Sibling Support for Children

This year, Ohio SIBS  has made great strides in sibling support for children. We have partnered with the Sibling Support Project, The Department of Developmental Disabilities, and local county boards to bring “Sibshops” to local Communities.

Sibshops are peer support and education programs for young siblings of people with developmental disabilities.

We have partnered with the following county boards of developmental disabilities: Athens, Knox, Marion, Mahoning, Miami, Ottawa, Ross, and Wood to increase local access for siblings across the state of Ohio.

Directory of Sibshops in Ohio:

Northwest Ohio:

Ottawa County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Sibshop Facilitators: Coleen Hill & Rebekah Hineline

Email: chill@ocbdd.org

Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Sibshops Facilitator: Joe Bernyk & Charese Botjer

Email: sibs@woodcountydd.org

Sign up genius link

Northeast Ohio:

Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Sibshop Facilitators: Linda Reigelman & George Gabriel

Central Ohio:

Marion County Board of Developmental Disabilities

8-13 yrs old

Sibshop Facilitator: Emily Levy & Paige Endsley

Email: sibshops@marioncountydd.org

Follow @MarionCountyDD Facebook page for locations and themes

Knox County Board of Developmental Disabilities

7-12 yrs. old

Sibshop Facilitator: Talisha Beha

Email: tbeha@knox@knoxdd.com

Coshocton County Board of Developmental Disabilities

7-12 yrs. old

Sibshop Facilitator: Marli Berry

Email: MBerry@coshdd.org

Hilliard,  Ohio -Boland & Associates

Kindergarten – 12th grade

Sibshop Facilitator: Emily Hite

Email: hilliardsibshop@amybolandphd.com

Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Columbus

Ages 6-12 yrs old

Website

Southwest Ohio:

Ross County Board of Developmental Disabilities

7-12 yrs old

Sibshops Facilitators: Kristin Smith & Kara Brown

Email: krsmith@rossdd.org

Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Sibshop Facilitator: Karen Armentrout

Email: siblings@riversidedd.org

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital/ The Perlman Center

Southeast Ohio:

Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Sibshop Facilitator: Autumn Brown

Learn more about SIBSHOPS at https://siblingsupport.org/sibshops/

Learn more about SIBSHOPS at https://siblingsupport.org/sibshops/