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Juli Stevenson

Program Manager of Personalized Supports
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Personalized Supports (PSI)

Providing individualized support to vulnerable adults who have limitations in adaptive functioning

Personalized Supports Initiative is an innovative program providing individualized support to vulnerable adults who have limitations in adaptive functioning. The program is offered both in Port Alberni and Nanaimo. It offers Clients a personalized approach to increase independence and overcome challenges in pursuit of their goals. Areas of support include all areas of life skills, accessing services from other agencies and assisting with teaching a variety of social skills.

Nanaimo Location: #21 – 1601 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC V9S 1G5
Port Alberni Location: 3008 2nd Avenue, Port Alberni V9Y 1Y9

Success Story

Jeremy Tolmie

Jeremy published his first book in 2012 on his experience growing up with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Jeremy is a certified computer technician who graduated with honors from the Academy of Learning. He has worked for Literacy Central Vancouver Island as a computer technician refurbishing donated computers that go to families in need. He now works 4 days per week at the Vancouver Island Regional Library Waterfront Branch since February 2016 as a Page.

Jeremy has Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dyspraxia, Depression, Social Phobia, anxiety disorder and psychotic episodes. Jeremy wrote this book to share his experience with medication issues and his different diagnosis’s. You can now borrow Jeremy’s book from the Nanaimo Library or order hard copies or online versions at www.amazon.ca.

Jeremy continues to write in 2 online public blogs.

Not sitting on success, Jeremy published his second book in 2019: Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Congratulations Jeremy!!

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