WHEN: Friday, DECEMBER 20th
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
WHERE: Toronto Public Library Northern District – 40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto (1 block north of Yonge and Eglinton subway)
COST: $10
Adults 18+ interested in making new friends, dancing, & HAVING FUN!
FUN FOR EVERYONE
CONTACT: lingerwalters@gmail.com
Bereaved Families of Toronto, is offering a Peer Grief Group designed especially for Developmental Services Direct Support Staff. An opportunity to talk with other colleagues from the developmental services sector about the grief associated with the death of people you’ve supported through your work and commitment.
Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
January 15, 22, 29 February 5,12 and 19th
Participants are expected to commit to all 6 sessions
Join us on ZOOM for a safe space to heal and be heard
QUESTIONS Please contact Ashley Mathew ashley@bfotoronto.ca
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PRESENTER: Jill Faber is currently a Director with Community Living North Bay and has been working in Developmental Services since 1990. Jill also had the fortune of spending many years working with Helen Sanderson Associates and Alliance Information Management Systems across Ontario. For the past 9 years she was working in the North Eastern part of Ontario as a regional Case Manager for people that have been often forgotten or failed by services and systems.
A group of like minded people came together in North Eastern Ontario to try and find solutions to the complexity and lack of services for people in our community with intellectual disabilities whom are already significantly marginalized and at risk due to addictions, poverty, intergenerational trauma, gender and race. THE SHIFT is a harm reduction focused resource for the developmental services sector. It is built around the person-centred, “Do Nothing about Us, Without Us” philosophy and is focused on non-judgement and inclusive care that is culturally sensitive, evidence-based, accessible and more than anything, individual-led and based on incremental gains.
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PRESENTERS:
Megan Henze, Transitional Services Facilitator, Surrey Place
Angie Gonzales, is a Nurse Professional Practice Lead and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Surrey Place. She provides nursing consultation care with Surrey Place’s Plus 45 clinical team. She is currently also part of ECHO Ontario Adult Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities program.
Participants will be able to:
Consider examples of tools for optimizing transition support:
Recorded at the Shared Learning Forum – April 26, 2024
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Since 2011, Respecting Rights has provided innovative, accessible rights education to persons labeled with intellectual disabilities
PRESENTER: Jessica Field Education and Outreach Coordinator and a member from the Respecting Rights self-advocate team.
Respecting Rights is a project at ARCH Disability Law Centre that is led by self-advocates labeled with intellectual disabilities. Since 2011, Respecting Rights has provided innovative, accessible rights education to persons labeled with intellectual disabilities and their support networks across Ontario. Respecting Rights also works on accessible law reform projects. Our work builds the capacity of persons labeled with intellectual disabilities through education and support for self-advocacy.
Respecting Rights hosts monthly and quarterly self-advocates meetings, and collaborates with Developmental Service agencies to offer legal rights education workshops to the people they support. Webinar participants will have an opportunity to learn about the work that Respecting Rights does, why this work is important, and how the people they support can become involved.
Recorded at the Shared Learning Forum – February 23, 2024
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Victim Services Toronto provides immediate, confidential support for any person who has experienced crime or sudden tragedy 24/7. VST is crisis response, intervention and prevention services for victims of crime and sudden tragedy in Toronto. This workshop with provide an overview of all their services and programs within the GTA.
PRESENTER: Jasminder Sekhon Jasminder Sekhon is a gender justice advocate through an intersectional feminist and trauma-informed lens. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford’s Masters in Criminology and Criminal Justice and has a double degree in Political Science and Criminology from the University of Toronto. She has extensive experience working in the field of gendered violence prevention, particularly human trafficking prevention. Jasminder is the Community Development Coordinator at Victim Services Toronto and has worked on gender-based violence prevention strategies for Toronto, Peel, Durham, and Halton Regions. She has also developed an online, Ontario-wide course on human trafficking available to all colleges. As a South Asian woman, she is passionate about social justice and anti-oppressive practices.
Recorded at Shared Learning Forum September 29, 2023
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Attachment = Attunement + Dependability
When you are responsive and sensitive to what your baby “serves”, you can form a “return” response that creates a loving and supportive environment that children can thrive in.
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Communication = Understanding + Expression
Language-rich environments are the foundation for future learning success.
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Emotional Development = Recognition + Attention
Responsive care-giving establishes the foundation of emotional development.
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Empathy = Care + Understanding
Empathy plays an important role in the development of social skills.
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Positive Thoughts = Healthy Experiences + Supportive Environments
Positive thoughts can help build positive self esteem
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Resilience = Love + Care + Safe Learning Opportunities
Feeling safe to try new things promotes the ability to deal with obstacles.
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Self Regulation = Responsiveness + Role Modelling
Self-regulation develops when adults respond sensitively to a child’s needs.
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Wellbeing = Brain + Body
Positive physical touch provides opportunities for gentle and loving time together.
We thank the team of dedicated professionals in the Etobicoke Brighter Futures Coalition that developed these IEMH Play Statements.
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This presentation will offer insight into the ways in which we can best support individuals with IDD with substance use disorders. The session will look at predictors of substance use disorder in people with IDD, and examine how the COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of substance use disorders. We will examine Harm Reduction principles, and address common critiques of the philosophy. We will use case studies to demonstrate how harm reduction principles can be applied to supporting people with IDD/DD, and examine the practical ways in which a person with IDD and substance use disorder can be best supported.
PRESENTER: Michelle Anbar-Goldstein, MSW, RSW, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Toronto, Forensic Dual Diagnosis Specialty Service (FDDSS), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Recorded at Shared Learning Forum June 30, 2023