Your initial contacts in the medical community will come in handy when searching for speakers. Make an extra effort to promote the meetings that feature speakers. Every once in a while, it's good to break up the usual routine of meeting at someone' s house or the library. If you have a good rapport with your local hospital, you should try to arrange field trips and tours that all family members can attend, including small children. By planning the tour ahead of time, you can also try to have the hospital's public affairs coordinator arrange for people in each department to meet your group and talk with them about that particular area of the hospital.
Some groups also like to plan one or two outings each year, such as a picnic in the summertime.
Here, children and parents can meet more informally and have some fun. Membership Keep in mind that the size of your support group will ebb and flow. Once people learn about your group, you may see an initial influx of new families, which may taper off over time. And as time passes, people may decide that your group isn't right for them, or that they've received enough information to help them deal with hydrocephalus. When people want to leave your support group, they usually have a good reason.