The Children’s Link Society

Suite 245, 720 – 28th Street N.E Calgary, Alta. T2A 6R3 Phone:230-9158/ Fax:230-3252/ E-mail:[email protected] Website: www.childrenslink.ca The following is a listing of respite services that may be available to you. HOME CARE / RESPITE / RELIEF SERVICES The following is a list in alphabetical – not preferential – order of some of the home care and respite/relief services in the Calgary Rocky View Region. For more options, check the Yellow Pages under Homemakers Service, Nannies and/or Nurses. 1. Bayshore Home Health - Tyla Jones Area Director - (403) 229-3929. Calgary and Red Deer area. Email - [email protected] Website – www.bayshore.ca 2. Calgary Health Region  Community Care Access – Home Care Services – (403) 943-1920  Hospice Calgary Society (Day Services) – (403) 263-4525  Salvation Army Agape Hospice (Residential Services) – (403) 282-6588  Rosedale Hospice (Residential Services) – (403) 284-5195  Palliative Care Team at the Peter Lougheed Hospital – (403) 291-8950 Website: www.calgaryhealthregion.ca 3. Calgary Home Support Services Ltd - (403) 232-8770, Fax (403) 266-6887. Childcare including special needs in your home or in Certified foster/ Respite Homes. Staff are screened, bonded and have Police Security Checks. Elder care for aging relatives. Staff supervision by professionals – BSW, RN, LPN. Covering Calgary and area for 30 years. Email: [email protected] 4. Calgary Integrated Support Services - Jill Winters – (403) 283-4405. Serves the adult population, though will serve children who have developmental disabilities if they also have a parent with some disabilities. Calgary and rural areas. 5. Central Health Services – Pat Evens, Branch Manager – (403) 252-1099. 6

Comcare (Canada) Ltd. – Contact Karen Smart (403) 228-3877 or Toll Free at 1-877-228-3877.

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*Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary - Community Respite Network Jacki – Central Intake Coordinator – (403) 240-7331. Primarily developmental disabilities but also other special needs. Serves Calgary and surrounding area. Offers an In-Home Support Program. Community Respite Network - this program helps match families with private respite providers. Email -

[email protected] Website - www.ddrcc.com 8. Eckert Centre for Learning & Wellness – (403) 230-2959. Respite providers receive regular supervision form our clinical tam (psychologist. social worker, cognitive specialist) helping to ensure quality care for your child(ren). Email: [email protected] Website: www.eckertcentre.com 9. *Just 4 U Family Services. Provides respite care for families with special needs and typical children. Call Corinne or Kathy at (403) 590-2122 or visit their website at www.just4ufamilyservices.com The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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Email: [email protected] Website: www.just4ufamilyservices.com

10. OPTIONS (Optional Rehabilitation Services Inc.) - (403) 271 – 4260. Currently has 3 homes for children/adolescents who are dependently handicapped. 11. Para-Med Health Services – Contact Nancy – (403) 229-2888 /Alberta Region (403) 482-3370. 12. Post-Natal Helpers - Lynn Gilmore: (403) 640-0844. Serves Calgary (and surrounding area when staff available). 13. *Rehoboth Christian Ministries Relief Services Program – (403 ) 250-7333. Email: [email protected]

Website: www.rehoboth.ab.ca 14. Renfrew Education Services - contact Sherry Dow (403) 225-2144 ext 1615. "Stepping Out on Saturday" (SOS) A Saturday Respite Day Camp for Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Email: [email protected] Website: www.renfreweducation.org 15.

The Respite Care Connection – Enviros Program - (403) 508-0452. Out of home respite service for children with challenging behaviours ages birth to 17. Calgary and Rocky View areas. Families must have Calgary Rocky View Child & Family Services involvement and no other respite resources. Respite includes supervised community activities and/or overnight care in trained and supervised homes. Email: Carlie Burnett at [email protected] Website: www.enviros.org

16. Victorian Order of Nurses Calgary Branch - (403) 640-4765. Calgary and surrounding rural areas. Email: [email protected] Website: www.voncalgary.com 17. We Care Home Health Services – North: (403) 297-9744 / South: (403) 225-1222. Calgary and surrounding rural areas. 18. Supported Lifestyles – (403) 207 - 5115. Providing respite to families with children with developmental disabilities and emotional/behavioural challenges who have been unable to access other respite services available. Website: www.supportedlifestyles.com 19. Calgary Family Service Bureau – Emergency childcare only, based on availability of childcare provider, sliding scale – (403 ) 269-9888. * Focus on service to children (and adults) with special needs. Website: www.calgaryfamilyservices.org

