Conference Workshops
10th Annual CANGRANDS Conference & Camp Out
Co-hosted by
The Salvation Army Jackson Point Camp
(Sutton) Lake Simcoe, Ontario
July 17- July 22, 2011
We will be continually listing workshops (in date order) and updating this page as topics and speakers are firmed up. Your input, suggestions and contributions are always welcome.
We are proud to announce the following speakers and workshops:
Sunday, July 17, 2011 Evening - After supper - Lori Moore of Angel Tree Prison Fellowship Canada and our main sponsor shall welcome us. 7:45 p.m. Camp Fire & Sing Song directed by Mike Moore.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 After breakfast: Q & A on FASD and the Education System by Allan Mountford, B.A., B.P.E., B.Ed., M.Ed. will facilitate a presentation and discussion to help CANGRANDS families negotiate the educational system. Allan teaches for a large district school board in southern Ontario in a Section 20 program for aggressive adolescents, many with FASD.
7:30 p.m. Camp Fire & Sing Song directed by Mike Moore.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
After Supper: (6:30 pm) Seminar with Dan King Dan King has worked to support family with disabilities since 2003 He is one of the founders of the Party for People with Special Needs http://www.ppsn.on.ca It's mission is to provide a political voice for the community of families affected by disability. |
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 After breakfast will be a Sharing Circle - Esme Fuller-Thomson (interviews) Afternoon .- free time and auctions |
Thursday, July 21, 2011 After breakfast: "Setting Priorities for Action" with Esme Fuller-Thomson, PhD. This workshop will help Cangrands review the most pressing issues facing grandparent caregivers and develop a priority list to guide what the group will be working on this year. After lunch "Brainstorming on Promising Advocacy Strategies” with Esme Fuller-Thomson, PhD. How can we best build on CANGRANDS past successes in advocacy? Esme will present a brief overview of some creative advocacy strategies. Then the grandparents will brainstorm different strategies to address some of the issues identified as priorities in the morning session. |
Friday, July 22, 2011 After breakfast: Manifest Your Magnificence: Creative Ways to Enhance Self Esteem by Susan T Howson, MA, CPCC, CHBC As a grandparent, do you wonder how to help your grandchildren become more prepared for life, how to build your grandchild's self esteem, how to teach your grandchildren with the values and virtues that will guide them to becoming a productive and fulfilled adult? Attend and learn how to teach your grandchildren how to Manifest their Magnificence and Enhance their Self Esteem. After lunch “The Pickings Good" Come pick the brain of Gary Direnfeld, social worker, recognized Court expert, author and media celebrity. Gary will host a Q & A session, taking questions from the group on all matters of family life and parenting. Gary has 29 years of experience and have been deemed an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relationships, as well as custody and access matters by Courts in Ontario. Due to Gary's depth of expertise and approach to service, people come from considerable distances, even when they have other help or benefits available. This promises to be fun, spirited and informative. |
CANGRANDS National Kinship Support
R.R. 1, McArthurs Mills, Ontario K0L 2M0
Tel: 613-474-0035
E-mail: grandma@cangrands.com
courriel: demandez@cangrands.com



