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Events in May 2024

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April 29, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Musical Theatre Movement Workshop Spring 2024


April 29, 2024

Build your strength and embrace the joy of movement! BALANCE is pleased to once again partner with VIBE Arts to provide our in-demand Musical Theatre Movement Workshop.

Join us for 60 minutes of toe-tapping, moving, and grooving in a dance-based fitness class! We will work every major muscle group and allow for modifications for all levels and abilities. Classic tunes with a musical theatre theme will bring you and your muscles back in time as we show tune it up together!

The 10-week movement workshop will run Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, starting March 18th until June 10th (with no classes on following Mondays: Easter Monday, April 1st, April 22nd and Victoria Day long weekend on May 20th) at West Neighbourhood House located at 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington & Dundas). This is a small class, so spaces are very limited! Register now by contacting the office at 416-236-1796 ext.0 or emailing info@balancefba.org.

West Neighbourhood House
248 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3A2
Canada
April 30, 2024(2 events)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


April 30, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

7:00 pm: Low Vision Speaker Series: “If My Vision [Acuity] is So Good, Why Can’t I …?” Using Low Vision Assessment to Explore Client-Identified Challenges and Possible Solutions


April 30, 2024

“If My Vision [Acuity] is So Good, Why Can’t I …?” Using Low Vision Assessment to Explore Client-Identified Challenges and Possible Solutions with Julia Foster, OT.

This interactive, case-based presentation will explore low vision assessment, specifically:

  • The role of the low vision assessment (LVA) in the continuum of eye health care and low vision/blindness rehabilitation
  •  Components of low vision rehabilitation assessment
  • Case scenarios that explore applying LVA results to:
    • Connect visual function with client-identified concerns
    • Inform education to clients/families
    • Shape a rehabilitation plan and identify potential low vision aids/strategies
  • Questions to reflect on your connection to low vision/blindness rehabilitation
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May 6, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Musical Theatre Movement Workshop Spring 2024


May 6, 2024

Build your strength and embrace the joy of movement! BALANCE is pleased to once again partner with VIBE Arts to provide our in-demand Musical Theatre Movement Workshop.

Join us for 60 minutes of toe-tapping, moving, and grooving in a dance-based fitness class! We will work every major muscle group and allow for modifications for all levels and abilities. Classic tunes with a musical theatre theme will bring you and your muscles back in time as we show tune it up together!

The 10-week movement workshop will run Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, starting March 18th until June 10th (with no classes on following Mondays: Easter Monday, April 1st, April 22nd and Victoria Day long weekend on May 20th) at West Neighbourhood House located at 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington & Dundas). This is a small class, so spaces are very limited! Register now by contacting the office at 416-236-1796 ext.0 or emailing info@balancefba.org.

West Neighbourhood House
248 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3A2
Canada
May 7, 2024(2 events)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


May 7, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

7:00 pm: Low Vision Speaker Series: “Custom Prosthetic Eyes – Everyone is Unique” with Andra Striowski


May 7, 2024

Join us to hear ocularist Andra Striowski describe the creation of custom-fit, handcrafted prosthetic eyes. Witness the transformation of medical necessity into a personalized work of art, as Andra takes you through the meticulous process of crafting these unique devices. Through real-life cases, you’ll see how an ocularist adapts the shape of the prosthesis to manage various orbital disorders. You’ll gain insights into the challenges and triumphs of mitigating conditions like lid entropion, ptosis, and proptosis. Come and learn how such services can make a difference in the lives of your patients.

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May 8, 2024
May 9, 2024(1 event)

6:30 pm: Stress Management and Resilience Workshop- Spring 2024


May 9, 2024

This 7-week program caters exclusively to BALANCE clients.  Social Worker and BALANCE counsellor Melanie Marsden facilitates the workshop series. Melanie specializes in intersecting identities in counselling and is an experienced counsellor with lived experience of sight loss.  In this workshop, participants will learn fundamental mental health skills tailored to individuals with visual disabilities. Each 2-hour workshop builds on the next, covering topics such as understanding stress, mindfulness, reframing negative thoughts, assertiveness, and resilience.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

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May 13, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Musical Theatre Movement Workshop Spring 2024


May 13, 2024

Build your strength and embrace the joy of movement! BALANCE is pleased to once again partner with VIBE Arts to provide our in-demand Musical Theatre Movement Workshop.

Join us for 60 minutes of toe-tapping, moving, and grooving in a dance-based fitness class! We will work every major muscle group and allow for modifications for all levels and abilities. Classic tunes with a musical theatre theme will bring you and your muscles back in time as we show tune it up together!

