2016 – present Bully prevention informs much of our work with children and youth (and adults) with disabilities, every day. In 2016, we were confronted with our own struggles as my children started at a new school in a new community. My daughter who was 7 at the time, and I decided we didn’t want […]
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“Our our customers are telling us what they need. That’s what we’re going to pivot around. That’s what we’re going to reinvent new services to support.” Read more here: Tamarack Community- Recreating Ways to Empower Community Participation
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March, 2022 Recreational Respite proudly partnered with Youth Culture Inc. to deliver FREE Skills Development and Career Discovery virtual workshops to anyone ages 15 – 30. The workshops ran every Monday and Tuesday during the month of March 2022 and covered a variety of topics: Career Discovery Setting up for Success Workplace Readiness Skills Building Your
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By Lauren Presutti, MEd, EdS, LLMSW Mental Health Therapist Founder of River Oaks Psychology Psychotherapist | Speaker | Writer | Designer | Entrepreneur I have always embraced the motto, “work hard, play hard.” I appreciate my dedication to professional goals as a mental health therapist, but my career would certainly crumble to pieces if I
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Recreational Respite was asked to run the morning Youth Track portion of SCS’s (Service Coordination Support’s) virtual Coming Together conference. This year’s theme was My Voice, My Future, and we developed a unique Escape Room, customized to this theme. The morning portion of the conference was meant to be an engaging and interactive component, open
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April 2021 – December 2022 The City of Waterloo and Recreational Respite connected in April 2021 after sharing recent details about a seniors programming project in rural Ontario, that promoted new and existing recreational opportunities for seniors (both in-person and virtual options) and in response to the isolation for so many, during COVID19. The goal of
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We participated recently in the great and important conversation about social connection and the great loneliness epidemic. The impact of COVID19 and how it has caused further isolation and social disconnect amongst many people, including marginalized and vulnerable populations. Dr. Kiffer Card reviews the results from the Canadian Social Connection Survey as part of the
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March 2021- August 2021 Champions for Life and Recreational Respite have worked together in a unique way. Champions for Life focuses on teaching kids to move for life! Children in the early years of development acquire the fundamental movement skills so that they have the tools to play and be active throughout their lives. The
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We have partnered with a number of Alzheimer Societies across the country, to provide a number of collaborative programs. Much of the focus has been on caregiver and individual wellness and we have used a great deal of art and literary based projects. A series of art program sessions we explored various medium and art
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The Town of Saugeen Shores and Recreational Respite partnered in a unique experience to offer a series of Chloes Friend Den programs to this rural community of Ontario. The Chloes Friend Den series was developed to assist youth in identifying and the prevention of bullying, through play. The goal of each program is to learn
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