Social media has a growing impact on our lives, and who we follow on social platforms can influence us. Our program ‘Positive Social Media Role Models’ offers young adults an opportunity to examine both the potential benefits and harms of social media. Participants will discuss exercising their judgement when determining who to follow, and how who they follow on social media might impact their everyday lives.
Join us via Zoom – Monday December 9th at 2:30 pm ET
(4pm NT/ 3:30pm AT/ 1:30pm CT/ 12:30pm MT/ 11:30am PT)
Virtual groups for young adults of all abilities. (Ages 16+)
Register here!
🖥www.recrespite.com/virtual-services
📧groups@recrespite.com
📞1-877-855-7070
Category Archives: Social
📣Registration is now open for DragonFly Winter Term
Registration for our DragonFly Winter Term beginning January 2025 is now underway!
DragonFly for learners with Down syndrome is a group of comprehensive programmes offered by The School of Dance, devoted to instilling skills, confidence and independence in academics, movement, and social interactions.
Contact laura@dragonflydownsyndrome.com for details!
📅Recreational Respite’s December 2024 Calendar
Let’s get ready for DECEMBER 2024!
Join Recreational Respite’s online groups for Young Adults. Inclusive for all abilities, these groups foster outcomes such as creativity, critical thinking, independence, and self-discovery, along with healthy lifestyles, relationships, and skills for success. Registration is open now for all December programs – email groups@recrespite.com.
This month they invite you to a FREE peer-to-peer program, Jingle Bell Rock Party! Friday, December 20 at 6:30pm ET. Please check out our other programs, there is something for everyone!
❄Exploring Identity
❄Bookworm’s Book Club
❄Navigating Grief and Loss
❄Positive Social Media Role Models
❄100 Ways to Squeeze a Lemon
❄Bon Voyage: Travelling Safely
❄Friendship Circle Series
❄TGIF Game Nights!
AND winter Cozy Campers, with eight days of virtual programs over winter break.
All programs are run via Zoom, scheduled in Eastern Time, and inclusive to young adults of all abilities (ages 16+) through out Canada.
🖥 www.recrespite.com/virtual-services
📧 groups@recrespite.com
📞 1-877-855-7070
☃️Save the date: Navigator Program Holiday Party
Join the Navigator Program for their annual holiday party Sunday Dec 1st 1-3pm.
🏫Reflecting on our Practice: Ten Ways Schools Can Foster Belonging Among Students With and Without Disabilities
Suggested reading by OIFN: Ontario Independent Facilitation Network
Check out this reflection guide from the PROGRESS Center at the American Institutes for Research. Although the questions are asked from an education lens, they can easily be applied to thinking about our communities and social groups.
https://promotingprogress.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Fostering_Belonging_Handout.pdf
🔎HBC Detectives – Social Skills Program
A Fun and interactive Way to Help Your Child Learn New Social Skills
HBC Detectives is a fun and interactive program for children aged 8 to 13 and teens aged 14 to 17 who want to improve their social skills. During this 9 week interactive program, the detectives will work together to solve a mystery while learning how to maintain friendships, have a conversation, read others’ body language, understand others jokes and sarcasm, and a variety of other social skills. In addition to the weekly meetings, each child will be involved in an individual check-in during each session to address any difficulties and gauge their understanding of concepts. The children will have assignments to work on at home to help solidify their understanding of concepts addressed in the meetings. HBC Detectives is a fun way to improve your child’s social skills and have a blast!
Learn more and register:
https://horizonsbehaviourconsulting.com/hbc-detectives/
📅Recreational Respite’s November Calendar
NOVEMBER 2024 – Virtual Group Programs for Young Adults (Ages 16+)
Join their community! Recreational Respite’s online groups for Young Adults are inclusive for all abilities, and foster outcomes such as creativity, critical thinking, independence, and self-discovery, along with healthy lifestyles, relationships, and skills for success.
Registration is open now for all November programs. www.recrespite.com/virtual-services/
This month they invite you to a FREE peer-to-peer program, Card Games “Bring a Friend” Event! Friday, November 22 at 6:30pm ET. And check out other programs, there is something for everyone!
🔹Memory Masters
🔹Muscles and Me!
🔹Deep Dive: Walt Disney
🔹Adapting to Change
🔹Squeaky Clean Personal Hygiene
🔹Create Your Own Poppy
🔹All the Colours of the Rainbow (2SLGBTQI+ allyship)
🔹The Importance of Saving
🔹Online Trip: Jurassic Park
🔹Friendship Circle Series
🔹TGIF Game Nights!
🔹and more!
All programs are run via Zoom, scheduled in Eastern Time, and inclusive to young adults of all abilities (ages 16+) through out Canada.
🖥 www.recrespite.com/virtual-services
📧 groups@recrespite.com
📞 1-877-855-7070
📅Ottawa Independent Living Resource Centre’s November Calendar
📢It’s Canadian Down Syndrome Week!
This year for Canadian Down Syndrome Week, join the Down Syndrome Association of Ontario to explore the importance of social connections to our health and happiness and how societal barriers contribute to social isolation in the Down syndrome community. Feeling ignored or misunderstood by society is a reality many youth and adults with Down syndrome face, especially once school is over and routines change. The amount of time spent sitting rises, time outside the home decreases, and new relationships are harder to establish.
Learn more:
https://cdss.ca/canadian-down-syndrome-week/
🧑🎨It’s Time for Clubs With LDAO-C
Art and Lego clubs both start this Saturday. A fun social outing that reinforces social skills and friendship making.