The 10-week movement workshop will run Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, starting March 18th until June 10th (with no classes on following Mondays: Easter Monday, April 1st, April 22nd and Victoria Day long weekend on May 20th) at West Neighbourhood House located at 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington & Dundas). This is a small class, so spaces are very limited! Register now by contacting the office at 416-236-1796 ext.0 or emailing info@balancefba.org.

West Neighbourhood House
248 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3A2
Canada
May 14, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


May 14, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

May 15, 2024
May 16, 2024(1 event)

6:30 pm: Stress Management and Resilience Workshop- Spring 2024


May 16, 2024

This 7-week program caters exclusively to BALANCE clients.  Social Worker and BALANCE counsellor Melanie Marsden facilitates the workshop series. Melanie specializes in intersecting identities in counselling and is an experienced counsellor with lived experience of sight loss.  In this workshop, participants will learn fundamental mental health skills tailored to individuals with visual disabilities. Each 2-hour workshop builds on the next, covering topics such as understanding stress, mindfulness, reframing negative thoughts, assertiveness, and resilience.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

May 17, 2024
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May 20, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Musical Theatre Movement Workshop Spring 2024


May 20, 2024

Build your strength and embrace the joy of movement! BALANCE is pleased to once again partner with VIBE Arts to provide our in-demand Musical Theatre Movement Workshop.

Join us for 60 minutes of toe-tapping, moving, and grooving in a dance-based fitness class! We will work every major muscle group and allow for modifications for all levels and abilities. Classic tunes with a musical theatre theme will bring you and your muscles back in time as we show tune it up together!

The 10-week movement workshop will run Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, starting March 18th until June 10th (with no classes on following Mondays: Easter Monday, April 1st, April 22nd and Victoria Day long weekend on May 20th) at West Neighbourhood House located at 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington & Dundas). This is a small class, so spaces are very limited! Register now by contacting the office at 416-236-1796 ext.0 or emailing info@balancefba.org.

West Neighbourhood House
248 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3A2
Canada
May 21, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


May 21, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

May 22, 2024
May 23, 2024(1 event)

6:30 pm: Stress Management and Resilience Workshop- Spring 2024


May 23, 2024

This 7-week program caters exclusively to BALANCE clients.  Social Worker and BALANCE counsellor Melanie Marsden facilitates the workshop series. Melanie specializes in intersecting identities in counselling and is an experienced counsellor with lived experience of sight loss.  In this workshop, participants will learn fundamental mental health skills tailored to individuals with visual disabilities. Each 2-hour workshop builds on the next, covering topics such as understanding stress, mindfulness, reframing negative thoughts, assertiveness, and resilience.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

May 24, 2024
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May 27, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Musical Theatre Movement Workshop Spring 2024


May 27, 2024

Build your strength and embrace the joy of movement! BALANCE is pleased to once again partner with VIBE Arts to provide our in-demand Musical Theatre Movement Workshop.

Join us for 60 minutes of toe-tapping, moving, and grooving in a dance-based fitness class! We will work every major muscle group and allow for modifications for all levels and abilities. Classic tunes with a musical theatre theme will bring you and your muscles back in time as we show tune it up together!

The 10-week movement workshop will run Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, starting March 18th until June 10th (with no classes on following Mondays: Easter Monday, April 1st, April 22nd and Victoria Day long weekend on May 20th) at West Neighbourhood House located at 248 Ossington Avenue (Ossington & Dundas). This is a small class, so spaces are very limited! Register now by contacting the office at 416-236-1796 ext.0 or emailing info@balancefba.org.

West Neighbourhood House
248 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 3A2
Canada
May 28, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


May 28, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

May 29, 2024
May 30, 2024(2 events)

6:30 pm: Stress Management and Resilience Workshop- Spring 2024


May 30, 2024

This 7-week program caters exclusively to BALANCE clients.  Social Worker and BALANCE counsellor Melanie Marsden facilitates the workshop series. Melanie specializes in intersecting identities in counselling and is an experienced counsellor with lived experience of sight loss.  In this workshop, participants will learn fundamental mental health skills tailored to individuals with visual disabilities. Each 2-hour workshop builds on the next, covering topics such as understanding stress, mindfulness, reframing negative thoughts, assertiveness, and resilience.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

7:00 pm: Low Vision Speaker Series: "Psychosocial Challenges Associated with Sight Loss" with Dr. Virginia Duff


May 30, 2024

This interactive presentation will discuss:

  • Understanding the emotional reactions related to vision loss.
  • The emotional challenges involved in diagnosing a condition that will inevitably lead to substantial vision loss. The challenge as a health care provider delivering devastating news.
  • Helping your patients start on the journey toward acceptance and successful adaptation.
  • Do’s and Don’t in dealing with a patient with vision loss in your office.
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May 31, 2024
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