Partnership Agencies:
Ministry of Children and Family Development
Representative for Children and Youth - The
Representative for Children and youth supports children, youth and
families who need help in dealing with the child welfare system, and
advocates for changes to the system itself. http://www.rcybc.ca/content/home.asp
Community
Living B.C.- http://www.communitylivingbc.ca/
B.C. Federation of
Foster Parent Associations
1-800-663-9999
http://www.bcfosterparents.ca/
For information about Foster Parent Insurance,
membership, and scholarships & bursaries, income tax and much
more.
Federation of
Aboriginal Foster Parents
1-866-291-7091
http://www.fafp.ca/
This provincial organization for caregivers of
aboriginal
children and youth can provide answers to basic support related concerns
BC Youth in Care Network
– great stuff for youth in care http://fbcyicn.ca/
National Youth in
Care Network - http://www.youthincare.ca/
Adoptive Families
Association of BC - http://www.bcadoption.com/
IN YOUR GRASP: British
Columbia 's Family Resource Database, the on-line resource finder for
BC families - www.inyourgrasp.bc.ca
Aboriginal and
Métis
Aboriginal Peoples
Family Accord - http://www.apfabc.org/index.htm
Information on the status and service plans of the
regional governance of Aboriginal services for the Interior.
Okanagan Nation
Alliance - http://www.syilx.org
More links to
Aboriginal and Metis Sites
Camps
BC Camping
Association has lots of info about camps throughout
BC
http://www.bccamping.org/
BCFFPA Camps for Kids Grants
are available to foster parent members in good standing. See BCFFPA web
site for details. http://www.bcfosterparents.ca/
Camp Winfield
Easter Seal Camp is a great free camp for children and
youth with disabilities. Check out their web site at http://www.lionsbc.ca/programs/camps/
Eureka Outdoor Camp
is for children and youth with invisible
disabilities (ADHD. Tourette Syndrome, OCD, mild autism, etc.) http://www.eurekacamp.ca
Child Safety
Child Abuse
Prevention: a web site on child abuse protection with a
special section just for teens - www. SafeKidsBC .ca
Child Safety
Association of Canada: provides information on children
safety to reduce the number of preventable accidents in children. - http://www.safekid.org/
Web Aware:
A great site for information about how to keep kids of all ages safe on
the internet. - http://bewebaware.ca/
Health Canada:
Product safety warnings that are often important for caregivers. - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/index.html
Community Resources:
Central Okanagan
Kelowna Community
Resources: This is a great link for community resources in
Kelowna - http://kcr.ca/
SD23 Community
Contacts / Youth Net: Youth and family assistance services
available to everyone within the community - http://www.sd23.bc.ca/ParentInformation/CommunityContacts
Live
Free: empowering you to make informed and healthy choices
in life.
Links to Kelowna area resources http://www.livefreebc.ca/
Community Resources: North
Okanagan
Guide to Community
Services in the North Okanagan - http://canwehelpyou.ca/
Free or Low-Cost
things to do in the Vernon Area - http://www.greatervernon.ca/recreation/pdf/free_lowcost.pdf
(pdf)
Parents
with Children 0 – 6: 2006 Resource Guide http://www.vernonfrc.ca/resguide.html
Community
Resources: South Okanagan
Community
Resources, Penticton - www.penticton.ca/community/default.asp
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
FASLink Fetal Alcohol Disorders
Society: Research, Information, Support &
Communications http://www.faslink.org/
FASD Connections -
www.fasdconnections.ca
A new website serving adults and children
with FASD
FAS/E Support
Network of BC - www.fetalalcohol.com
Minnesota FAS site
- www.betterendings.org/
FASalaska Project
FACTS - www.fasalaska.com
BC Ministry of
Education, Teaching Students with FAS/Effects - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/fas/
Manitoba Education,
Training & Youth - Towards Inclusion: Tapping Hidden
Strengths www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/specedu/fas/index.html
Provincial
Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) This
site is
designed to help teachers, parents and others understand the
educational implications of students who may have FASD - www.fasdoutreach.ca
FASD Strategies not Solutions
Fostering
Washington
State Department of Social and Health Services: lots of great
resources for foster parents at www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/
Browse
the site for articles and videos on a wide variety of topics.
