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Hi all, there are a number of workshops and webinars coming up on topics including compassion fatigue, mental health and stigma, and emotional wellbeing. Check out the newsletter announcement here for more information!
Hey everyone, PivotPoint has set up their winter training schedule for East and West Kootenays adult community training: click here to check out what’s scheduled and to sign up!
Hey everyone, you can join CLBC’s self-advocate and family conference call about COVID-19 TODAY:
When: Monday, January 18, 2021
Time: 1:35 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
How to call in: 1-877-353-9184
Participant code: 87916#
* Due to the large number of participants, please call in at 1:20 p.m.
Participants will hear from Dr. Daniele Behn Smith (Deputy Provincial Health Officer) about the latest health information and guidance on COVID-19, as well as Nicholas Simons (Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction), Michael Prince (CLBC Board Chair), and Ross Chilton (CEO of CLBC).
For the latest information from CLBC, please visit their web pages with COVID-19 information here.
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Here’s a link to CLBC’s update to the people we support and their families.
Thanks, B.
Hey everyone
Here’s a link to last week’s FSI Family Newsletter.
Take care and see you out there.
Brian
Hey everyone, we’ve received some good resources from HSCL that would be helpful to caregivers. They’re especially helpful explaining the COVID-19 vaccine. Check it out here.
Hey everyone, with the topic of VACCINES for COVID-19 coming up, there have been questions about providing informed consent for immunization. Thanks to the BCCEO network for sharing resources around this topic!
Click here to read what the BCCDC says about Informed Consent for Immunization, and inability to provide consent for immunization.
Click here to be taken to the Ministry of Health form for Consent for Vaccine-for Adults Assessed as Incapable of Giving Informed Consent.
Hey everyone, check out this page for information on how BC plans to distribute vaccine in our COVID-19 response!
There’s also easy-to-ready PDF information about the vaccine here, and what to expect about what happens when getting the vaccine here.
…comes with an invitation to join in upcoming online events hosted by the Family Support Institute! Check it out!
Upcoming FSIBC Zoom Conversations
https://mailchi.mp/fsibc/jan3?e=2c975e4e6a
Our Zoom conversations are a safe space for families and caregivers to come together for support, camaraderie, inspiration, trouble-shooting, and sharing what’s hard. Some of these sessions are by theme/topic and others are for general conversation and engagement. Whatever you might be feeling right now — overwhelmed, sadness, fear, anxiety — you are not alone.
You can also subscribe to their newsletter by clicking here.
Hey everyone, your social distancing reminder of the week is inspired by the current edition of the Plan Institute’s newsletter, which has a great article about connecting intentionally with others during these trying times – check it out here! Their suggestions include:
As well as many others! Give something new a try and share your favorites in the comments!
