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Sunday
Apr 08
2018

1:30pm - 2:20pm

East Bayfield Community Centre - 80 Livingstone St E, Barrie, ON L4M 6X9

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Simcoe - Barrie
Drop-In Sensory Open Skating - Barrie

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Who should attend? Parents and Caregivers|Children|Youth

Below are some important notes pertaining to these skates:

$4.25 per skater – support workers enter for free
One support worker per individual with a disability
All individuals must be on skates on the ice (if a participant uses a mobility device such as a wheelchair, their support worker must still be on skates)
Friends/siblings welcomed – still $4.25 per participant
Wheelchairs, walkers, and other mobility devices are permitted on the ice
Pre-register to save spot (online or at the desk), but pay upon arrival
- East Bayfield C.C. – Purple rink
- Sunday April 8th – 31724 or
- Saturday April 22nd – 31725

The City of Barrie's Inclusion Services is offering 2 drop-in sensory open skates for families of children with special needs at East Bayfield C.C. It is a drop-in program, but we are still requiring pre-registration for families to save their spots to ensure that the space is still sensory aware.

This skate is designed to offer an opportunity for families with participants with physical or developmental disabilities that would typically be resistant to accessing our public/family drop-in skates due to the large numbers of participants and overstimulating and busy environment. The environment will be sensory aware in that the lights will be dimmed, the change rooms won’t be as busy (this helps tremendously with transitions), and the total number of participants on the ice will be capped at 20 to create a more calm, slow moving and overall quieter space to experience skating (especially for those who use mobility devices on the ice).

Download event flyer 08-04-2018 1:30pm 08-04-2018 2:20pm America/Toronto Drop-In Sensory Open Skating - Barrie The City of Barrie's Inclusion Services is offering 2 drop-in sensory open skates for families of children with special needs at East Bayfield C.C. It is a drop-in program, but we are still requiring pre-registration for families to save their spots to ensure that the space is still sensory aware. This skate is designed to offer an opportunity for families with participants with physical or developmental disabilities that would typically be resistant to accessing our public/family drop-in skates due to the large numbers of participants and overstimulating and busy environment. The environment will be sensory aware in that the lights will be dimmed, the change rooms won’t be as busy (this helps tremendously with transitions), and the total number of participants on the ice will be capped at 20 to create a more calm, slow moving and overall quieter space to experience skating (especially for those who use mobility devices on the ice). East Bayfield Community Centre - 80 Livingstone St E, Barrie, ON L4M 6X9 adam.kovacs@barrie.ca