The Multiple Myeloma Support Group will meet tomorrow from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane. The guest speaker will be registered nurse Kathleen Colson. Her topic will be “Balloon Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures.” For more information, call Carol at (401) 463-5709 or (401) 374-1607, or go online at www.rimm.myeloma.org.

The Better Breathers COPD Support Group will meet Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Vasa Hall, 43 Bald Hill Rd., Warwick. Donna Trinque, a respiratory therapist with the Coastal Medical group, will discuss the pulmonary function test, why your doctor orders it, and what can be learned from it.

Sargent Rehabilitation Center, 800 Quaker Lane, Warwick, will hold its monthly Aphasia Conversation Group meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Lucia Watson, a speech-language pathologist at Sargent, will facilitate the meeting. Attendance is limited to individuals with aphasia only. The group meets on the second Tuesday of every month. To register, call (401) 886-6600.

As part of its Link to Learning Parent Workshop Series, Sargent Center, 800 Quaker Lane, Warwick, will present its first program of the fall winter series Thursday, Oct. 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly, a speech-language pathologist, will present “Translating Current Language & Communication Research into Best Intervention Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Twachtman-Reilly will describe how these deficits impact comprehension and expression, and will also offer intervention techniques. To register, call (401) 886-6612.

VNA of Care New England will hold a seminar on coping with the coming holiday season for anyone who has lost a loved one. The program, which will be led by chaplain Leslie Simonson, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Women & Infants Center for Health Education, 1050 Main St., East Greenwich. To register, call Leslie Simonson at (401) 681-1150, ext. 1303.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter No. 38 meets every Thursday at Women and Infants Center, 1050 Main St., East Greenwich. The weigh-in is at 9:20 a.m. and the meeting runs from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is $1.50 weekly. For more information, call Carole Paster at (401) 295-8381, or go online at www.tops.org.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society offers the following support group meetings in West Bay.

Positive Perspectives a social group for young people with MS, at Gregg’s Restaurant, 1359 Post Rd., Warwick, the second Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Call Sharon at (401) 738-3423.

Dare to Dream, Immaculate Conception Church Parish Center, 237 Garden Hills Drive, Cranston, the first and third Tuesday of every month from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Call Marie at (401) 944-3949.

Key Club Social Group, Greenwood Community Church, 805 Main Ave., Warwick, first Wednesday of every month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Call Laurie at (401) 737-2767.

MS Outlook, Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, the third Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Call Debbie at (401) 886-5827.

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