KIDS Support Groups in Brazil

The project is of great interest by the external public, the community in general, and the net of services that assist dependents and families, because it fulfills an existing gap, which is the preventing assistance to children affected by the parents’ drug dependence. It is also conspicuously known that children with learning and behavior difficulties in the school environment, many times come from dysfunctional families, where there are higher indices of drug abuse and dependence. The assistance in support groups to children affected by the parents’ dependence complements the net of services of Blue Cross in Brazil, that has a net of support groups for adults and the services of therapeutic communities.

Even being part of the family and experiencing this condition together with the family, the child may  not understand the situation in which the family is, due to the chemical dependence developed by one or more family members. Children of PASDs may show predisposition to the use of drugs. Although there is some debate as to whether dependence is passed on genetically yet, however, social factors resulting from living together and even the imitation can influence/teach the child to use drugs.

 [...] some authors suggest that children of a chemical dependent parent show greater chance to develop clinical history of chemical dependence in the future and, many times, inconspicuous behavioral and cognitive alterations can be glimpsed in the childhood. BALTIERI, Danilo.

We want to prevent children from substance abuse and we thank you for your continued support within this battle. Our services provide the children the first step to safety, let's keep working for a world where everybody can choose a life free from addiction!

KIDS SUPPORT GROUPS 2016

During the 2016 and especially early 2016 there has been positive surprises in the area KIDS Support Groups of Blue Cross Brasil.

3 retraining sessions for leaders were performed:

1) Blumenau / SC with 13 participants,

2) Curitiba / PR with 28 participants, and

3) Witmarsum / SC with 5 participants.

In this period started 1 new of KIDS support group in the town of Witmarsum / SC and 1 new Group KIDS support in the city of Londrina / PR (the result of training conducted last year - 2015).

The biggest growth KIDS Support Groups is not in territorial coverage and number of new groups, but the number of children coming weekly in KIDS Groups that have more than one year of operation. For example the Group KIDS Support Blumenau (now with more than 35 participants) and the Group KIDS Support Ijuí-RS (at a meeting in rainy day, more than 30 participants).

Thank God for this gift he has given us and thank you for your support! We keep spreading the work even further, please join us.