About Our Retreats
An annual (or semi-annual), predictable reality for parent caregivers to take a load off and receive the unique curated care and nourishment they need to recharge their batteries and return to their caregiving journey with increased confidence, a greater sense of ease, and connection to other caregivers on similar journeys.
Our weekend retreats are designed to give parents of neurodivergent children vitality, confidence, an opportunity to connect with others, share resources, and above all - a sense of belonging to a special community. Leave your worries and stress behind and immerse yourselves in a magic weekend devoid of caregiving duties. You work harder than most parents, and we see you for the heroes you are. You deserve the opportunity to leave behind all the cooking, cleaning, tantrums, and worries - at least temporarily.
You will sleep and eat comfortably, connect with others parents, and learn about self-care. The retreat has been designed to leave the retreat relaxed, rejuvenated, connected to a community of other heroic parents. research has found repeatedly that the vitality of parents to neurodivergent children has a direct impact on the entire family's ability to thrive.
Our weekend retreats encourage parents and caregivers to step away from their caregiving roles in order to recharge their batteries and connect with other families who understand their caregiving journey.
Our Why
Families Like Ours supports the wellbeing of parents with special needs children by offering them relief from their overwhelming and stressful caregiving roles.
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Weekend retreats are designed to combat the well-documented negative effects of caregiver burden on physical and mental health. In this therapeutic environment, parents can cultivate a sense of peace, ease, normality, vitality, and courage to help them cope with the social isolation, stress, and exhaustion on their caregiving journey. Our founder, Dr. Amanda Leeder, was trained to run parent retreats with Dr. Barry Prizant (author of Uniquely Human, host of Uniquely Human podcast). While the need for such programming is high, Families Like Ours is still one of the only respite programs of its kind.