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Section 3 - Helping You Find Your Way Important Phone Numbers (doc) | Parent Support Groups | Community Contacts | Financial Supports Available Return to Table of Contents Parent Resource Package Section 3 - Helping You Find Your Way (Download Section 3) Parent Support Groups Valley Autism Support Team (V.A.S.T.) President: Linda Ettinger Email: leettinger@av.eastlink.ca Tel: (902) 765-4589 Meetings: Kentville - 2nd Thursday of every month Time: 8:00 pm Place: Annapolis Valley Work Centre 17 Chipman Drive, Kentville Industrial Park Meetings: Middleton - 4th Thursday of every month Time: 8:00 pm Place: Soldiers Memorial Hospital Founder's Room, Middleton Note: No Summer Meetings, Vast Meetings Start 2nd Thursday September Supporting Our Special Families Contact: Connie Handspiker Address: RR#2 Annapolis Royal, NS B0S 1A0 Tel:(902) 532-0795 Meetings: (Family Matters, Annapolis) Please call 532-0795 for meeting times The Autism/PDD Society of Mainland NS Contact: Lisa Adams, President Email: padams@hfx.eastlink.ca Vicki Harvey, Secretary Address: B-2 Level, 1505 Barrington St., Halifax, NS B3J 3K5 Tel: (902) 429-4997 Other Supports Provincial Autism Center Contact: Michelle Helliwell, Librarian Address: B-2 Level, 1505 Barrington St., Halifax, NS B3J 3K5 Tel: (902) 446-4995 Email: library@autismcentre.ns.ca Society for Treatment of Autism Contact: Agnes O'Neill, Program Director Address: P.O. Box 392, Sydney, NS BlP 6H2 Tel: (902) 567-6441 Community Contacts Click the following links for more information on: South Shore Community Contacts Tri-County Community Contacts Annapolis Valley Community Contacts Financial Supports Available Click the following links for more information on: Supporting Children with Special Needs in Child Care Programs: Information regarding funding to support the inclusion of children with special needs in daycare programs. Income Tax Credits for individuals supporting people with disabilities: Childcare expenses and disability amount fact sheet.

Christina Schulze-Allen - EIIS Regional Coordinator Western Regional CAYAC, P.O. Box 520, Middleton Nova Scotia, B0S 1P0 Email: csa.cyiwg@ns.sympatico.ca	Phone: (902) 825-5377   Fax: (902) 825-5379
Supported by Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre Technical Resource Centre