WHAT RISA Inc OFFERS

RISA Inc offers a wide and varied range of services to support families who have babies or children who suffer from gastro-oesophageal reflux. Some of these support services include:

• Contact with families who have one or more children who suffer gastro-oesophageal reflux

• A "Special Edition eNewsletter" for those families whose child has been diagnosed with gastro-oesophageal reflux.

• A membership welcome package

• Ongoing telephone and email support from parents who have experienced reflux with their own child. Contacts are unpaid volunteers who make calls from their own homes.

• Online RISA forums where financial members can post questions, express their frustrations, and get day to day online support from other families who understand what they are going through.

• 24 hour chat room for our members to use

• "RISA eNEWS" newsletters are provided to members four times a year. They contain articles such as parent stories, medical updates and management hints (Newsletters are provided in hard copy for those members who do not have access to the internet)

• A library service. RISA members are able to borrow from our collection of library books. Details will be provided as part of the membership package

• Regular management meetings that RISA members are welcome to attend

• Informal get-togethers amongst members as arranged

• Coffee mornings are organised upon request where possible. These are friendly get-togethers over morning tea, and are good opportunities to discuss your reflux issues with other "reflux parents". A RISA contact is present to facilitate discussions. Children are very welcome, but supervision is not provided.

• Allied health professionals support RISA families by answering some questions about reflux related issues

RISA Inc – families supporting families