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    • Life as an Independent Adult

    A Collaborative Zoom Meeting on Preparing for Life as an Independent Adult Krystal Hussey, Support Link Program Coordinator, Aunt Leah’s Place, will share their programs & experience preparing youth as they “age out” from MCFD foster care: “For 30 years, Aunt Leah’s Place has been helping kids in foster care and young mothers by providing guidance, supported housing, job training and coaching on essential life skills…Support at this critical time can help these young people realize their potential while becoming…

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    • Link! Safety, Relationship and Sexuality

    If you would like to add your input to the design of a workshop on dating, join this Zoom focus group on May 31st, 3pm. To register email linksrs@posabilities.ca

     

    Movie Night Spring 2022!

    Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Watch in advance, but download ad-blocker to view it ad-free: https://www.ctv.ca/movies/punch-drunk-love Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is having a tough time – starting his novelty toilet-plunger business! But his weird sister keeps trying to match him up with a whimsical, British woman (Emily Watson), and a group of phone scammers (led by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who try to extort him. How does a frequent-flyer miles loophole, a metric ton of pudding, and demolishing a bathroom with your bare…

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    Motivation: Fueling the Invisible Fire

    Shane Lynch, PhD, Special Education & Registered Psychologist is the Director of Innovation and Evaluation at the Sinneave Family Foundation in Calgary, Alberta This meeting will be a deep dive into Motivation: What is it? How does “having it” (or not!) impact our ability to determine or achieve our goals? Is it enhanced or inhibited by factors within ourselves (sleep, diet, or exercise), or by factors in our environments (season, weather, time of day, distractions around us)? We will look…

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    Monthly Online Conversation Group

    Different threads woven together can make a whole, strong cloth. A Monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Hosted by Julia Mitchell, ASD adult, empathetic listener & curious about autism & autistic people. Bring…

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    Movie Night

    This month’s movie is “Spirited Away” An animated, Academy Award winning film from acclaimed Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki – watch free, in advance, on Netflix! Ten-year-old Chihiro (Daveigh Chase) moves with her parents, to a new home in the Japanese countryside. After taking a wrong turn down a wooded path, Chihiro and her parents discover an amusement park with a stall containing an assortment of food. Chihiro’s parents begin eating and then, to her surprise, transform into pigs. In this…

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    • Monthly Online Conversation Group

    Different threads woven together can make a whole, strong cloth. This is a monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an opportunity to explore & build common bonds. It is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Hosted by Julia Mitchell,…

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    Peers with posAbilities

    A social skills program designed to bring young adults (ages 18-35) together to connect and build friendships. The PEERS® curriculum is evidence-based and focuses on teaching friendship skills, important social behaviors, and dating etiquette. Wednesdays, April 13-July 27, free. For information on eligibility click here. To register complete our pre-screen information form here: www.laurelbc.ca/cwp-2022

     

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    Live Webinar on April 6, Start with ‘Hello’ : How to Reduce Social Anxiety and Foster Connections

    EXPERT: Sharon Saline, Psy.D. DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 6 @ 1pm U.S. Eastern Time  (12pm CT; 11am MT; 10am PT)  |  Find it in your time zone > This webinar will be recorded. Register now and we'll reserve you a spot (even if you can't attend live) AND email you the replay link » Many adults with ADHD struggle with fears of embarrassment, rejection, or criticism and hold back from participating in the relationships they truly desire. In this webinar, Dr. Sharon Saline…

     

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    Learn to Run + Fitness Training Workshop

    Kris Hildebrand, an award-winning coach of Exceleration & Multisport clubs, will work with you, whatever your current level of fitness. The aim of this program is to get you moving, and to have fun. Set yourself the achievable goal of completing this 11-week program! What: An 11-week Fitness Training Where: 700 Templeton Dr, Vancouver When: Sundays, 3-4pm, Apr 3 – Jun 26, 2022, (no class Apr 17 or Jun 19) Cost: $100, $50 bonus for completing 10/11 sessions- Don’t come…

     

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    • Movie Night

    Movie Night Winter 2022! Not one, but two! Tron & Tron: Legacy Watch free, in advance, on Disney Plus Tron is a 1982 American science fiction action-adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape. Tron: Legacy is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron, also directed by Steven Lisberger.  Again,  Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner return to reprise their roles as…

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    Monthly Online Conversation Group

    This is a monthly online conversation group for ASD adults, 18+ years old. Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an opportunity to explore & build common bonds. It is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Hosted by Julia Mitchell, ASD adult, empathetic listener & curious about autism & autistic…

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    Social Thinking by Michelle Garcia Winner

    Social Competency – More than Social Skills We largely take for granted what most of us can intuitively learn to do—socially attend, interpret, problem solve, and respond within different aspects of the social world quickly and efficiently across all environments, including one’s home, classroom, and broader community. Rather than assign blame when a person struggles to make sense of the complexities within this world, for more than 25 years the developmental Social Thinking® Methodology has sought to continually evolve and…

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    • Movie Night February 25, 2022

    The movie this month is the animated film “The Mitchells Vs. The Machines” Young Kate Mitchell embarks on a road trip with her proud parents, younger brother and beloved dog to start her first year at film school. But their plans to bond as a family soon get interrupted when the world's electronic devices come to life to stage an uprising. With help from two friendly robots, the Mitchells must now come together to save one another -- and the…

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    • Movie Night

    This month’s choice is the 2013 film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Unhappy with his dull & lonely life, the socially-awkward Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) has a chance to change his circumstances when he is tasked with finding a missing photo that could save his company from being downsized. Walter travels the world attempting to track down the elusive photographer who took the mysterious photo. Based upon James Thurber’s 1939 acknowledged masterful short story by the same name. Watch…

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    • Movie Night

    This month’s movie is old but good! -the 1998 Coen brothers black comedy “The Big Lebowski” Jeff Bridges stars as the ultimate LA slacker “Dude” and avid bowler. The Dude is assaulted, mistaken for a millionaire, also named “Lebowski”. From here, kidnapping, ransom & robbery, and general mayhem ensues.The style is loosely inspired by the crime writing of Raymond Chandler. Watch the movie in advance on Netflix. See Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd-go0oBF4Y Hosted by: Casey Primus, B. Com., CGA, working for an…

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