Families

Behaviour consultants use family and child-centered approach to facilitate inclusion

With several factors impacting and influencing a child’s challenging behaviours, our Clinical Director of Laurel Behaviour Support Services shares how Laurel supports the family in addressing their child’s needs.

Shared Living Looking Forward

At posAbilities, we understand the value of compatibility and treat every Shared Living arrangement with care. This is why the success of other residential services around the world continues...

A look into Mara’s Shared Living Life

Shared Living Provider and WMCA Woman of Distinction award nominee, Mara St. Onge, opens up about the challenging yet rewarding experience of welcoming two women with disabilities into her...

Sharing Homes and Lives: How One Agency Redefines Caregiving

When the Pollock family opened their home to Marc, they got more than just a roommate – they got a brother, a son, and a new extension of their...

Where John Found Home

“This has never felt like a job or contract, it feels like we’re doing the right thing and helping somebody out." Discover what happened when Shared Living Provider, Maggie,...

Thanks for Horsing Around with Us!

Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy a day at the races with us! We had so much fun watching the lives races and doing some betting,...

Laurel Celebrates World Autism Awareness Month

Contributed by Vania Huang As you may have heard, April is World Autism Awareness Month! In light of this month-long celebration, we thought it would be appropriate to let...

Introducing inGIRLSCLUB

Everyone wants to feel like they belong – to have a group, a club, a squad, a posse, a tribe, some homegirls, besties, BFFs… a circle that is just...

Have You Heard of “Amazing Grace”?

The holiday season is upon us once more, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share with you the incredible life and story of Grace. Although she was born...

Shared Living: A Celebration of Family

Contributed by Vania Huang The colder weather has ushered in the arrival of winter, and with it, the hints of the holiday season in the air. This time of...

Experience Shared Living

  Smiles. Laughter. Knowledge. Love. These are the words that come to mind when we think of Shared Living. What is Shared Living? Shared Living is a residential option...

Family Focus Gave Us The Vision

Originally published in Possibilities! Winter/Spring 2016 By Terry Robertson – Co-chair – Family Focus Society In early May of 1988, Bree-Anna had just turned two years old, when Gord...

logged in  
reset cookies