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The Saskatchewan Family Network
Do you have a family member with a disability? So do we!
The new Family Network Newsletter is available. Click here to download.
Register Early for Upcoming Events:
Sibling Retreat in Saskatoon on February 22-23rd, 2008. Click here for details.
On April 11, 2008, the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society is having a conference on "The Connection between Behaviour and Communication." Click here for more details.
You can now register for Family Network Parent Retreats online! Click here to register now (it will take about 2 minutes!). Parent Retreats are planned for the weekends of:
 April 5-6, 2008
More Dates Coming Soon!
We are starting to build a Family Network Photo Album. To see pictures of Family Network retreats and events as we update it, visit our photo album! Please send Lynn more photos to add to our collection.
The Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECIP) Saskatchewan Inc. is celebrating 25 years. A commemorative book, Toy Box Angels: A Collection of ECIP Family Stories, is available for $14.95. Please contact 306-789-3637 to get your copy, or go to their website at www.saskecip.org
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 Who are we?
The Saskatchewan Family Network is a branch of the Saskatchewan Association for Community Living that links families together who have a family member with a disability. We are an active growing network of families across Saskatchewan who : Have family members with disabilities Believe in the power, uniqueness, knowledge and strength of families Recognize the crucial role of our families in creating healthy Canadian communities that celebrate the richness of diversity What do we do? Most of what we do is we have fun together. Through our regional and provincial retreats and workshops, we rest, learn and rejuvenate in an accepting environment that celebrates the diversity of our families. We are
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Maya Reichel, chair of the family network committee, hiking with her sons and her husband Brad. |
stronger advocates and stronger families when we expand our circle of support and knowledge.
The Family Network has a committee (Judy Anderson, Gini Calvert, Shelley Garner, Rita Kube, Gloria Mahussier, Celine Muller and Maya Reichel) and a coordinator (Lynn Schaan) who connect families and plan regional and provincial events and retreats.
Who is a Family Network Member?
A Family Network member is someone from your region who: is a parent or relative of a person with a disability believes in full community inclusion receives the family network newsletter attends the annual seminar or regional meetings may be open to networking with other family and community members may want to organize meetings for families around any particular or general issue How do I Join the Family Network?
Click here to download our pamphlet or e-mail your request for information to our Family Network Coordinator. The Saskatchewan Connection Below are past issues of the Saskatchewan Connection, the quarterly newsletter of the Saskatchewan Family Network.  Winter 2006 (current issue)
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