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Building Resilience in Families Where a Family Member has PWS:         Service Providers play a significant role in promoting resilience in families where there is a need to manage PWS.......                                    for article and detailed poster.

On-Line Learning Resource: Successfully Supporting People with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
This on-line course adds new content to the PWS Handbook and covers best practices in working with children, youth and adults with PWS.

The PWS Handbook for Professionals is an easy-to read Handbook which is an effective training resource for anyone needing to orient a new staff person or service provider.
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The PWS Network is managed by the PWS Network Steering Committee, with the assistance of Community Living Dufferin.   Members of the Steering Committee include:
Sheryl Chandler, Community Living Dufferin (Chairperson); Mary Hartman, Aldaview Services; Bonnie Jankowski, Community Living Burlington; Kelly Heimbecker, Community Living York South; Pat McCoy, Central West Specialized Developmental Services;  JoAnne Nugent, Humber College; Cathie Sondergaard, Infant and Child Development Services of Peel;  Nita Goldband, OPWSA; Melonie Sampson, Vita Community Services; Patricia Hood-MacNicol, Regional Ethics Program (Trillium Health Centre, Credit Valley Hospital); Barbara Horvath, PWS Network Project Manager
Send us your ideas, suggestions and questions.  Ask for more information about the PWS Network or about how to become a member of the Network. 
E mail address: info@pwsnetwork.ca
Mailing address:         
PWS Network, c/o Community Living Dufferin
65371 County Road 3, Orangeville, ON  L9W 2Y9