National Indigenous Health and Wellness Association

Family services

NIHWA’s goal to provide our community with the following:

  • Behavioural Management Skills: various forms of techniques to adapt to child’s needs and abilities
  • Time Management Skills: develop consistency in the home while creating openness to learn and adapt
  • Information on Autism Spectrum Disorder signs, levels and provide resources to access of services
  • Cooking skills: basic to advanced cooking skills, reading cultural base recipes geared to child’s nutritional needs and wants in a fun and creative environment
  • Child proofing your home awareness: knowing what steps to take at the appropriate age so everyone is safe
  • To provide information concerning FAS/FAE and Fetal Smoking Syndrome
  • To allow individuals in need, an opportunity to be educated on parenting to recognize and meet the needs during the developmental year of infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children
  • To help parents develop traditional family values that are culturally based
  • To provide an atmosphere where clients can access current information about parenting
  • Provide support in the ways of one on one time; whether virtual or in person to setup/take/attend appointments with parents
Our board members
Loretta DeSousa
Loretta DeSousa
CEO/Program Developer/Facilitator
Lori Lamour
Lori Lamour
Board Member/Facilitator
Juanita Mnichol
Juanita Mnichol
Lizanne LeClair
Lizanne LeClair