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Parents & Families

• Asperger's Syndrome Support Network (Qld) Inc
  
• Australian Breastfeeding Association (formerly Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia)
• Australian Children's Contact Services Association Inc "ACCSA is a non-profit association which promotes sound analysis of the role and limitations of supervised parent / child contact ('access', 'visitation') services, provides a network for members and promotes quality in service provision."  
  
• Australian Parents Council represents the views and interests of parents whose children are attending non-government schools.
  
• Bottlebubs- Bottlefeeding Support Group: Nth Brisbane- Strathpine. Monthly support group for bottlefeeding parents. Gold coin donation. Also Toowong group - see website for details.  
• Boys Forward 
  
• Capers Bookstore - Specialising in books on pregnancy and birth, fertility issues, midwifery, breastfeeding, parenting and grief; and teaching resources for midwifery and childbirth education.   
  
• Childbirth Education Association Brisbane
• DVconnect Mensline is a free, confidential telephone counselling referral and support service for men. It is a Queensland wide service that operates between the hours of 10am 6pm, Mondays to Fridays. Mensline offers professional counselling and information, and acts as a strategic point of referral for Queensland men around issues of: domestic and family violence, relationship problems and separation issues, mens health, child support, family law issues, suicide and other significant issues for men. Importantly Mensline offers specialist assistance for men who are seeking strategies to address their own use of violence and other destructive patterns in their personal lives and relationships, as well as those who may be (or have been) victims of violence themselves.
• Lone Fathers Association of Australia
  
• Men's Rights Agency is a non-profit organisation providing advice about family separation, family law, shared parenting, child support, domestic violence, with access to legal, financial and counselling services.
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse  - An information, advisory and research unit focused on the prevention of child abuse and neglect and associated family violence.
• PFLAG - Australian site for the worldwide organisation supporting the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
• Parents without Partners Queensland.
• Queensland Association for Gifted & Talented Children 
• Raising Children Network - everyday tips for raising kids.
• Reflux Infants Support Association Inc (RISA Inc)
  RISA Inc is a non-profit community support group which aims to encourage and give confidence and moral support to families of infants with problems associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux.
• The Spring Hill Branch of Relationships Australia (Qld) provides a variety of services including relationship counselling (to both individuals, couples or families), educational programs.
• SIDS and Kids SIDS and Kids Queensland has broadened its service provision to support people who have been affected by the death of a child from any cause - not just Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).  This support incorporates perinatal deaths (including still birth and neonatal deaths), drowning, car accidents, sudden onset illnesses and any other cause of death. The organisation's name was changed from SIDS Queensland to SIDS and Kids Queensland to reflect these broader services. 
• Teddy Love Club - Support for parents and families who have sufferered the loss of their baby due to miscarriage, genetic inducement of labour, stillbirth and neonatal death. Counselling is available via phone, email, home or hospital visits, support meetings, an Australia wide newspaper and online pregnancy and infant loss support groups.
  
• The Compassionate Friends Queensland Inc. Brisbane Chapter.
  The Compassionate Friends is a self-help support organization for bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. We offer friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. All bereaved family members are welcome. The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive.  
• Tough Love
• White Wreath Association Inc. TM Action Against Suicide