Respite Options

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Program Title :	Community Centre Based Respite
Program Time :	Weekend Program
Program Runs from :	Ongoing Program
Program Length :
Program Cost :	Service fees apply, are moderate
Admission Criteria :
Activities :	During the summer FRS provides support for children to attend summer day camp programs at several community centres (Windsor, LaSalle and Leamington). During the school year we support youth and teens to attend a recreation program at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle called Fantastic Fridays. FRS also works with St. Clair College to provide support for children to participate in a recreation based program called Super Saturdays.
Comments :	Family Respite Services give priority to families who have few other supports and families who have limited income for this program. This program is offered at three community centres: College Ave. Community Centre, Forest Glade Community Centre and the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. In the summer, FRS provides staffing support at Forest Glade and College Ave. day camp programs to assist children with special needs to participate. This is an extension of the Our Time Program.
Disability / Special Needs :	Autism/PDD, Developmental Disability, Dual Diagnosis, Physical Disability, Seizure Disorder
Individual(s) Served :	Male and Female
Type of Respite :	Centre-Based Respite
Age Category :	6-12 School Aged and 13-17 Adolescent
Agency :	Family Respite Services
Agency Contact :	Maureen Stiers
Phone :	519 971 9731
Fax :	519 972 8902
Email Address :	mstiers@familyrespite.org
Option offered at :	3295 Quality Way, Windsor, ON N8T 3R9
Nearest Intersection :
Regions :	Windsor / Essex
Attachment :

Provincial Respite Services Network 2018 Update