Looking for siblings...

Check out the poster below from MA Counselling Psychology Student, Emily Thompson. She is looking for siblings (over the age of 19) of people with a development disability to interview.

Connor and Cayden

This is a really sweet video about these two brothers. Go sibs!

Sibling Group at the Centre for Ability

It's always great to check in with younger sibs and their parents. Thanks Centre for Ability for bringing us in to chat about the sib experience.

Sibling Jam for KIDS!

We had fantastic workshop at the Sotos syndrome Support Association!! Great sharing and fun had by all. Thanks SSSA for the chance to branch out and work with young sibs.

Reflections of the Integration Generation

A great article by Erin Holland Reflections of the Integration Generation is up on the PLAN website. Erin does a really nice job of encapsulating the sib experience. Thanks Erin! Check out the LINK to read it.

Talking with parents

Here's another article about talking with parents at the BC Centre for Ability. Enjoy!

What is Sibling Jam?

Hey folks here is a great article that will give you an idea of what we do in our Sibling Jam workshop. Next workshop is January 29th. See Upcoming Events for more info. 

Stepping Stones follow up

Here is an article that follows up on our meeting with Stepping Stones (a group for young sibs) at the Centre for Ability. 

Sibling Jam, January 29th 2012!

We're happy to announce that we're doing a FREE workshop for adult siblings this coming January, partnering with the Family Support Institute. Check out our Upcoming Events page for all the details. Thanks for the support FSI!

Being a sib brings joys and challenges

Thanks to Lisa at Axiom News for her continued coverage. We both really appreciate her taking the time to talk to us about our experience as siblings. Here is her most recent article.  

Stepping Stones

We were both really touched meeting the parents and the young sibs at the Centre for Ability last night. Glad we could offer some stories and insight. Thanks for listening! And very moved to hear your experiences too. 

New article in BCCFA newsletter

Check the new article about Sibs Link in the BC Centre for Ability Newsletter. Sylvie and I will be talking to young sibs and their parents at BCCFA's group Stepping Stones next week. Way to go BCCFA for valuing and supporting the unique experience of being a sib! 

Talk at PLAN

Sylvie and I can now say that we're motivational speakers! We had a great time talking about the sibling experience at PLAN's All Regional Community Connectors meeting last night. Thanks to all the  Connectors for diving in and making the evening so lively, enriching and heartfelt. Hoorah!  

Photo from the CLBC article

Chat with Erin @ PLAN

Sylvie and I each just had a great chat with Erin Holland who is a Community Connector at PLAN. She was interviewing us for an article that will be going into the new version of Safe and Secure, a guide for families planning for the future of their loved one. Way to go Erin for making sure the stories of siblings get told!

Article on Sib Jam in CLBC newsletter

Check out this great article that came out about Sibling Jam!