Navigator Program
1365 Richmond Rd K2B 6R7 Ottawa, ON, Canada

We are super excited about our holiday party that will be happening on December the 6th. Santa will be with us and he will be reading out personalized messages to your kiddos. We will also have Ty the Magic Guy back for another amazing show. And my favorite part.......A sing a long!! You will need to register for this event.

Happening tonight at 7. Still room if you are interested. We would love to have you join us.

This is happening tomorrow night. Let us know if you are interested.

Parent group is happening tomorrow evening at 7:30p . We hope you can join us

The library is offering some free cooking classes. https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/blogs/cooking-home

Still room for this great workshop. Let us know if you are interested.

Wanted to pass along a few resources that were discussed at our Mindfulness and Meditation sessions. Some might find them helpful. This is a great app that has some free meditations. https://www.tenpercent.com/... This is another great one that has free content. https://insighttimer.com/ A mom told us about this yoga nidra video to play at bedtime for help getting to sleep. I haven'tried it yet, but it is on my list for tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0FKzeuVVs

Winner winner chicken dinner!!!! Andrea and Joanna are the winners of an essential oil gift from our Mindfulness and Meditation sessions. Congratulations ladies. I’ll send you both a message.

Sip and Chat - this Friday at 11am . Send us a message if you want to join us.

Virtual parent group is on tomorrow at 1:30pm. Let us know if you would like to join and we will send you the zoom link.

We have one more session tomorrow night at 7. Let us know if you are interested.

Join us for sip and chat tonight at 8pm. Email us if you are interested-

Victoria from Tree Pose Yoga who is hosting our Meditation and Mindfulness sessions gave us this practice last night. There is one more session left, so let us know if you are interested in attending, or if you have any questions. It is called 5 Down. 5 things you can see... 4 things you can hear 3 things you can taste 2 things you can smell 1 deep breath (or one thing you can feel if deep breathing causes anxiety) Victoria suggests doing this practice daily, when things are going well. Then when one is in a moment of stress this practice is something you can use in the moment and it won't feel out of place. http://Www.treepose.online/

https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca//assessment-centres.aspx

Our Sip and Chat is this Thursday evening at 8 pm. Send a message if you are interested

Join us for our meditation and mindfulness session tonight at 7. Send a message and we will sign you up. When you join us you get entered into a draw to win this lovely prize. Donated by Victoria from Tree Pose Yoga.

The Complex Care program is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with family partnerships this October, so we are hoping Complex Care families, both past and present can state the following in ONE WORD ONLY in the Comments section: -Experience in CC -What it means to be in CC -How has CC helped you We are going to generate a Word Bubble for the PowerPoint presentation that will go live during the virtual celebration, which will occur sometime in October. You are more than welcome to post several one-word examples, just not sentences or even a verb with an adjective for instance. ( If you have posted on One More Thing, you don't have to post here as well) THANK YOU.

How are you doing?Our virtual parent group is happening tomorrow at 1:30pm- great way to connect with other parents. Week 2 of our Mindfulness and meditation session is also happening tomorrow at 7pm. There is still time to SIGN UP!

We have some sad news to share. If you’ve attended one of our Family Fun Days or a holiday party then you may have been entertained by Yaki. Yaki passed away. He was a kind and generous soul. He will be missed.

Join us this morning for our Sip and Chat. Come and meet other parents of children with medical complexities.

For any of our little friends who use cpap, oxygen, bipap, ventilator and a cough assist. https://muscle.ca//20/04/MDCRespiratoryColouringBook-E.pdf

New Sip and Chat dates.

Some great short videos for back to school during Covid from McMasters. https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/back-to-school/

Parenting typically-developing children is a tough task; parenting children with developmental disabilities takes an additional toll on parents’ physical and mental health and wellbeing. Contemporary 21st century ideas about health and disability are changing the way we think, act, and talk about childhood disability. These ideas have been ‘packaged’ into a program of 5 interactive workshops for parents whose children have recently been diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental condition. https://canchild.ca//enabling-vision-and-growing-expectati

Reminder this is happening tomorrow evening: https://vekeo.com/event/childrenshealthcoalition-61250/

Join us this Friday. Send us a message if you would like some more information and to register.