The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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Offers support for both the employer (families) and employees (Respite provider). This includes, recruitment Services, Follow ups and advocacy, Employer training, Monthly payroll provision and payroll education. Also provides education to employees. Call(403) 2453110 or visit their website at www.rapsedm.org

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Residential Aide Placement Service Calgary (RAPS) –

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HIRING IN-HOME SUPPORT FOR YOUR CHILD – A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents/Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities or Special Needs. This manual may be purchased for $15 from the Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre – (403) 240-3111.

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COCHRANE CHILD CARE REGISTRY - If you live in the Cochrane area and are looking for a local respite child care/respite provider, the Family and Community Resource Centre has a child care registry you may access. Call (403) 932 – 3400 for more information.

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www.canadiansitter.ca - Canadian Sitter is an online connection for parents to find baby sitters in their area. All sitters are current university or college students, many in child-related fields (nursing, education, etc.). Many wish to work with special needs children as respite providers. There is a registration fee for service and you must be able to access the internet to take advantage of their babysitting registry. Please visit their website at http://www.canadiansitter.ca

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Opti-mum Childcare and Nannies Inc – [email protected]. This website

provides services both to employers and nannies by matching them up based in several criteria and offering valuable links, helpful forms and guidelines on questions families may have.

PRIVATE CHILD CARE / RESPITE PROVIDERS We have been contacted by a few individuals who are offering respite services (and sometimes other services) to children with special needs either in their home or yours. * Please note: We make every attempt to keep this list as current as possible. It has been requested that those on this list, must contact us if they wish their name to be removed, or if they have already acquired employment. If you encounter anyone who should no longer be on this listing, please advise our office. Thank you! 1.

Early Learning Centre – (403) 229 – 2900 - Sabrina Isabelle. 24 hours, 7 days a week childcare/respite care for ages 2 – 12. Has experience with special needs children, therefore looking to take in children with special needs. Does not have wheelchair access. Central area.

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Catherine Kellendonk – (403) 938 – 1662. Catherine is a Psychiatric nurse and has owned/operated a family care home for 17 years. Catherine wishes to provide respite and/or long-term care in her home. She has worked with many types and levels of disability in addition to emotionally fragile and medically fragile. Okotoks.

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Linda Krahn - (403) 212-0029. Linda’s experience working with children with disabilities is very

knowledgeable. For two years she has worked with children, at the Providence Children’s Centre as well as at Heartland Agency. Linda would l like the chance to help families who have children with disabilities. Whether that requires driving the child to their doctors appointments or just taking the child to the park for a couple of hours so the parent(s) can get some rest. Linda would prefer to work day time hours; up to six hours a day: and can be every day. S.E area The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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4. Sandra Pallister – (403) 257-3437. Sandra is interested in giving support via respite services, to families who have children with special needs. Sandra has over 10 years experience working with children. She has been an On-Call Child Care worker, Program Leader for the city of Calgary, a Playschool Teacher and a Preschool Educator at CUPS – One World Child Development Centre in Downtown Calgary. Her qualifications begin with the Standard First Aide with Emergency Child Care and CPR, Level three – Advanced Certificate with the Alberta family and Social Services, as well as American Sign Language Level 1. S.E Area. 5. Marie Friesen – (403) 251-1090. Marie would like to provide Respite to families who have children with disabilities. Marie has ten years experience working with children with disabilities working with the school board as a teaching assistant. She has Behavioural Management skills and knowledge of Sign Language Learning. Marie is bilingual; speaking English and French and is trained in First Aid and CPR. Marie has also volunteered as a Support Worker at the Beverly care Centre and the Bethany Society. Marie also was a volunteer at the Canadian Red Cross Society. N.E area. 6. Alanna and Lindsey’s Respite Program – (403) 938-8221. Alanna and Lindsey (mother and daughter team) have opened a respite program for mobile children with special needs (any age). They go out in groups to movie’s, nature walks, picnics, to the beach, etc. They will be running through the winter months. They also offer weekend respite as well as day respite. 7. Samantha Rickards – (403) 285-2972. Samantha would like to offer respite services to families who have children with Special Needs. Though Samantha does not have any formal training, with children who have disabilities, she does have a 13 year old boy herself and understands some of the demands one child can have on a parent alone. Samantha also understands the need for respite in our community and is open to getting training. She would like to offer respite in her home on weekends (overnights and day time). S.W area 8. Abby Araji – (403) 285-5991. Abby would like to provide Respite care for families in their own homes. She has five years experience working with all children at daycare centers and private homes. Abby is available seven days a week she has her Level one child care certificate, First aid Certificate and CPR. She is bilingual in English and French. N.E area 9. Camelia Spiegel – (403) 244-3976. Camelia is an avid learner. She has much experience both in business and with people/persons with disabilities. Her experience is quite extended from having her Bachelors in Surveying Engineering to receiving her Home Care Attendant Certificate, Integrated Disability and Community Support Program certificate, being a Caregiver; vocational and leisure support/skills. She is looking to work with families who have children with disabilities who need support. S.W area 10. Cynthia Leippi – (403) 281-3512. Cynthia is a mother and taught elementary school for 14 years. She is currently working as a Educational Assistant and has worked with many children with many different disabilities. Cynthia has a niece with sever disabilities and understands the demands put on families and would like to support families who have children with disabilities by providing Respite services. Cynthia has her current First Aide Certificate and up dates it regularly. S.W area. 11. Deborah Davis – (403) 235-0048. Deborah has worked with teenage behavioral persons for the past 6 in-a-half years and is presently providing respite to individuals with mental delays. Deborah has extensive training in many areas related to children, adolescents and adults with Disabilities. SE area. The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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12. Rebecca Otoku – (403) 470-5479. Respite care and supported roommate in