There’s a great Life Book, which
you can access from
the top of the above page, and a really good refresher on Natural
and Logical Consequences, which is at http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/training/natlog/nat02.htm
Integrated
Case Management – Participant’s Manual http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/icm/participant_1.htm
Health and
Immunizations
HealthGuide On-Line:
This
website links you with a world of health information that is up to date
and reliable. You will find information on more than 2,500 common
health concerns. - www.bchealthguide.org
Caring for Kids:
Canadian Pediatric Society - http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/
Canadian Health
Network - http://www.canadian-health-network.ca
Health Canada - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Safe
Kids Canada - http://www.sickkids.ca/safekidscanada/
Insurance
Foster Parent Insurance Rider
-
http://www.bcfosterparents.ca/insurance.php
BCFFPA Group Dental and
Extended Health Plan -
http://www.memberhealthplan.com/ga/ins_intro.jsp?assocId=BCFFPA
Kid Stuff
Above
the Influence - http://abovetheinfluence.com/
SexualityandU
- http://www.sexualityandu.ca/home_e.aspx
Let’s
Talk About Bullying http://www.talk-helps.com/
LearnNowBC:
useful info for students
http://www.learnnowbc.gov.bc.ca/Default.aspx
Live
Free: Empowering You to Make Informed and Healthy Choices in Life
http://www.livefreebc.ca/
Mental Health
BC Partners for
Mental Health and Addictions Information - http://heretohelp.bc.ca/
MCFD Child and
Youth Mental Health - http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/index.htm
The American
Academy of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry:
The "Facts for Families" are great starting points for info on a number
of subjects - http://www.aacap.org
The Child &
Adolescent Bipolar Foundation: Click on "About Early Onset
Bipolar Disorder" on the home page for great information - http://www.bpkids.org/
Mental Health and
High School: Has great resources for parents as well as
info for students - http://www.cmha.ca/highschool/
NSF
Scotland: It’s about You Too – Guides
for Children who Have a
Parent with a Mental Illness
- http://www.nsfscot.org.uk/what_we_do/events.html?topic_id=24
Parenting:
Kids Help Phone:
with online resources for kids 1-800-668-6868 -
http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca/en/
Baby Steps:
A resource manual similar to the “Safe Babies”
manual – but online! -
http://www.aidp.bc.ca/babysteps.pdf (pdf)
Hitting Doesn't Work: A Parents Guide to
Positive Discipline
Grief Watch -
http://www.griefwatch.com/
Child and Family
Canada - http://www.cfc-efc.ca/menu/new_docs_en.htm
On-Line Parenting and child care articles.
Financial
education tools for children and youth:
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inbsf-osb.nsf/en/h_br01493e.html
The
American Academy of Pediatrics has created a Resiliency
web site to
help parents and teens develop resiliency and understand the role of
stress in life. This site features additional information on stress
reduction and coping skills, as well as a stress management plan
teens can personalize to fit their personalities and lifestyles. http://www.aap.org/stress
Invest
in Kids aims to strengthen the parenting knowledge, skills and
confidence of all those who touch the lives of children from birth to
age five. investinkids.c
Internet
safety http://www.safeonlineoutreach.com/
Family
Meals Focus newsletter http://www.ellynsatter.com/newsletter.htm
Effects of Video Game violence
http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_effect.shtml
The
Justice Institute of BC has posted the sexual exploitation
online
tool-kit -
http://www.jibc.ca/seytoolkit/index.htm
Resources
Computers For
School: If you
have a school-aged child with a disability this is the site for you!
Check out how to get your child a computer for school - http://www.cfsbc.ca/
Pharmacare: info
regarding medications not covered - http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/pharme/
Children with
Special Needs
Special Needs
Adoptive Parents: SNAP BC - http://www.snap.bc.ca/
Tanya Helton's website on Attachment
Disorder - www.ForestCottageCentre.com
BC Association for
Community Living - www.bcacl.org
BC Ministry of Education, Teaching
Students with Special Needs - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/
Early
Interventions Canada is intended to inform researchers, policymakers,
practitioners, parents, families, and other stakeholders about early
intervention for young children with developmental
delays/disabilities and their families across Canada. - www.earlyinterventioncanada.com
Training
Saint John
Ambulance: Provides a wide variety of first aid training
opportunities in every community - http://www.sja.ca/bc/
Okanagan
College:
Continuing
Education at OC offers courses and programs relevant to foster
parents: Challenging Behaviour Training; American Sign Language;
First Aid – Standard; First Aid – Childsafe;
Addiction
Counselling Training - http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/page14687.aspx
Justice Institute
- http://www.jibc.bc.ca/clcl/#
Foster Parent
College: This is
a website for on-line foster parent training modules, from the Oregon
Social Learning Center . This organization is recognized for other
excellent training materials. The price is fairly reasonable, but no,
you can't substitute it for the Foster Parent Education Program
modules! - http://www.sociallearning.com/catalog/topics/parenting/fpc-dvds.html
On-line
training for Foster Parents & the Adoptive Community
is available
for a very reasonable cost at http://www.fosterparents.com
Youth Justice
Government of Canada – Youth Criminal Justice Act - http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/Y-1.5/index.html
YSO Handbook for
Parents of Young Sex Offenders - http://www.vcn.bc.ca/bcpoa/YSO%20Handbook.htm
