Due to the icy roads and snowy conditions, we are cancelling the the January 18th general meeting. Please be safe, and go have fun in the snow See you next month!

Please pass along this training opportunity for all foster parents, relative caregivers and adoptive parents concerning Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 9:00am-4:00pm in room 195 at the Tacoma DSHS office. Julie Gelo is a regional and national expert on this topic and is a wealth of information and supportive strategies [...]

HERE IS THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GREAT TRAINING COMING UP NEXT MONTH IN EVERETT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SPEAKER IS AN EXPERT FROM SAMSA FEDERAL PROGRAM SO THERE SHOULD BE LOTS OF NEW INFORMATION ON ISSUES ALL OVER THE U.S. I WOULD HEARTILY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO GO TO THIS EVENT!! Please find [...]

I am hoping that you can help identify quality adults who might volunteer with the Naval Avenue Mentoring Program. Thanks! Sincerely, Dianne Heckman Make a Difference in the Life of a Child I am the new interventionist at Naval Avenue. In the past, Naval has had a student mentoring program which paired adults with students [...]

Sara Hall from the Olympic Peninsula Autism Center announces the new parent support group and social skills groups forming! PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: WHEN: Monthly on the first Saturday of the month, 1-3pm First session on Saturday, January 7 WHO: Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (need not be clients at OPAC) Facilitators, Ann Abraham- [...]

We all get busy and sometimes we forget deadlines! GOOD NEWS! The deadline for all caregivers to register at the special rate of $50.00 for the 3-day Pacific Northwest Caregiver’s Confernece at Great Wolf Lodge and Water Park on January 16-18th HAS BEEN EXTENDED to January 10, 2012! For more information, go to http://www.fpaws.org.