"It’s not how you communicate that’s important - it’s simply that you DO!"
That is the message provided by the BC Family Hearing Resource Society, who help children up to 5 years old with varying stages of hearing loss. As the largest not-for-profit organization in British Columbia serving children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, they provide early detection intervention services as well as family-care workshops.
They also provide support, education, sign language instruction and peer-to-peer mentoring to families throughout the province. With a family-centric approach, they work in partnership to provide quality, personalized intervention services.
Ultimately, they believe that communication, in any mode, is key to the well being of each child. Specifically, having the ability communicate ones needs, desires, feelings, opinions and ideas are the cornerstone of a healthy and fulfilling life. Right now, the society is the only one in BC that offers a wide variety of communication options to families.
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BC Family Hearing Resource Society
The organization is hosting an Education Fair on October 3rd to help those families with hearing impaired children to learn about education options available to them.
The event will be held at their Surrey location and runs from 7 pm until 8:30 pm.
Main Surrey Centre
15220 – 92nd Avenue
Surrey, BC V3R 2T8
(604) 584-2827
(604) 584-2800 (Fax)
1-877-584-2827 (Toll Free)
e-mail: info@bcfamilyhearing.com
Vancouver Satellite Centre
#262 – 3665 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC V5R 5W2
(604) 428-7949
(604) 428-7950 (Fax)
e-mail: info@bcfamilyhearing.com
Victoria Satellite Centre
#320 – 702 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1H2
(778) 265-8909
(778) 265-8908 (Fax)
e-mail: vicinfo@bcfamilyhearing.com
To learn more, visit here.
