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Category Archives: Families to Families
When Grief Speaks
By Gina Cooper It happened in a safe place. With a deeply caring, experienced psychologist named Mary Beth Goring at the John Tracy Clinic Summer Session in Los Angeles. Grief decided she had been pushed inside for too long and … Continue reading
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VIRTUAL Parent Evening “Unilateral Hearing Loss”
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 7:00 – 9:00pm Location Update: Connect from your home only: by phone or computer/smart phone. This is a special evening specifically for parents of children who are unilaterally deaf or hard of hearing. BC H&V board … Continue reading
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Getting Ready for Kindergarten – Navigating Your Options
By Lee Johnston The transition to kindergarten can be an exciting and stressful time under any circumstances, for both children and their parents or guardians. But planning for the kindergarten transition for a D/deaf or hard of hearing child (DHH) … Continue reading
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Family Gatherings – “It is what it is…”
By Cecelia Klassen *This article was first published in Family Network for Deaf Children newsletter in March 2016. It has been updated and republished in BC Hands & Voices with the permission of the author.* Barbeques, birthday parties, Thanksgiving dinner, … Continue reading
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Finding the Right Fit
By Nicki Horton Our journey began over 26 years ago when we were blessed with our first child; our beautiful baby boy, JC. At this time, the Early Hearing Screening Program was not in place. Despite multiple visits to the … Continue reading
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Turning Five – A Look Back As Our Daughter Graduates from Early Intervention Services
By: Rabab Albaharia My lovely daughter has turned five this year. At this age she has graduated from early intervention services, and after all the graduation excitement and the thrill of starting a new chapter of her life, I thought … Continue reading
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Developing Resiliency Through Community Involvement
By Nicole Eich Our daughter Kathleen is 5. She’s a bright spark of a child – funny and engaging and curious. It’s been a joy to watch her grow, discover the world and see her interests develop. When we learned … Continue reading
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A Helpful Tool for People Supporting Your DHH Child
A note about this article- I’m writing this as a parent, this is just my experience and what’s helped us. It’s not an official Hands & Voices tool. It’s just a template I created because I thought it might be … Continue reading
The Value of Connecting
By Lisa Cable As I sit at my computer writing this article, my 9-year old daughter Lily has just finished an online conversation with a teenage girl, facilitated by their shared Teacher of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing. They … Continue reading
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Parent Coffee Night “Microtia/Atresia”
Thursday May 16th 7:00 – 9:00pm Location: Children’s Hearing & Speech, 3575 Kaslo St, Vancouver – Free Parking *Available for families living around the province via teleconference/ video-conference* Join us at a special parent coffee night about Microtia/Atresia. We are … Continue reading
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