Mother's Retreat Day

The PREP Family Support team invites you to take some time for yourself in a beautiful setting to relax and rejuvenate. This is a wonderful opportunity to take the day for yourself…and you deserve it!! The CountryWood in Bragg Creek provides an amazing setting to connect and energize. The day will be balanced with time to share, enjoy the scenery, and learn your "TRUE COLORS".

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Win-Win Advice for the Inclusive Classroom - by Barbara Tien and Claire Clelland

This advice book is all about advocacy; working together to make a difference in a child's life. It is about communication; caring enough to respectfully help others understand better what you need from them. This book is about teaching; not just the kids but the adults in their lives. It is about best practices that evolve from innovative teaching and from allowing yourself to be the student rather than the teacher.

The mantra "Live It, Learn It, Love It" reflects each author's personal journey of inclusion - one as a Speech-Language Pathologist and the other as a parent of a child with Down syndrome who was inspired to enter the education field. Barbara and Claire are privileged to have met many wonderful families over the past 20 years, who have welcomed them as a companion and confidante. Their stories are intertwined in the advice within this book, as they have been our best teachers.

For book reviews, click here (PDF document)

Parent Accolades for the Experience that Resulted in this Book.

"We want you to know that in the beginning when we were grasping at anything which would help us to be positive you were there. Thank you for being part of our family."

"Thirteen years of Greg's 16 precious years have included you. I don't remember one of those years where you were not helping me find strength or strategies to overcome another barrier."

"You've been a terrific support for us and continued to believe in Paul even when others had given up on him. We're looking forward to a year of hard work, and a lot more successes."

"I sure appreciate your ever lasting heart, soul, and commitment to our children. Our kids would not have a fraction of success without your determination, blood, sweat, tears and generosity. Thank you for believing in our children and in me."

Click here to purchase your copy of Win-Win Advice for the Inclusive Classroom for just $24.99 plus shipping and handling.

For orders of 10 or more books, please contact PREP for discounted rates.

Please note that Calgary area residents can save S&H charges by picking up a copy of the book at the PREP office. Lower Mainland, BC residents can save S&H charges by picking up a copy of the book at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation offices located at 1409 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby, BC, V5B 4J8, Tel: (604) 444-3773.

Effective Teaching Strategies for Successful Inclusion: A Focus on Down Syndrome

This comprehensive resource guide for educators and parents provides facts and strategies on dealing with health, communication, cognition and behaviour, curriculum adaptation and a host of other topics. This book is available for purchase in e-book format with unlimited access in a viewable on-line HTML format as well as with the option to download and/or print an Acrobat Reader PDF version for the same low price. (To download Acrobat Reader free, click here.) You will receive your password to access the file within 1 business day.

Click here to purchase Effective Teaching Strategies for Successful Inclusion Resource Guide.

Sam Hester Art Cards

To commemorate PREP's 15th anniversary the Board of Directors commissioned a painting from artist, Sam Hester.

The original painting is ~ 6 feet by 4 feet and hangs in a place of honour in the waiting room at the Woodridge PREP Centre. It celebrates growth, acceptance, and inclusive education for students of all ages with Down syndrome.

Art cards are available for 12 for $10 plus shipping and handling and can be purchased on line or at PREP. Please drop in for a visit to admire the original painting in person.

Click here to purchase Sam Hester Art Cards.

Membership

As a member of The PREP Program, a Calgary Society to Promote Education for Children with Down Syndrome, you are entitled to the following privileges:

• voting privileges at all PREP Society general meetings,
  
• free monthly workshops,
  
• use of the resource library,
  
• subsidized social events and
• complimentary parking
• enrollment of your child in PREP's programs

Membership is $40.00 CAD per year (September to August).

Click here to become a member.

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