{"id":37,"date":"2020-03-02T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T05:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/testact\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:41:41","slug":"peer-support-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/services-and-supports\/peer-support-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer Support Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We offer a range of peer support groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/791681164352925\" target=\"_blank\">Bubs &amp; Beyond<\/a> parent support group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Primary School Aged Families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting Together (a closed Facebook group for people with an intellectual disability over the age of 18 years)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parents, Carers and Families (a closed Facebook group)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"a group of people with down syndrome in front of a river.\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/CTA-People-with-Down-Syndrome.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bubs &amp; Beyond Parent Support Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Bubs &amp; Beyond <\/em>group supports parents of young children who are living with an intellectual disability. The group provides peer support through a closed Facebook group and regular face-to-face morning teas, park visits and other social activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This group is open to any parent of a child living with an intellectual disability from birth to age 12. If you&#8217;re interested in joining this group, please consider joining our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/791681164352925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bubs &amp; Beyond Facebook Group<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/791681164352925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connecting Together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Connecting Together is a closed Facebook group for adults with an intellectual disability living in the ACT and surrounding regions. This group is monitored by ACTDSID Staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or your young person is interested in joining this group, please visit our Connecting Together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1554423198033012\">Facebook Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and activity date and times please contact our Community Resource Coordinator on <a href=\"tel:0262900656\">02 6290 0656<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:community@actdsa.org.au\">community@actdsid.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"mailto:community@actdsa.org.au\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/girl-using-laptop-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"girl using laptop\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Email us for more information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"tel:0262900656\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/girl-using-a-smart-phone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Girl using a smart phone\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Call us for more information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/#news\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20190329-aldersonawards-59-high-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"man giving a speech at the aldersonawards in the Australian Capital Territory\" class=\"wp-image-3333\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Find out more on our Events Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We offer a range of peer support groups Bubs &amp; Beyond Parent Support Group The Bubs &amp; Beyond group supports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22,"parent":21,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"16880,10955,7044,7379,12188,14776","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"state":[],"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/888"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}