Events

FREE PARENT SUPPORT CIRCLES

Parent Support Services of BC offer Parent Support Circles. These are free, confidential, anonymous, weekly meetings of parents who wish to learn new ways to nurture and protect their children. Currently Parent Support Services operates about 50 Parent Support Circles in communities throughout BC throughout the year. Child minding and transportation assistance available for some Circles. For more information click here.

VICTORIA SUPPORT GROUP

The Victoria Support Group is organized by parents of children with invisible disabilities (LD, ADD etc.) to help other parents learn about resources that are available to them, to discuss their concerns, to exchange information and to offer/receive emotional support. Meetings are held in Victoria at the Pearkes Arena on the second Monday of the month, in the Bell-Irving room and often feature guest speakers. For more information call Lisa at (250) 479-1192 or Robin Herron at (250) 744-1630. This group is not a program of the Federation.

THE PARA-PRO COURSE: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO EDUCATING SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

August 22-26, 2005 Presented by Marianne MacKenzie, B.Ed., Consultant with the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders (POPARD) Location: Harbour Centre, Downtown Campus Simon Fraser University This 30-hour course is a practical introduction to working with school-age children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While this course began as a training program for special education assistants, it has received rave reviews from teachers and other education professionals who have enjoyed the hands-on approach it offers. It is also a useful course for community professionals, including speech pathologists and occupational therapists, in addition to preschool teachers and behaviour interventionists. Parents are warmly welcomed, in recognition that the research proves that parental involvement is crucial to success in autism treatment. ACT has previously presented this workshop. For more information contact www.actbc.ca or phone 604-982-3211

UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL COGNITIVE DEFICITS ACROSS THE SCHOOL AND HOME DAY & THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING SOCIAL THINKING PROGRAMS
July 28 & 29th, 2005 Presented by Michelle G Winner M.A., CCC SLP Harbour Centre Campus, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver This is an important opportunity for those professionals and parents who want to learn more about working with children who have language but still have significant problems in coping in social environments. For more information contact www.actbc.ca or phone 604-982-3211