Child and Youth

Provides a series of eight weekly online support meetings for children ages 7-11 with asthma. By connecting with other children with asthma, participants will have the opportunity to develop a sense of belonging by sharing experiences and asking questions.

Provides an 8-week virtual grief group for children and youth ages 7-18 years, facilitated by a registered social worker, a pediatric advanced care team and a certified music therapist. Sessions include:

• Songwriting
• Mindfulness activities
• Group discussion

Note: Concurrent support is provided by phone/video to the parents/caregivers of the children and youth (pre-scheduled, not at the same time as the group).

Provides support for child amputees and their families. Includes:

• Financial assistance
• Regional seminars
• Peer support
• Funds for computers and assistive devices (JUMPSTART)

Helps parents and children explore what anxiety is, practice techniques to help ease anxiety, use their imagination and learn how to take control of anxiety by creating a plan to defeat worry. Includes:

• Weekly calls with one's assigned coach
• Weekly exercises
• Filling out daily worry tracker
• Review the material on the phone

• An instructional video for parents and caregivers about how to fit, pack, and safely wear the backpack
• An awareness video for teachers
• A plush animal with a removable warming and cooling pack to ease sore joints
• A family informational resource about helping young people live well with arthritis
• Pencil grips and zipper pulls
• An award-winning children's book that explains chronic pain
• An illustrated booklet that shares the experiences of other children living with arthritis

Provides grants up to $500 to help families participate and travel to an in-person childhood arthritis camp hosted by the Arthritis Society.

Note: Applications can be submitted throughout the year. Application must be submitted at least two months prior to camp event date.

• Seating inserts
• Wheelchairs
• Special needs strollers
• Bath seats
• Car seats
• Toileting aids

• Cooking classes
• Games
• Crafts
• Learning strategies to help better manage living with arthritis
• Making friends with others going through similar experience
• Scavenger hunts
• Dance parties

• What to do next
• Preschool program
• School age materials
• Staffing and training
• AccessAbility Support Program
• Provincial government information
• Federal government information