Participant Handbook
The Port Alberni Association For Community Living
Participant Handbook
Introduction to your Handbook
Why do we give you this Handbook?
- People need information
- If people do not get enough information they might not make the best decisions for themselves
- It is your right to have the information you need to make good decisions and to make informed choices
- This Handbook is one way we respect your rights by making sure you have enough information about the Port Alberni Association for Community Living. Throughout this handbook we will call the Association - PAACL
Using the Handbook
- A staff person will talk with you about the handbook. They will explain anything you don't understand
- If you have any suggestions to make this handbook better, please contact 724-7155
- This handbook was developed to help make sure that people are well informed about the services they access.
Acknowledgement
PAACL would like to thank the Victoria Association for Community Living and the Parksville & District Association for Community Living for providing the groundwork for our handbook.
Table of Contents
Helping You to Achieve Your Goal
Abbreviations or Acronyms
PAACL - Port Alberni Association for Community Living
BCACL - British Columbia Association for Community Living
CLBC - Community Living British Columbia
IDP - Infant Development Program
MCFD - Ministry for Children and Family Development
SCD - Supported Child Development
SCL - Services for Community Living
MHR - Ministry for Human Resources