SIBS Place (Survivorship In Brothers & Sisters)

The Laura Rosenberg Foundation salutes and supports a unique and innovative program for the siblings and parents of children with cancer and other devastating illnesses. This free South Nassau Communities Hospital program housed in Hewlett, provides structure and nurturing to help families overcome the emotional challenges and changes they face with an ill child in the family. At SIBS Place, the focus is on providing attention to the well sibling and to support their parents.

While many programs exist to meet the needs of ill children, few are available for their siblings. Siblings often become the forgotten victims of their brother's or sister's illness.

A sibling must face the normal challenges of growing up, often burdened by feelings of anger, fear, jealousy, guilt, abandonment and loss. Well siblings often benefit from additional emotional support, attention and routine.

SIBS Place is where children, ages 5-17, can get back many day-to-day experiences and routines often lost when a family coes with an ill child.

SIBS Place brings fun, individual attention, continuity and support back into the lives of siblings.

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