Parental Emotional Support Organizations
Child Life on Call
Child Life on Call was founded by Katie Taylor, a certified child life specialist with 12+ years of experience. She has helped hundreds of families cope with and navigate challenging life events, and brings that same expertise and compassion to the Child Life On Call app.
What I would love to see families take away from this resource more than anything is her podcast. She has recorded almost 200 episodes of parents sharing their child’s story and there is so much to be gained from this massive collection of experiences.
“Having the energy to build community at the beginning of your child’s medical journey can be exhausting, and honestly it’s hard to know where to start. Our hope is this podcast is a safe place where parents can listen and feel connected without draining their own battery.”
Extra Lucky Moms
ELM was founded by two women whom I call best friends who just happen to live on the East Coast -- Taryn Lagonigro and Jessica Quarello.
We were connected, thanks to DSDN, after our babies were born, and have walked every day of this extra lucky life together.
Extra Lucky Mom’s mission is to meet moms where they are along their path providing community, support, and programs so that they can not only survive, but thrive!
Be sure to check out their book, “Dear Mama- Stories of an Extra Lucky Life” -- a compilation of 28 mother’s letters in the disability community.
