Coordinator: Janet Hoffman Morris
Phone: 352-7223 & 530-8420
~Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters
offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others.
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is the nation's
leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their families.
~Collier County Autism Support Group
The mission of the group is to increase community awareness of
autism and provide support to families living with autism.
Meets the third Thursday of the month (Sept - May). Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Location: North Naples United Methodist Church, Founder's Hall
6000 Goodlette Road North, Naples, FL 34109
Contact: Robin King at CollierAutism@gmail.com .
The Autism Society of Florida is a statewide organization that supports individuals with autism,
their families, and caregivers. It includes individuals with autism and volunteers (including
family members, professionals, and other interested persons).
~Epilepsy Support Group
Southwest Florida - Naples Support Group
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesday of each Month
NCH
- North Naples Hospital
Brookdale Building
Conference Room C
11190 Healthpark Blvd.
Naples, FL 34110
Call Dan Rosenfeld for more information 239-254-7710
The Epilepsy Foundation of America® is the national voluntary agency dedicated solely to the
welfare of the almost 3 million people with epilepsy in the U.S. and their families.
Wilbur Hawke
239.417.3636
Email: wilbur@flafathers.com
In 1994, a small group of fathers founded the first Florida fathers group “Father to Father of
Collier County”. We did not fit into the mold of traditional support groups that were designed by
mothers and began to meet together as dads. We started with planned community outings with
our children. It gave us time with our children and an informal time to talk to each other.
I developed the “Dadvocate” workshop and presented it at Family Café for seven years.
My first workshop had three dads but grew to be full room with people standing outside the door.
I learned much from the fathers in those workshops. I realized that dads were being over looked
and created this network based on Dr James May’s model. Dr May was an inspiration to me and
supportive in my endeavors. You can read my submission “Father of Two” under the “Father’s Voice’s”
section of this website, which he helped me with by prompting me to share more than my original submission.
It is my hope that through this website fathers will be encouraged to become involved in the lives of their
children by being “Dadvocates”. We welcome fathers to post to the Faces and Voices section
and network with the other fathers.
~Florida Institute for Family Involvement
The Florida Institute for Family Involvement (FIFI) is an organization dedicated to creating solutions,
strengthening partnerships, enhancing community collaboration and building an information base for
children and youth with special needs and their families.
Children with special health care needs are those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a
type or amount beyond that required by children generally.
~Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled (FFDD)
PO Box 110926
Naples, FL 34108
Email:ffdd82@earthlink.net
The Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled strives to provide a better quality of life for individuals
with developmental disabilities in Collier and Lee counties.
The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation committed to ensuring that people with intellectual
and developmental disabilities and their families have the support they need to be full members
of the community. We encompass all ages and all spectrums from autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X,
cerebral palsy, spina bifida and various other developmental disabilities.
~National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Director: Kathryn Leib-Hunter
6216 Trail Blvd., Bldg. C
Naples, FL 34108
Phone: (239) 434-6726
Fax: (239) 434-0974
Email: collierami@aol.com
Website: www.namicollierco.org
NAMI of Collier County was originally named AMI: Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
AMI officially commenced operations on May 1, 1986 and was incorporated on November 20, 1987
in Florida. The Board of Directors subsequently changed the organization's name
to NAMI of Collier County following directions from NAMI National.
The NAMI membership is comprised of people with serious and persistent mental illnesses,
as well as their parents, children, spouses, siblings and friends. The original founders of NAMI were
primarily family members of people with chronic mental illness. These individuals met the goal of
building a movement to refocus inadequate research and services available to people with mental illness.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
660 Ninth St N, Ste. 35D
Naples, FL 34102
Phone: (239) 649-5260
Fax: (239) 263-8803
Email: info@napleschild.org
Naples Alliance for Children is a private, nonprofit 501(C)3 volunteer organization that advocates
for the rights, needs, care, safety and education of infants, children, youth, and families. We identify
gaps in children and family services and facilitate the filling those gaps through networking with
community organizations and agencies. We promote and support public and private programs that
directly enhance and enrich the lives of children and families. Our work complements other services provided
for children and families in Collier County. Children’s service, education, health and juvenile justice professionals
and child advocates are able to exchange ideas and avoid duplication of services by networking through NAFC.
Local service agencies derive benefits from the efforts of NAFC committees and the NAFC information center.
~Naples Support Group and Mom's Night Out
Meets monthly
Call or Email Barb Southwick for more information
Phone (239)304-4491
Email Barb Southwick
~Tourette Syndrome Association of Florida
Support Group for the Naples area
Meetings held on the second Wednesday of every month
Meeting Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: North Collier Hospital (NCH) In the library
Located at Immokalee And Goodlette Frank Road
Naples, FL
The Tourette Syndrome Association of Florida is a voluntary organization dedicated to helping
individuals with Tourette Syndrome and their families by gathering and distributing information,
promoting local self-help and professional services, and providing local TS support groups and meetings.