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ADS Report: Alberta Disability Summit: Listening in a Good Way-Indigenous Perspectives on Disability (ALIGN)
Listening in a Good Way: Indigenous Perspectives on Disability shares what was heard at the Alberta Disability Summit November 27, 2026 – Indigenous Cultural Understanding, held on Tsuut’ina Nation. This reflection centres Indigenous voices, lived experience, and community knowledge, highlighting barriers, strengths, and opportunities to move disability services toward more culturally grounded, relationship-based approaches.
ALIGN’s Winter Count Project: Acimowina – Teaching Stories
Six months before the AGM, we gathered in ceremony led by Elder Harley Crowshoe at Trellis Society, within Treaty 7 territory—the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy. This wasn’t just a meeting; it was a beginning. Elder Harley guided us in grounding our process in cultural protocol and spiritual intention. From that moment, the Winter Count became more than a project—it became a journey.
Bridging the distance: feeling connected when apart (Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma)
Includes strategies that have proven effective in helping to strengthen the parent-child relationship in preparation for and during separation.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers December 2025
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.
Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling: Skills for the Other 23 Hours (CYCAA)
The CYCAA Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling is a practical text designed to help students learn essential interviewing and counselling skills through a practical action-oriented approach and scenarios situated in common professional CYC settings such as group homes, treatment centres, or outreach services.
Caring for Foster Kids During the Holidays: Bringing Joy and Stability to Their Lives
As a caregiver, fostering a sense of joy, comfort, and security during the holidays can make a world of difference.
The 'Four Stories' Approach: A Conceptual Clinical Model for Moving Families and Caregivers Beyond Trauma
Little Warriors, in collaboration with the Scientific and Clinical Council, has successfully published a new article: "The 'Four Stories' Approach: A Conceptual Clinical Model for Moving Families and Caregivers Beyond Trauma," in the Clinical Social Work Journal!
Mattering in Early Childhood: Building a Strong Foundation for Life
This working paper from CDC Harvard University, co-authored with Jennifer B. Wallace, best-selling author and founder of the Mattering Institute, explores how mattering affects children's lifelong health and well-being.
ALIGN Honours Foster and Kinship Caregivers at Flag-Raising Ceremony
The annual ceremony at the Queen Elizabeth II building marks the start of caregiver appreciation month, which is recognized in October each year in Alberta.
