Facile Perth is excited to team up with the Perth County Family Network to offer an in-person workshop titled Enhance Your Advocacy Skills. This workshop focuses on supporting caregiver and family advocacy. This interactive workshop will focus on supporting parents and caregivers who have a child with a disability to build skills to allow them to maximize their impact at professional meetings. Whether you’re speaking with your family doctor, your child’s teacher or a service provider – it’s important to be an effective advocate.

Join us in-person on January 25th from 9:30-11:00 am.

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Registration:

Registration is required. There is no cost to attend this event. Limited Spots Available. 

This is an in-person event and will be held in the Community Room at the Mitchell Municipal Office. 

Location Address: 160 Wellington St. Mitchell, ON N0K 1N0

Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided!

 

Workshop Facilitator Details

This workshop will be facilitated by Louise Vandenbosch.

Louise is a retired registered social worker who worked with families in a variety of settings for over 40 years. She has worked in the areas of adult mental health, children’s mental health, adult and children’s developmental services, system navigation of services, community social work, and alternative dispute resolution. Louise has worked alongside public health, children’s aid societies, mediation agencies and other community agencies and has a solid and nuanced understanding of the challenges facing families, and the services that are available and best-suited for each family’s circumstances.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Western University (formerly UWO) (1984), a Masters of Social Work Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo (1993). Louise completed a Certificate in Family Mediation at York University (2013).

 

TO REGISTER: https://shorturl.at/ed62k

If you have questions about this event, please contact us!

 

Contact Information:

Emily Branje, Managing Director

Email: emily@facileperth.ca

Phone: 519-271-6565

 

 

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