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FCSS Programs for Athabasca and Area
Other Athabasca FCSS Programs & Services available are:
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Counselling
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Support Groups
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Grief and Loss Groups
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Referrals
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Family Violence Prevention Programs
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Personal and Social Development Programs
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Youth Leadership Programs
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In-School Mentorship
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Family School Liaison
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Parenting Information and Workshops
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Parent Link Center
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Early Childhood Development Programs
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Baby Sitter Safety Program
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Family Resource Library
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Professional Development
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Retirement Planning Workshops
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Senior's Advocate
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Meals on Wheels Delivery
The Family/School Liaison Worker acts as a resource to students, school personnel and the community through facilitating social skill development groups, class presentations, workshops, and supplying information on a variety of topics.
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Family/School Liaison Worker offers counselling services and support to
students and their families having difficulties with low self-esteem, social
isolation, communication, family conflict, low grades, truancy, managing
emotions, stress, relationships, sexual issues, family separation, conflict,
and coping.
Referrals may be made by any resident within the County of Athabasca and the Athabasca Ward of Aspen View School Division.
Families Matter is a new FCSS program designed to support parents in parenting their children. Through providing parents with information, support, and links to community resources, families are supported to effectively deal with parenting issues.
This voluntary program is responsive to a parent's timetable and sensitive to transportation issues.
The Early Intervention Worker offers group sessions to children and teenagers with self-esteem and anger management issues.
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The Early Intervention Worker is also the Teen Centre/Mentorship Coordinator for the Athabasca Teen Centre Society. The Coordinator is responsible for promoting programming for youth, fundraising, and recruiting volunteers for the Teen Centre. The Coordinator works across agency lines and forms collaborative partnerships with other social services youth groups within the local community.
Community Programming offers a variety of services that can be designed to provide knowledge, skills and experiences to enhance family or community life.
Courses and workshops are offered to assist with such matters as parenting, building self-esteem, decision making, interpersonal relationships and self-awareness, and grief and loss.
Community Programming also provides help in organizing and coordinating support groups, child safety programs, playschools, Mom's Time Out, conferences, meetings, speaker ideas, co-sponsorship of programs, grief and loss, facilitation of workshops, etc. Community Programming is about helping people learn to help themselves.
Meals on Wheels
This service is offered to senior citizens that are home bound and live within the Town of Athabasca or Village of Boyle.
Local volunteers deliver a hot, well-balanced meal at noon, Monday through Friday. Staff at Pleasant Valley Lodge in Athabasca and Wild Rose Villa in Boyle prepares the meals. Fees are charges on a per meal basis and billed monthly.
The frequency of meals is suited to the clients needs, whether it is 5 days a week or once a month.
Through this service, it is hoped that many seniors will be able to continue living independently within their own home.
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