Statewide Sibshop Initiative
The Statewide Sibshop Initiative is a partnership of the Council, the Oklahoma Family Network, the Oklahoma Family Leadership Council, the Center for Learning and Leadership and the Child Study Center of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Sibshops provide opportunities for brothers and sisters of children with special health and developmental needs to obtain peer support and education within a recreational context.
The Statewide Sibshop Initiative will assist in establishing and supporting the concept in areas throughout Oklahoma.
What are Sibshops?
Sibshops are opportunities for brothers and sisters of children with disabilities and special health care needs to obtain peer support and education within a recreational context. The workshops are lively, pedal-to-the-metal celebrations of the many contributions made by brothers and sisters. Sibshops acknowledge that being the brother or sister of a person with special needs is for some, a good thing, for others a not-so-good thing, and for many, somewhere in between.
Tulsa: For information, please contact Lora Roberts at robertll@oge.com or (918) 227-1797 or visit www.oklahomafamilynetwork.org.
Oklahoma City: For information, please contact Sandra Kirkpatrick at sibshops@dsaco.org or (405) 691-2928 or visit www.dsaco.org. Para espaņol, Lupe Cerbu en kzue@aol.com or (405) 262-6952
Enid: For information, please contact Sarah Reneski at sibshopenid@yahoo.com or (580) 234-8880 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Guymon: For information, please contact Monica Ronne at monica.ronne@ptsi.net or (580) 380-5383 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Stroud: For information, please contact Becky Delaware at badelaware@yahoo.com or (918) 290-9919 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Norman: For information, please contact Kerri Brooks at normansibshops@gmail.com or (405) 249-1925 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Muskogee: For information, please contact Abby Duran at abby.duran@creoks.org or (918) 408-4361 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
TAFB: For information, please contact Diana Neal at diana.neal@tinker.af.mil or (405) 734-2274 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Piedmont: For information, please contact Sherri Kimber at thekimbers@sbcglobal.net or (405) 373-4199 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Fort Sill-Lawton: For information, please contact April Plumley at april.plumley@us.army.mil or (405) 580-442-3393 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Edmond: For information, please contact LaShelle Stanley at anlstanley@hotmail.com or (405) 471-4679 or visit www.oumedicine.com/sibshops
Other Communities: For information about starting a Sibshop in your community, please contact Lori Wathen at lori-wathen@ouhsc.edu or (405) 271-5700 x45180.
This project is funded through collaboration with the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council.
Download the Sibshop Flyer (includes locations and contact information):
SibShop Flyer - PDF
Sibshop Flyer - Word