Parent Support Network Event - Topic: Supports for Parent/Caregivers at Holland Bloorview
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Parent Support Network (PSN) aims to create a space where families can share experiences, information, challenges, successes and strategies. The discussion topic for this month is 'Holland Bloorview Supports for Parent/Caregivers' .
Please join us to:
- Learn about supports available to parent/caregivers at Holland Bloorview including a presentation by Iveta Lewis, Manager of Health Sciences Library about how families can access Library Services.
- Learn and discuss resources such as funding supports, connecting to a family mentor, mindfulness and music therapy for caregivers, family leadership opportunities and more
- Ask questions and gain support
- Meet other parents and share your ideas and experiences!
Parent Support Network is always co-facilitated by a Family Leader. Family Leader Cheryl Peters will join us this month.
Parent Support Network is:
- Created by families, for families
- Unique peer-to-peer support network
- At times includes hearing from childhood disability experts
- Open to all parents or caregivers of children living with disability
- All are welcome - you do not have to be a Holland Bloorview client to attend
This event will take place over Zoom. Live automated captions will be provided. If you have any questions, if you require language interpretation or any other accommodations, please contact Stephanie Moynagh at smoynagh@hollandbloorview.ca or 416-425-6220 ext. 6146 prior to the event.
Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing and want to reach us by phone? Try Relay Service: www.bell.ca/Accessibility_services/Bell_Relay_service. Or if you have a TTY or VCO phone, dial 711 and give the number provided.
Four new children’s vaccine clinics coming to Holland Bloorview
Four new children’s vaccine clinics coming to Holland Bloorview
Join us on the following Fridays from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. for a sensory-friendly, family-friendly and fully-accessible environment to get their COVID-19 vaccine for for children aged 5-11 (born in 2016 or earlier) with disabilities and/or complex care needs:
- January 21
- January 28
- February 4
- February 18
The clinic is also open to siblings as well as youth aged 12-17 to receive their first or second dose.
Holland Bloorview is happy to offer quiet spaces, language translation and ASL to those who need. Staff will be onsite to help you access quiet space and provide support as needed. Nurses with clear masks will also be available.
Register online to book an appointment. Accommodations requests will be taken during the registration process.
Details:
Where: 1st floor, Coriat Atrium at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, 150 Kilgour Road
Time: 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Dates:
- January 21
- January 28
- February 4
- February 18
How: Please sign up to register for a vaccination appointment.
Who: Children and youth aged 5-17 for first and second doses.
- It must be at least 56 days since the previous dose to receive a second dose.
What: This clinic is offering the only approved children’s vaccine: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (COMIRNATY)
