Residential supports in a safe and nurturing home environment to Deaf and hard of hearing students from outside of the Edmonton
Connect Society’s Stay and Study program offers residential supports in a safe and nurturing home environment to Deaf and hard of hearing students from outside of the Edmonton area while students attend specialized educational programs in the city. The program offers a language enriched environment, qualified professionals, positive role models, and help for students to stay connected with their natural families.
Connect Society will work with families to secure any available funding from the province and/or local school boards. There is no direct parental financial responsibility to access supports.
The program provides “Host families” who will facilitate student’s language development, life skill competence and participation in all aspects of family and community life. host families will develop and maintain an open and collaborative relationship with the natural family.
The program supports both the natural and host family to develop and meet each student’s educational and social goals.
“Accessibility, being able to do a lot more things in my life than I could before.”
“Realized the importance that I am in charge of my own schedule."
“It is a very professional program with great policies and guidelines in place to ensure the best quality of services.”
“I receive a lot more opportunities with this program.”
“The SSPs I work with have a positive attitude and a good motivation for willingness to learn.”
“I grew so much as a parent, learning about the hearing loss, (and) how to manage her frustration with sign language because she could not communicate. I changed to be more protective of her from others ignorance in the way they judged her; I grew in my confidence as a parent to do what I thought was right. Connect helped with the information I needed and supported me to be confident because I understood her better – I understood what big effect a hearing loss has on a child”
“Connect society teachers and family support consultants have played a tremendous role in making my child's life better in educational, social, medical and psychological areas. Each teacher and consultant is totally dedicated to supporting the families in need and their dedication is shown in their communication and excellent results and improvements made directly in their student's life.”
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