Caregiver Support and Resource Navigation Group (Drop-in)
WHEN: Bi-weekly meetings on Thursdays 10-11:30
Sept 2025 - June 2026
WHERE: Online/Virtual (Zoom)
COST: $20.00 (+GST) Drop-in Fee (if cost is a concern, contact admin@fasdinstitute.com for alternative options.)
Upcoming dates: Jan 8, 22; Feb 5, 19; Mar 5, 19
Topics
Participants will help determine the themes and topics covered that best support their needs.
Topics may include:
- Sharing the joys and challenges of caregiving for adults or youth transitioning into adulthood who have FASD or similar neurodiversity/disability.
- Exchanging ideas and sharing successes.
- Strengthening the caregiver-child relationship through a better understanding of your youth or young adult.
- Caregiver resource systems navigation (employment, disability services, financial, medical, educational).
- Supporting transitions and helping to navigate changes in school, employment, life, and daily routines.
- Supporting employment, interpersonal skills, recreation, friendships, relationships, regulation, and interdependence.
- Managing caregiver fatigue and avoiding burnout.
About the Facilitator
Jill Crichton
I am a mother, sister, aunt, and daughter born and raised in Vancouver.
I have completed two degrees from the University of British Columbia. An undergraduate degree in Linguistics (specializing in language acquisition in children) and a Master of Arts Degree in Special Education.
I have been an infant development consultant for 14 years and a Key Worker for the CDBC Program in the Lower Mainland for 11 years. I have certifications in STAT, a screening tool for Autism in Toddlers and Young Children, Watch, Wait, and Wonder, Group facilitation, and Developmental Parenting. I have developed groups for parents, children, and youth and facilitated trainings for school district personnel, ministry social workers, and foster parents.
I have a passion for working with caregivers of individuals with FASD. I believe in working collaboratively to expand understanding, help navigate systems, develop support systems, and find appropriate resources. Expanded knowledge of FASD and networking with other caregivers are necessary for families to feel supported and build strength and resiliency.
In my work, I have found that “it takes a village to raise children” is especially true. I hope to help families find and develop their village. Say something interesting about your business here.
The Gifts you Carry
The FASD Institute is proud to announce the publication of our book!
All children are sacred and carry gifts. Go on a journey with a grandmother and her grandchild as they discuss the gifts and sacredness of the child as a person with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Through an Indigenous lens, the strengths and potential solutions to challenges faced by a person with FASD will be explored.