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What:
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and other Disabilities Conference.
Continuing education opportunity and FASlink fundraiser.
Who
should attend: Physicians, psychologists and other health
workers, teachers, social workers, justice (lawyers, Crowns, Judges,
police and corrections), parents (birth, foster, adoptive and grandparents),
caregivers and students.
Where:
Grace United Church, 990 Cathcart Blvd., Sarnia, ON
When:
February 8th & 9th, 2008. 8:30 A.M.
to 4:30 P.M. both days.
Why:
Disabilities may have varying diagnoses but often the needed services
are very similar. Many overlap into several fields and agencies.
Organizations providing services to those with invisible disabilities
are invited to present workshops at this conference.
Conference
Registration: (Friday & Saturday)
- Registration
includes a copy of the FASlink CD, (210 MB of FASD information,
resources, and tools).
A. Professionals
and Agency Registration:
- Full
Conference $250.00. Includes breaks, lunch, and Friday dinner
with entertainment & speaker.
- Full Conference without
Friday dinner $225.00
- Friday
only $175.00. Includes breaks, lunch, and dinner with entertainment
and speaker.
- Friday only $150.00.
Includes
breaks, lunch.
No dinner with entertainment and speaker.
- Saturday
only $150.00. Includes breaks and lunch.
- Agencies with group
of 3 or more staff attending - 25% discount
B. Family
and Student Registration:
Parent(s) of a child with significant disabilities, not representing
an agency. Children
and students attend the conference sessions at no charge. Families
with disabilities are always in survival mode.
- Full conference Friday
and Saturday. Includes
breaks and lunch. $125.00
for 1 adult or $200.00 for two adults in the same family attending.
- Friday
evening dinner with entertainment and speaker, add $25.00 each
adult. Children under 12 at no charge.
- Saturday only. Includes
breaks and lunch. $75.00 for 1 adult or $125.00 for two adults
in the same family attending.
Registration
Form to mail or bring. Late registrations may not be able to
attend the Friday evening dinner. Call (519)
331-6408 to confirm dinner reservations.
C. Saturday
Evening Fundraising Concert -
Download Poster
Wings of Eagles Concert
Saturday
February 9, 2008 7:00 p.m. Tickets $10.00 each. Max 400.
After the conference,
kick back and relax at an evening concert. A number of guest artists
will be sharing their considerable talents. Music styles include
easy listening, classical, jazz, R&B, pop and drums. The concert
is open to all, including the general public. The purpose is to
help raise funds to sustain FASlink.
Who
is FASlink: FASlink is the leading Canadian FASD information,
support, advocacy and communications resource, annually serving
more than 400,000 parents (birth, foster, adoptive and grandparents),
caregivers, adults with FASD, doctors and other health workers,
teachers, social workers, judges, lawyers, law enforcement, corrections,
students, and government policy makers. The FASlink Archives provide
more than 110,000 FASD related documents on-line. The FASlink Discussion
Forum shares about 50 letters daily with its hundreds of members.
In the summer of 2007, the Great FASD Horseback Ride Across Canada
for FASD Awareness trekked from Halifax to Victoria (4 months and
22,000 km round trip).
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