A Support Group for Parents of Children with Motor-Learning Difficulties

This article is a description of the development of a support group for parents of children with motor-learning difficulties. It outlines the identification of a need; the early planning, administrative considerations and development; the changing nature and format; the production of a booklet; the formation of a working party that organised and fund-raised; and the present situation. This group was formed 3 years ago and has been based in the Occupational Therapy Department of the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital.