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SUMMARY:Leisure Fair 2024 | Save the Date
DESCRIPTION:Explore Lower Mainland recreation activities for children and youth with disabilities. \nSunset Community Centre\, 6810 Main Street\, Vancouver BC V5X 0A1 \n 
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/leisure-fair-2024-save-the-date/
LOCATION:Sunset Community Centre\, 6810 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5X0A1
CATEGORIES:External Event
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SUMMARY:Crafting Your Interior Design Vision
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events \nHave you ever wanted to uncover your inner designer? In this experience we’ll learn about mood boards\, which are a way to create a sense of mood and style for a space. We’ll look at some different examples of mood boards and afterwards\, we’ll work to create our own personal mood boards. We’ll think about designing on a budget and how to create cohesive looks. \nIn a group setting\, you’ll work with magazine cut outs to create mood boards based on things that inspire you. You’ll have the opportunity to think about different types of rooms (for example living rooms\, bedrooms\, dining rooms)\, what pieces of furniture and accessories you typically find in those rooms\, and how you’d like to style those spaces. \nYou’ll meet your host in Burnaby! The exact address will be sent to you when the host confirms the experience! \nJOIN THE EXPERIENCE\n  \nThe space is wheelchair accessible however the front ramp is narrow and there are no automatic doors. Let the host know if you have any accessibility needs. \nThis experience takes place nearby Metrotown in Burnaby. Expect loud traffic sounds. There is one bathroom. Large open space.
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/crafting-your-interior-design-vision/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T220859Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Self-Injurious Behaviours
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events \nSelf-injurious behaviours (SIBs) frequently occur in children and adolescents with neurodiversities and developmental disabilities. There are multiple reasons a person may be engaging in SIBs and it can be difficult to know how best to support the individual to stop causing themselves injury. This presentation will provide an overview of reasons SIB may occur\, the kinds of person-centred supports that may help an individual with SIB\, and information about how different specialists may be able to help. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nGUEST PRESENTER: Sarah Pastrana\, PhD\, BCBA-D \nDr. Sarah Pastrana is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst and an associate with Semiahmoo Behaviour Analysts\, Inc. She has supported children\, youth\, and adults with neurodiversities and developmental disabilities for over 20 years. Sarah works closely with families\, school teams\, and other professionals to provide comprehensive\, person-centred care for individuals with complex needs. Sarah holds Education Level 2 certification in Practical Functional Assessment and Skills-Based Treatment of severe problem behaviour. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia\, primarily instructing masters and doctoral students in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities program. Sarah has presented research at regional and international conferences and contributes to the development of resources for AIDE Canada. She is active in various behaviour analytic organizations\, and has served as a board member for the British Columbia Association for Behaviour Analysis (BC-ABA) for 12 years\, currently holding the position of President.
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/understanding-self-injurious-behaviours/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240130T211521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T221157Z
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SUMMARY:Mandarin Autism Support Meeting 自闭症支持-中文家长会议
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events\nJoin us for this online Chinese parents support meeting facilitated by Sissy Lei\, ASN’S Mandarin-speaking Parent Information Agent\, who can share valuable insights on how to successfully implement and manage quality treatment programs and access the right support systems for your child diagnosed with Autism. \n欢迎参加ASN线上中文家长支持会议，会议由ASN的中文家长资讯助理-Sissy Lei主持。她将分享有关如何成功开展和管理高质量的干预计划，及如何为我们自闭症谱系障碍孩子获取更合适的支持！ \nApril 2024 Topic for discussion will be “Understand RDSP“\, Meanwhile\, we will have a free discussion on the issues and challenges we are facing! \n2024年4月会议主题“了解RSDP”\,同时，我们将有自由讨论部分，分享家长们面临的困难/挑战等！ \n  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n  \nChinese-speaking families from all across British Columbia are welcome to join this one and half hour of zoom meeting to further their understanding and gain valuable information on the appropriate ways to manage problems so commonly encountered by parents of children with autism. \n会议预计1.5小时，面向卑诗省所有中文家庭，家长将进一步了解并获得有关养育自闭症孩子中常遇到的问题和挑战的经验分享。 \nHOST/主持: \nSissy Lei has a daughter who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 4 when her family immigrated to Canada from China in 2016. Sissy quickly researched the best course of action\, and now oversees\, her daughter’s ABA program at home and at school. Before immigration\, she worked for years in an international company in Customer Service\, Sales & Marketing and Human Resources. In Canada\, she started up a cosmetic e-business. She began working as a Parent Information Agent for the Autism Support Network Society in 2019\, where she is always pleased to offer help to other families with children with autism through sharing resources and experiences. \nSissy Lei\, 一位ASD女孩的妈妈\, 2016年移民来加拿大不久孩子近4岁时被诊断。较短时间内Sissy了解、分析、展开了能最好帮助到孩子的ABA干预训练，并一直密切跟进家庭及学校的ABA干预执行情况。移民加拿大之前，Sissy一直就职于一家外企，做过客服、市场、销售及人力资源管理等工作。来加拿大后，从事过护肤品相关的电子商务。2019年开始在Austism Support Network非盈利机构担任家长资讯助理，热心为自闭症孩子的家庭提供相应的资源及经验的分享！
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/mandarin-autism-support-meeting-%e8%87%aa%e9%97%ad%e7%97%87%e6%94%af%e6%8c%81-%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e5%ae%b6%e9%95%bf%e4%bc%9a%e8%ae%ae/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240420T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240420T163000
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SUMMARY:2024 Down Syndrome Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events\nThe second Down Syndrome Film Festival will showcase three films featuring people with Down syndrome in leading roles\, including Color My World with Love\, Chicken\, and CrossRoad: Where Down Syndrome Meets Autism. An audience Q&A with some of the performers and creators will follow. \n  \nCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n  \nTickets are General Admission – pick your ticket price $4.00 / $6.00 / $12.00\nOr you can buy your ticket at the box office and “pay-what-you-can”
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/2024-down-syndrome-film-festival/
LOCATION:James Cowan Theatre\, 6450 Deer Lake Ave\, Burnaby\, BC\, V5G 2J3
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection,External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240421T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240421T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240417T210033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T210033Z
UID:39726-1713700800-1713715200@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:Elephant in the Room
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events \nCome by for a free warm drink and a snack and join us for a facilitated conversation that invites you to get curious about a stranger! Why?  \nWe’re taught to be polite with strangers and avoid disagreements – but keeping our distance can also make us feel a little lonely and disconnected. What if we could invite our elephant friends into the room\, and practice engaging with strangers in more meaningful ways ? \nJoin Steph and Aaniya and the Neighbourhood Organizers to foster more moments of connection between neighbours who don’t yet know each other\, and might be quite different to one another! \nThe Neighbourhood Organizers want you to get curious about different perspectives! Together we hope to challenge distrust for difference. This event is drop in so you can come and go as you please! As a guest you get to decide the level of depth that you want to go. Will you be a fly on the wall and just listen in? Will you be a mouse and start with the easy stuff? Will you be a cat and get curious with some more challenging questions? Or will you be a courageous lion and ask about controversial topics! \n  \nJOIN THE EXPERIENCE
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/elephant-in-the-room/
LOCATION:Convivial Cafe & Bakery\, 680 Leg in Boot Square\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5Z 4B4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240422T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240422T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240417T210741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T210741Z
UID:39731-1713783600-1713787200@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:Friendly Feedback Sessions
DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in making your work or ideas more accessible\, bring something you are working on (e.g. presentation\, slide deck\, article\, training materials\, poster\, etc) and anyone that joins this group can choose to provide some suggestions and feedback for you and your project\, or you can join us as an observer to learn the art of how to give and get some friendly feedback! \nOnce a month we will gather on zoom to give and receive feedback on something that we are working on. The reason we do this is because getting feedback and sharing ideas with a diverse group of people helps to improve communication and accessibility. We want everyone to understand and really get what it is we are trying to share! It is also a place for us to practice giving feedback\, because that can be difficult sometimes. \n  \nBOOK YOUR EXPERIENCE
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/friendly-feedback-sessions/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240422T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240422T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240417T211431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T211431Z
UID:39742-1713790800-1713794400@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:How to Garden: Learning about Plants
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events \nHave you ever been curious about gardening? Join Elizabeth to talk about how plants in the garden grow. During this online experience\, we’ll plan gardening activities to do together over the summer months. \nAre you interested in working in a garden with Elizabeth over the summer? If so\, join this experience to plan out some summer gardening activities. We’ll learn about seeds and seedlings; general gardening practices; and what to expect from Elizabeth’s in-person gardening experience happening summer 2024. \n  \nJOIN THE EXPERIENCE
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/how-to-garden-learning-about-plants/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240423T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240423T110000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240123T190640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T190640Z
UID:38887-1713866400-1713870000@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:Learn About Support Worker Central
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events\nAre you looking to hire support staff? Learn about Support Worker Central (SWC)\, a free\, provincial-wide job board created for people with disabilities and their families who hire their own support staff. During this presentation\, you will learn how the job board works\, how to post a job\, the available resources to help you with hiring staff\, as well as an opportunity to ask questions. There are currently over 500 profiles of people looking for work on SWC – join us to learn more about how to access this pool of potential staff. \nLearn more at www.supportworkercentral.ca. \n  \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nFamily Support Institute of BC (FSI) is a provincial not-for-profit society committed to supporting families who have a family member with a disability.\nFSI is unique in Canada and the only grass roots family to family organization that has a broad volunteer base. \nFSI SUPPORTS AND SERVICES ARE FREE TO ANY FAMILY \nYou are invited to join FSI CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS\, a private Facebook Group intended to continue conversations of support or provide an alternative platform for support. www.facebook.com/groups/fsicontinuingconversations/ \nAfter the session you are encouraged to share your feedback. This helps FSI improve our content to better serve the needs of families. \nAll FSI Zoom sessions can be accessed by telephone only if access to computers and/or internet is a barrier. If you need assistance registering for any session\, please call our office at 1-800-441-5403.
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/learn-about-support-worker-central-3/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:FSI Event Calendar,Learning Exploration Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240424T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20240417T213405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T213405Z
UID:39768-1713985200-1713992400@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:Autism: Recognizing the Importance of Regulation and Connection
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events\nPresentation:\nChildren with autism have a high tendency to struggle with regulation. Feeling over-stimulated by their environment or having language delays are just two examples of why they may have emotional difficulties. In this presentation\, we will learn how regulation and connection needs to happen before reason. How connecting with your child will result in more success than trying to reason with their behaviors. We will explore the functions of behaviors\, the importance of regulation\, and different ways to connect with your child. This presentation will be based on my clinical practice and the work of Dr. Bruce Perry’s Three R’s. Regulate\, Relate\, and then Reason. \n  \nREGSITER HERE\nGuest Presenter: Zoila Carolina Hall\, MC \nRegistered Psychologist\, Certified Play Therapy Supervisor\, Clinical Director & Owner of Creative Minds Consulting Inc. \nCarolina began her career in the helping field as a Behavioral Therapist in British Columbia. She was mentored under BCBA Certified Behavior Analysts who specialized in working with children on the Autism Spectrum. This experience was fundamental in shaping opportunities in her education and profession.
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/autism-recognizing-the-importance-of-regulation-and-connection/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240425T203000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20210811T194344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210811T194344Z
UID:39560-1714071600-1714077000@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:FASD - Thinking Outside of the Box
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO:   « Back to all events \nEmpowering conversations for individuals affected by FASD and those that support them. A family hangout that provides a safe place to share and connect. \n  \nClick Here to Register!  \n  \nFamily Support Institute of BC (FSI) is a provincial not-for-profit society committed to supporting families who have a family member with a disability. FSI is unique in Canada and the only grass roots family to family organization that has a broad volunteer base. \nFSI SUPPORTS AND SERVICES ARE FREE TO ANY FAMILY \nYou are invited to join FSI CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS\, a private Facebook Group intended to continue conversations of support or provide an alternative platform for support. www.facebook.com/groups/fsicontinuingconversations/ \nAll FSI Zoom sessions can be accessed by telephone only if access to computers and/or internet is a barrier. If you need assistance registering for any session\, please call our office at 1-800-441-5403. \n*KS
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/fasd-thinking-outside-of-the-box-7-2021-09-16/2024-04-25/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:FSI Event Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240426T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240426T163000
DTSTAMP:20260427T041111
CREATED:20220928T171815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T211859Z
UID:31451-1714143600-1714149000@familysupportbc.com
SUMMARY:Self Advocacy Connections | In Person
DESCRIPTION:SESSION INFO: « Back to all events\nDo you want your voice heard? Then\, join us for an hour of socialization and advocacy. We will write letters\, make phone calls\, and have our voices heard. \nOnce a month we will meet to We will write letters\, make phone calls\, and have our voices heard. This month we will be joined by Amanda from Disability Without Poverty to share our personal stories as advocates. \n  \nCLICK TO REGISTER
URL:https://familysupportbc.com/event/self-advocacy-connections-in-person/
LOCATION:Curiko Studios\, 4924 Imperial Street\, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Calendar for Connection
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