Respite is a periodic, short-term break to relieve a family of the responsibility of daily care of a family member with a physical and/or developmental disability. Respite creates greater opportunities for all family members to live actively and participate in community activities and allows parents/guardians time for themselves.
If you are interested in providing short term respite for families who have a child or youth diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder or have an interest in providing longer term respite and want to know more, FIREFLY works with Wesway to get people in Northwestern Ontario registered through RespiteServices.com to be Independent Respite Workers. If this is something that interests you, please reach out to Sydney Graham, Resource Development Coordinator at Wesway at 807-625-6677 or [email protected]. We encourage anyone interested to reach out and see if this is a good fit for you.
You can also learn more by heading to the respiteservices.com website.
The Canadian Red Cross offers First Aid and CPR training. Their learner-centred approach promotes knowledge transfer and skill retention. Through a safe, meaningful, cooperative learning environment, we help build learners’ understanding and confidence. To view upcoming courses in your community click here.
SafeGuards builds the capacity of people and communities through trauma-informed training and practice. There are many different courses available that cover a wide-variety of topics with many offered online. To view a full schedule click here.
FIREFLY clinicians teamed up with clinicians from the THRIVE Children’s Treatment Center in Sault-Saint Marie to make a variety of FREE webinars and short clips that will cover a variety of topics that a respite worker may find helpful.
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