Exercising all of the senses
GREAT
BEGINNINGS
HOME CHILD CARE
519-253-5235
· Screened and
regularly
monitored
homes
Choose Your Own
Adventure
Summer Day Camp
· Fee assistance is
available
· Ages 6 weeks to 12 years
· Working from your own
home with a licensed,
supportive agency
Participants can choose
a stream of either sports and games,
creative 360 or science.
• Ages 4 – 13 (born in 2011 or earlier)
• Activities run from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
• FREE before (7:30 am) and after (5:30 pm) care
• Minimum of 60 minutes of physical activities
each day
• Three days of indoor swimming each week
• Prices start at $139/week or $31/day
Specialty Day Camps
· Wages guaranteed upon
child placement
Call 519-253-5235
for more information
about child care in your
community
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Free totdies for
with goo new
every nt!
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Town of LaSalle,
Department of Culture and Recreation
Week on Wheels
Little Ballerinas
Hunger Games
Lego - Ultimate
Builder
Camping
Glee Camp
Young Chefs
Fit for Fun
Circus
Dance Academy
Leader in
Training (13+)
For more information, check our website at
www.lasallecultureandrecreation.ca
or contact the Vollmer Complex
at 519-969-7771, ext. 0
Raising Grades,
Building Confidence
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Tutoring students from Kindergarten to grade 12
Trained teachers in the area of learning disabilities
All subjects including reading and math
Special focus on biology, chemistry, physics
& calculus for higher grades
• Offering French and Arabic instruction.
9 Ellis Street, Windsor
(519) 253-2991
www.enhancelearningcenter.com
16 Windsor Parent - May/June 2015
Back to Life Rehabilitation
helps children, adults
with Autism or ADHD
By Hailey Trealout
Windsor and Essex County has
gained a much needed facility that
is the first of its kind in the area for
children who need help developing
functional skills.
Back to Life Rehabilitation, run by
Jeanmarie Towsley, is a centre that
provides therapy programs to help
meet personal goals and individual
needs for children and adults with
Autism or ADHD.
Towsley is specially certified to
practice Sensory Integration, a method used to help heighten a client’s
ability to function in day-to-day scenarios.
“We look at the original five senses
that everybody knows about as well as
the vestibular, which involves movement and balance, and proprioception,
which is our muscles telling our brain
where we are in space,” she explains.
“About 84 per cent of children that
are on the autism spectrum, have difficulty understanding where they are
in space and how they are moving.
We often see kids who spin and not
even realize that they are spinning.
“With sensory integration treatment, if we decide that they’re not
getting enough input, we’ll do lots of
banging and crashing on the mats in
order to help them understand where
they are in space.”
Inside Back to Life Rehabilitation
is state-of-the-art equipment that
helps exercise the extra two senses
Towlsey’s clients struggle to utilize
on their own. This includes a swing
hanging from the ceiling and a ball pit
in the corner of the room.
After a thorough consultation,
Towsley creates a rehabilitation plan
to help her clients navigate these tools
and ultimately progress to the goals
set by their parents and by Towlsey.
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NEW
TeenRangers
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The
The TeenRanger Program offers
young teens (ages 12-15) the
opportunity to gain pre-workplace
experiences outdoors that include
wilderness survival skills, habitat
construction and the ORCKA
Safe Canoeing program.
Program is four consecutive
Tuesdays in August, beginning August 10
Cost: $100
For more info: [email protected]
www.erca.org/teenranger
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