Marlborough area. Rebecca is a certified personal care attendant who has worked with adults for a couple of years as well as with children with Developmental Disabilities for a year. Her house is not wheelchair accessible. N.E area. 13. Tracy Mendoza – (403) 835-0075. Tracy is the mother of a 6 year old boy with PDD/NOS. She would like to provide families with in home and community respite as she know how demanding the life of a parent of a child with special needs can be. She is a full time student at Mount Royal College. Tracy does have a car and is willing to travel to different areas of Calgary. N.E area. 14. Teresa Graup – (403) 933-5256. Teresa lives in Black Diamond area and would like to provide Respite for families in the Black Diamond/Turner Valley area. Teresa has a child with Down Syndrome and would like to help out families; any age and any diagnosis as she understands the pressures on families with a child with a disability.

Teresa has had work experience in providing childcare at a preschool and assisting a young man with Autism with day to day life skills such as cooking. 15. Alicia Zubot – (403) 255-5930. Alicia is currently attending the University of Calgary Teacher Assistance Program specializing in children who have disabilities/special needs. She is looking to provide full-time or part-time respite care/summer daytime nanny care for families who have a child with special needs, and their siblings if needed. She is available beginning the first week of July until the end of August. She has experience working with children who have cognitive, neurological and behavioural disabilities. She is inexperienced in caring for children requiring medical or mobility devices. However, if you are willing to instruct her in the use of these she is willing to learn. She has experience working in community settings with children who have Autism. Does not drive but gets around by public transit quite easily email [email protected]. Would like to connect with families in South Calgary. 16. Fely DeVera – (403) 670-9957 Fely has experience working with a variety of age groups in educational, daycare, and in-home child care settings. She has worked with children who have special needs such as Down Syndrome and Autism. Fely is certified in CPR and First Aide, and has a Calgary Police Clearance

How to hire a student a Mount Royal College for private respite services (via internet): 1. 2. 3. 4.

go to www.mtroyal.ab.ca/careerservices/ click on employers click on hire and MRC student or Graduate click on post a job on MRC’s central job bank

They will then give you instructions on how to fill out the form. Please do keep a copy of the information for your records. As you are filling out the form, please be as specific as you can about you circumstances. By outlining times, medical needs, behavioral needs, if the child needs to be lifted, or if you would like the child taken out of the house, this allows the student and you to make a good match. The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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How to hire a student at University of Calgary for private respite services (via internet): 1. 2. 3. 4.

go to www.ucalgary.ca/careers/ click on Career Services under Employees click Recruiting Services near bottom right hand corner Under post your job vacancies click Online Posting Form

Please note that it is up to the individual parent to screen potential caregivers!

The Children's Link Society neither endorses nor recommends any programs, services, supports, therapies, treatments, etc. but provides impartial and, to the best of our knowledge, factual information for families of children with special needs and service providers in the Calgary Rocky View Region.

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