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Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Family and Community Services Family and Community Services [email protected] [email protected] V: 604 660-1800 TTY: 604 660-1807 Do you have feedback for Family and Community Services? Please contact our Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) Team at [email protected] PROVINCIAL DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES

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Page 1: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Family and Community Services · Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Family and Community Services Family and Community Services Linda.Ramsey@gov.bc.ca

Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

Family and Community

Services

Family and Community [email protected]

[email protected]

V: 604 660-1800

TTY: 604 660-1807

Do you have feedback for Family and Community Services? Please contact our Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) Team at [email protected]

PROVINCIAL DEAF AND

HARD OF HEARING SERVICES

Page 2: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Family and Community Services · Provincial Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Family and Community Services Family and Community Services Linda.Ramsey@gov.bc.ca

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

FAMILY AND PARENT SUPPORT

} Parent Coaching

} Parenting Groups

} Family Days

} Immersion Experience

} Appointment Support

} Elementary School Transition Support

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES

} Mentoring

} Aboriginal 7th Generation Club

} Workshops & Groups

} Youth Socials

} Post-Secondary Transition Support

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

} ASL Mentoring

} ASL Classes

} Literacy Mentoring

} Family Literacy Events

COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND DEVELOPMENT

} Access and Self-Advocacy Support

} Consultation & Workshops for Service Providers

} Community Partnerships

“Everyone has been very lovely and welcoming. My child has started calling the home away from home at [PDHHS] ‘our sanctuary’ Thank you!”

–Parent attending Family Immersion Week

For Families who have school aged deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind children and youth to age 23

“Thank you so much for all your hard work. All this would not have been possible without all your support.”

–A parent of youth accessing youth transition support

“I liked it and enjoyed it. Hopefully I can go to more of those [workshops and social events]. I got a lot of information I never thought of before”.

– Teen participant at our Teen Immersion

“The ASL Instructor was very good, he made us love learning”

– A parent taking ASL classes

“Thanks for the eye-opening experience and really enjoyed connecting with the Deaf world again.”

– a participant at our Professional Immersion