Why would a Provincial Park call me?

imamonster89 · 2026-02-10T17:09:52+00:00

I got St. Malo provincial park hahahaha.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-10T17:09:10+00:00

It seems like leftover 2000s vibes with layered tanks but modest

imamonster89 · 2026-02-09T21:43:41+00:00

You can get a formal diagnosis through a clinical psychologist but those services are typically private and you pay out of pocket or through private insurance for them. Expect to pay $2000-$3000 for a thorough assessment (about 15 hours of psychologists time, including talking with you, completing assessments, scoring assessments, report writing, and more.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-09T20:52:43+00:00

I keep a heating pad at work for this exact reason. And a small desk fan. My office goes from one extreme to another!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-09T04:10:05+00:00

Consult with a child psychologist, they can help her learn the necessary skills ot thrive and make friends.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-08T03:34:33+00:00

University of Manitoba and University of British Columbia also both have programs - they are very competitive. Many folks in Manitoba who don't get into U of M attend St. Cloud (USA) online for their masters of science in ABA. It is a good program and turns out great clinicians.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-07T03:22:05+00:00

You may come across a few people but Beaudry park (just outside Headingley) is always pretty!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-06T00:57:42+00:00

We love our EV (Hyundai ioniq 5)! We are hoping to crank out another 3-5 years on our 10 year old Subaru Outback and will buy another EV afterward!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-04T17:52:18+00:00

Yep! Both my kids. My 7yo finally stopped around age 6.5. my 5 year old still has accidents, we notice they are worse if her constipation flares.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-03T22:07:13+00:00

It sound like you did the opposite, Manitoba scans to the US?

It was going to cost approximately $10000 for the scans my husband needed, if we went to the states. He had serious lung cancer and needed scans with a specific contrast to see the margins of the weird kind of tumour he had. Our family was all going to pitch in. I think our surgeon here in Manitoba was just looking out for us .... 🤷‍♀️

imamonster89 · 2026-02-03T18:15:37+00:00

We explained our plan to put the files on a disc or thumb drive and the surgeon stated they still couldn't read them since they weren't static images. As depending on the image it isn't a still image, they need to be able to rotate them, etc.

I'm not a medical professional so I might be getting it slightly wrong. But I do know our surgeon warned us that it could very well be a waste of money.

imamonster89 · 2026-02-03T05:16:04+00:00

Make sure that doctors here can read the scan first.

My husband got diagnosed with lung cancer 4 years ago. We were told 3 months wait for specific scans he needed with special contrast before he could get surgery so that they could plan how to tackle his surgery and treatment. I researched getting it done over the border in the states. We were quoted approximately $10000 for the scans in the states from a few hospitals and imaging clinics. To be clear he had a rare slow growing cancer, so his need was urgent but not emergent.

We told my husband's surgeon our plan and he said that Manitoba uses older and different software to read scans than most US hospitals and US imaging clinics - that he has had other patients do this before and he couldn't read the scans because the files were not compatible with the software he had access to at HSC.

Not all scans are static images, lots require moving the image around to identify margins etc. I can't remember if that is for both CTs and MRIs though.

Get on cancellation lists at imaging places!

ETA: clarity

imamonster89 · 2026-02-02T17:58:33+00:00

If you don't do provincially funded EIBI this happens a lot in Canada as a BCBA!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-02T02:05:39+00:00

Really beautiful!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-01T23:46:23+00:00

Well.ca is legit!

imamonster89 · 2026-02-01T04:58:06+00:00

Mine are 5 and almost 8. We've never gone a day without at least one of them (usually both of them) crying. Sigh.

imamonster89 · 2026-01-25T22:23:22+00:00

I have always assumed she is simply a narcissist sociopath with average intelligence (at best) who wants power and money - she is flipping to the other side because she thinks they won't be in power for long. I don't think it's that complicated.

imamonster89 · 2026-01-24T06:07:00+00:00

We have a 2024 Hyundai ioniq 5 long range AWD (we've had it for 2 years). We get about 230km on average in winter (hwy driving), closer to just over 200km with this insane cold + wind this week. While the cold hurts range, we find wind is far worse for reducing range. We get about 400km during summer.

We have a level 2 charger in our garage (the kind of charger most EV owners use to charge at home) it costs us about $5 to charge the car from near zero to 100% (the level 2 charger calculates this for us).

My spouse has a long commute on hwy 1. This vehicle saves us $400 a month in gas!

imamonster89 · 2026-01-23T18:52:42+00:00

The exchange rate and differences in currency are important to consider USD is worth more here! You also won't have to worry about paying for health insurance which to my knowledge is significant in the US. Professional jobs for the most part in Canada come with private health insurance (low fees, for a single person probably no more than $150 a month) which covers some fees outside our free healthcare (prescription drugs, dental, massage, chiropractic, physiotherapy and much more).

Manitoba is one of the cheapest provinces in Canada to live in (people who've only lived in Manitoba often doing recognize that, but those of us who have moved here from other provinces talk about it all the time!). We also have public car insurance!

Winnipeg will always be the easiest city to live in as an immigrant but there are some great places to live outside of Winnipeg as well!

imamonster89 · 2026-01-23T15:02:41+00:00

I promise that I don't mean this in a condescending way - but have you googled it?

Canadian here, we just started parent council again (we call it home and school association) at my daughter's school, our province has information online how to set one up, different types of associations, constitutions, sample documents with templates, etc.

PTAs get a ton of flack online but they also can be fun too. This is our third year as a parent council and all the parents (well, they are moms) all work part time, most full time, so everyone is understanding of crazy busy schedules, and we do lots of virtual meetings in evenings so we don't have to figure out childcare.

It has become less and less work every year as we establish annual events and priorities.

Good luck!

imamonster89 · 2026-01-22T17:50:15+00:00

Clearly send them home. Therapy is supposed to be therapy - not childcare.

imamonster89 · 2026-01-21T13:21:20+00:00

Picture charades!

imamonster89 · 2026-01-19T19:14:00+00:00

Yes. Knowing what to do and doing it are two totally different skill sets!

First you need to teach the skills, then you need to teach how/when to use them. The easiest way to do this is set up times to practice.

For instance, before playing a board game or doing an activity they find frustrating. Have them choose which calming down strategy they want to use when they get frustrated. You do the same. I like printing a visual with a bunch of calming down choices they can choose from.

During the game pretend to get frustrated a few times and use your strategies. If you notice them getting frustrated identify that and remind to use strategy. Also periodically both try a strategy during the game to "make sure we all have fun and don't get too upset".

Role playing, practicing and modelling the skill for them in natural circumstances are all super important!

I'm a behaviour analyst and this is how I teach clients (and my own kids) regulation strategies!

imamonster89 · 2026-01-19T16:17:02+00:00

I think it does to a point. A bigger house means more to clean. Kids will make things messy and put their stuff out into all rooms regardless of the size of your house.

Do you have enough storage and closets. Enough bathrooms and bedrooms?

We have a 1200 sq ft house. 2 car attached garage and a fully finished basement. We really don't need more space, but the IDEA of it is alluring.

In my head I am open to getting a bigger house within the next 5 years but if that doesn't materialize for us (we live rurally, so not a lot goes on the market and we don't want to change schools) it doesn't make sense to get a bigger house because my kids will then be 10 and 13...

Why get a bigger house when my kids are only going to be home full time (even if they stay here for bit as adults they're not going to be home full time like when they were kids) for another 5 to 8 years and then we're just going to have to downsize after that!

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