Youth Program
This programs works to provide youth impacted with FASD an opportunity to take part in community programming with support, or develop structured supervised community activities that expands and enriches social skills and volunteerism in the community.
Goals
To address the needs of youth with lived experience of FASD through community programming and mentoring.
Provide existing youth programs the knowledge and education to develop FASD informed programming
Provide one on one community mentoring when able
Provide opportunities for youth to participate in community programs with support
Offer programming which focuses on social communication and social skill development
Utilize physical literacy programming to develop programs for youth
Practice self advocacy within all programming
Play. Explore. Learn. Adventure. Connect.
Youth Mentors
The youth program also develops within the youth mentors supporting the youth, knowledge and skills to support those impacted with FASD while strengthen the importance of the prevention message around FASD for the mentors to share with their peers.
Due to staff shortages the Youth After School Program is currently inactive.
The Youth Coach program runs over the summer months.
For more info regarding the Youth Coach Program please call the office.