave a message.

Passages Support Group – Provides peer-to-peer support from primary caregivers of children/adolescents with complex mental health needs. Meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Volunteers of America building, 525 W. Second Ave., Passages Parent room. Call 688-1103 or 892-9241.

Periphral Neuropathy Support Group – Meets the second Thursday of the month (except December), 7-8:30 p.m., Rockwood Clinic, 400 E. Fifth, second floor conference room 4. For information, call 327-3312.

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Support Group – Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 2:30 p.m., Women’s Drop-in Center, 218 S. Howard. Call 455-4249.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Support Group – Meets the second Friday of the month, 11 a.m., Valley Hospital and Medical Center, 12606 E. Mission. For information, call 921-6645.