GENEVA LINKS

EMERGENCY NUMBERS IN GENEVA:

Medical Emergencies:
Geneva medical Association (Association des Medecins). Pediatrician on call 24 hours.
Tel: 022.322.2020

Dental Problems for children: Clinique de la Jeunesse.
Tel: 022.343.5556

Children's Hospital: Tel: 022.382.6819

Hopital Cantonal: Tel: 022.372.3311
Pediatrics: Tel: 022.382.6819
Maternity Consultation: Tel: 022.382.6816
GYN Unit: Tel: 022.382.6816

SOS Ambulances: Tel: 144
Poison Control: Tel: 145
Fire: Tel: 118

HELP AND HEALTHCARE AT HOME
Nurses, home care for families, ill and disabled persons of all ages. Fondation des services d'aide et de soins a` domicile (FSASD):
Tel: 022.429.2020 or fsasd@ge-ariane.ch

HELP FOR PARENTS

Chaperon Rouge:
Emergency babysitting organised by the Red Cross, from 10CHF per hour.
Tel: 022.304.0482 or 022.304.0486
Babysittingchaperon.rouge@croix-rouge-ge.ch

New Born Care:
Red Cross (Geneva) offers classes in English for expectant parents in newborn care and development. Course location: 9, route des Acacias, 1201, Geneva, Registration is required. Tel: 022.304.0494 or E-mail: sante.formation@croix-rouge-ge.ch

Breastfeeding Group:
English speaking parents meet monthly to discuss breastfeeding and related topics. Margaret warrick Tel: 022.796.9311 or
Tine Pfenninger: 033.450.20.83.48

Association Twins, Triplets & more:
Information and meetings related to multiple births. Meetings are in French but many members speaks English.
Barbara Moser-Mercer: 022.774.4107
Nyon Twins Association: 022.362.1424

Association Arc-en-ciel:
French and German speaking support group for families that have lost a child.
Marianne Sulser: 022.310.4028

LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS

ASPEDAH (ADD/ADHD)
Association Suisse de Parents d'Enfants avec
Deficit d'Attention et/ou Hyperactivité
www.aspedah.ch
E-mail: aspedah@elpos.ch
The swiss french association of parents for children with attention deficit and/or hyperactivity disorder. The group offers parents meeting in different parts of Suisse Romande and they welcome all inquiries.
Contact: Marlene Muff-Fleury, phone: 021 703 24 20

ASSOCIATION HYPSOS
www.hypsos.ch
E-mail: info@hypsos.ch
A newly-formed French-speaking group with a lively website, supporting families of children with ADD/ADHD.


AUTISME (TED-AUTISME GENEVA)
http://www.autisme-ge.ch/
Includes an excellent list of links to other organisations dealing with autism. Based in Geneva and the local antenna of Autisme Suisse-Romande (www.autisme-suisse.ch)

ASTURAL - Service Educatif Itinerant
www.sei-ge.ch
Directeur: Eric Métral: sei-ge@astural.ch
This Geneva-based private organization, under ASTURAL and  can assist with assessing child’s development, find doctors and/or therapist. They can also provide psychologists for home-teaching for a few hours. Directeur Eric Métral is bi-lingual.

PARENT'S GROUP, NYON
E-mail: sfassio@econophone.ch
Bi-monthly discussion groups for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Led by a British mother, Suzanne Fassio.

BENEDICTE L. EISSA
Benedicte is a "contact" person for ASK - Autism Sub-group.
For further information on Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet & IBI (Intensive Behavioral Intervention), please call Benedicte at Tel: 078 841 34 02 (English spoken)
Sunday mornings at 00 33 4 50 40 69 19
E-mail: info@allspecialkids.org

ASSOCIATION OBJECTIF VAINCRE L ’AUTISME (Genève)
OVA ASSOCIATION - is a Swiss & French registered non profit organisation dedicated to teaching children with Autism using ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) and VB (Verbal Behavior). The group provides home based and center based ABA programs/intervention. Supervision is provided by their Board Certified Analysts from Toronto Canada. The group has local Lead therapists (fluent in english + 5 years ABA experience, all psychologists) and a team of 30 Instructor therapists made of University students and young psychologists who wants to specialise in ABA. OVA is also an ABA training center for parents, university students, teachers & professionnals dealing with PDD children.
The group provide regular workshops and seminars.
Website: http://www.ovassociation.com/
T el : 022 360 03 49

FONDATION LE CUBE DE VERRE
c/o Famille D.Wäelti
Ch. Du Levrioux 16 - 1263, Crassier
e-mail : cubedeverre@hotmail.com
Tel : 022 367 26 24
Anna Waelti (french only) / Daniel Waelti (english spoken)

L'ASSOCIATION DYSLEXIE SUISSE ROMANDE
Geneva contacts: Gihan Mokhtar-Brandt & Nicole Meijer-Wiersma (both bi-lingual)
Web Site: http://www.adsr.ch/
Email: geneve@adsr.ch
Tél: 022 755 37 00

L'ASSOCIATION ROMANDE des Logopédistes Diplômés
www.arld.ch
Swiss association of specialist dyslexia tutors in the Suisse Romande area

SCOVA - Société Coopérative Objectif Vaincre l'Autisme
www.scovautism.com
E-mail: wrightf@wanadoo.fr
An organisation that provides help to parents, in particular regarding dietary intervention. Website is in English, French and German. Founder, Francis Wright, is an anglophone.
On 27th March 2004, Scova hosted a very successful International Conference on Autism. Please check Scova website for further information on DVD production of the Conference.

TOURETTE-ROMANDIE
http://www.tourette-romandie.ch/
E-mail: tourette-romandie@tourette.ch
New website for families of children with Tourette's Syndrome includes and excellent bulletin board.

www.ergotherapie.ch
E-mail: evs-ase@ergotherapie.ch
Swiss Association of Occupational Therapists, based in Bern.

ESCA
The English Speaking Cancer Association (ESCA) is a non-profit association of professionals, volunteers and cancer survivors who provide emotional support, practical help and information in English to those who have been touched by cancer and are living in the Geneva, Vaud and French border areas.
150 route de Ferney, CP 2100, 1211 Genève 2
Tel: 022 791 6305 E-mail: info@cancersupport.ch Web site: http://www.cancersupport.ch

ALL ABOUT GENEVA AND SWITZERLAND

AngloInfo
Life in and around in Geneva, in English!
http://geneva.angloinfo.com

http://www.myswitzerland.com

http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html

Geneva Lunch is the English-speaking place for minds to meet in Lake Geneva region of Switzerland.
http://www.genevalunch.com

http://www.ilovegeneva.ch/ - move in and enjoy Geneva

All for Kids - Since 1992, All For Kids has produced a mail order catalog
of unique educational products from the USA and UK. Our goal
from the beginning has been to provide English-speaking families
with award winning products that are hard to find in Switzerland.
Now you can order from All For Kids on line! http://www.allforkids.ch/

Know-it-all parents
English-language guide to the Geneva, Vaud, and neighboring France.
Website: www.knowitall.ch

The Key to Geneva - in French language
http://www.cagi.ch/

The American Women's Club of GENEVA publishes a book called "Living in Geneva":
http://www.aiwcgeneva.org/publications.html as well as other helpful books.

Here are some websites for those in the GENEVA area:

http://www.cityexpat.com/index_eng.html

http://www.newtogeneva.com

http://geneva.angloinfo.com/forum

http://www.glocals.com