Over the years Hummingbirds have come to represent hope, prosperity, and resilience. To some, hummingbirds symbolize that challenging times are over and better times are coming. At Hummingbird Support Services, we support families through the challenging times with the goal of supporting children in reaching their optimal engagement and participation in daily activities. We focus on providing Occupational Therapy support in a functional, fun, and family centered way.
Areas of Support
Self-Care Skills
Self-care skills are the everyday tasks that we need to complete in a day such as dressing, eating, and toileting.
Self Regulation
Self regulation is the best state of alertness of both our body and emotions for a specific situation. It is the ability to understand and manage our behaviour and reactions.
Sensory Processing
Sensory processing is the ability to take in information through our senses; organize, interpret, and then respond to that information accordingly. This includes processing and reacting to visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, gustatory, olfactory, and interoception information.
Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation is the ability to adjust our emotions in response to various situations. These can be situations that are boring, exciting, stressful, frustrating, and everything in between.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are the ability to use our hands in coordinated and precise movements to engage in activities.
Executive Functioning
Executive functions are the skills needed to support our brain’s ability to plan ahead, meet goals, display self-control, follow multiple-step directions, and stay focused.
Our Team
Jocelyn Bews, MSc OT
Jocelyn graduated from St. Francis of Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science majoring in chemistry and minoring in biology. She then completed a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta. She is a registered Occupational Therapist with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
Jocelyn has a lifelong passion for working with children to support their engagement in meaningful occupations. Jocelyn has over 10 years of experience working in different roles with families with children of various ages, diagnoses, and skill levels. She is eager to assist families and children in reaching their optimal engagement and participation in all daily activities.
In 2022, Jocelyn joined the Southwest Collaborative Support Services team as a school-based Occupational Therapist supporting students and learning teams across southwest Alberta. While excited to be supporting children in schools, Jocelyn has continued her passion for working with children by supporting families at home through a family centered approach.