Are all families in B.C. being contacted by a GBYS Parent Guide?
Guide By Your Side is available for any family of a child newly diagnosed with hearing loss in B.C. The Provincial Intervention Coordinator and the Service Coordinator for Intervention routinely refer families to the GBYS Parent Coordinator at the time of diagnosis. The Parent Coordinator will then match the family with a parent guide, who will contact the family within a week or two. The nature and extent of the communication between the guide and the family will vary from family to family, but the parent guide will be able to provide approximately six hours of service to each family. For some families this may involve more intense support right around the time of diagnosis, and for other families the service may be spread out over a number of months or even longer. For more information about Guide By Your Side, please contact Teresa Kazemir at tkazemir@cw.bc.ca or 604 612-9193.
