Wednesday 25 June 2014

Growing Changes Occupational Therapy Subcontract Work

Job Description: Occupational Therapist Subcontract Work

Growing Changes - Occupational Therapy Services for Children is seeking an Occupational Therapist to provide assessment and implementation of Occupational Therapy interventions to children with developmental needs in a community setting.

Requirements:

• Registration with Alberta College of Occupational Therapists
• Commitment to working with children and their families
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and time management skills
• Personal vehicle able to drive within Edmonton region

Growing Changes offers mentoring and flexible hours.

If interested please email resume to growingchanges@gmail.com

Yogakids 4 day Foundations Training course this summer

Yogakids 4 day foundations training

Attend the YogaKids Foundations Program, the 4-day training event that will change your life. Enroll now and be a part of YogaKids, the revolutionary "yoga-for-children" program founded in 1991. Whether you are looking to enhance your current teaching style, you’re a health care professional looking to impact your work with children in holistic way, or a parent wanting to connect with your children in a whole new way this is the training for you.
 
This award winning yoga for children program is guaranteed to leave you with endless possibilities for sharing the benefits of yoga with children. 

July 26 8:30-5:45                                   July 28 8:30-4:30
July 27 8:30-5:45                                   July 29 8:30-4:30

Investment $849.00

Hosted by
Sara Morris (Hastings) RYT, CYKT 
&
True Yoga Edmonton  
8116 101 street Edmonotn AB.

Register at www.yogakids.com

*Yoga Alliance recognized 

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Incredible Flexible You - Social Thinking Workshop September 12,13

This is a reminder for all of you interested in the upcoming September Incredible Flexible You Course.  Our Early Bird deadline is just around the corner.  Payment and registration must be received or postdated by June 15, 2014.  

Please note:  should registration spots be filled, registrations received in order will be processed and given remaining spots.

If you are paying by etransfer:
2. Please complete and email back to: growinggrowingskills@gmail.com
3. Please send payment to: growingskills@gmail.com (Krista Plosz) with the password being: socialthinking (all lower case and 1 word)

Receipts will be emailed out between June 24 and June 30, 2014.

Anyone, needing more information, please contact myself or Nicole Dickson (ndickson@shaw.ca)

The foundational knowledge of what is social/social thinking will be something referred back to throughout the two days. Attending 2 days of this amazing Social Thinking Conference, gives the foundation.  The rest of Day 1 (and the following day) then weaves between theory and developmental information and very practical strategies and ideas to take back to homes, classrooms, community, and private practice settings.  At the end of both days, attendees will feel they have many ideas they can implement immediately. 

We know that the students and children in our lives are complicated!  In many cases, the knowledge and training in working with this population is very limited.  To truly serve this group, we have to understand the depth and complexity of their challenges.  But where do we start with a social cognitive challenge?  What do we treat?  How do we do it?  And understanding that there is such wide variation with our students and children.  Because the nature of the challenges are complex, two days will give you the time to explain and explore answers to all of these questions.  Social Thinking is widely known for taking the complex, abstract nature of teaching social and boiling it down to user friendly teaching for both professionals, parents, families, and students.

Please feel free to share the brochure with your colleagues, teachers, and families!!!

Can't wait to see everyone.
Krista & Nicole


Telephone: 403-990-6578

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Edmonton Meeting Topic

Results are in, votes have been counted:) There was lots of interest for both toileting and strategies for sitting at circle time.
For the upcoming meeting let’s discuss Toileting and save circle time for September when everyone is getting back into school mode again.

Meeting details:
June 9, 2014 - 7-8:30pm
Corbett Hall, Room 3-01/3-07
Topic: Toilet training - please bring your ideas, resources and questions to discuss.

Hope to see you all there.