Preparing for Your Visit to Sunny Hill
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Preparing For Your Visit to Sunny Hill Sunny to Visit Your For Preparing From Tsawwassen ferry terminal Where do I park? Sunny Hill has a cash-only cafeteria that offers lunch and snacks such as sandwiches, Exit becomes Hwy 17. Take Hwy 99 North Parking is free at Sunny Hill in our main parking soup, and muffins. As well, we have some ramp to Richmond/Vancouver. Merge onto lot on Slocan Street. You can also park on some vending machines where you can buy Route 99 North. Take Exit 37 to Hwy 91 streets, but read the posted signs carefully. Do snacks and drinks. Our cafeteria has two East then Knight Street Exit only to 33rd not park in front of the houses near Sunny Hill or microwave ovens, a toaster, and a kettle Ave. Turn right on 33rd Ave which turns into your car may be ticketed or towed. if you prefer to bring your own food. A Slocan Street at Kingsway. Follow Slocan change machine is also available. You can Street to Sunny Hill. We are from out of town. Where can store food here or in the refrigerator in From Vancouver International Airport we stay and eat? Family Place. Be sure to write your name on it. Airport exit becomes Grant McConachie Some local motels and hotels have special rates There are a few restaurants around Sunny Way. Grant McConachie Way becomes for Sunny Hill families. Rates vary depending Arthur Laing Bridge leading into Vancouver. Hill including Subway, McDonalds, a on the time of year you are in Vancouver. Some pizza restaurant, and a sushi restaurant on Stay on the left and exit onto South West places to stay are: Marine Drive. Go East on SW Marine Grandview Highway. There is also a small grocery store at the corner of Slocan and Drive to the Knight Street North exit. Accent Inn Follow Knight Street to 33rd Avenue. Turn 22nd Street. right on 33rd Ave which turns into Slocan 3777 Henning Drive, Burnaby Street at Kingsway. Follow Slocan Street to (604) 473-5000; (800) 663-0298 Other questions? Sunny Hill. [email protected] Please contact us Days Inn Vancouver Metro Sunny Hill Health Centre For Children Is there public transit to 2075 Kingsway, Vancouver 3644 Slocan Street Sunny Hill? (604) 876-5531; (800) 564-4792 Vancouver, BC V5M 3E8 The Translink bus stops on Renfrew Street [email protected] near 21st Avenue, and near 22nd Avenue Phone: (604) 453-8300 Easter Seal House and Slocan Street. The bus stop at 22nd and Toll Free: 1-888-300-3088 Slocan is wheelchair accessible, and closest to 3981 Oak Street, Vancouver (604) 736-3475 Fax: (604) 453-8301 the hospital. Reservations only: (800) 818-3666 www.bcchildrens.ca/sunnyhill For information regarding transit services, Executive Inn Hotel call (604) 953-3333 or online at Promoting Better Health for Children with www.translink.bc.ca 4201 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby Disabilities through Clinical Services, Education If you are arriving from Vancouver Island (604) 298-2010; (800) 590-3932 and Research and need information about ferry schedules, www.executivehotels.net/burnabyhotel/ call 1-888-bcferry (1-888-223-3779), or go to their website: www.bcferries.bc.ca Holiday Inn Express Vancouver If you are flying to Vancouver, contact 2889 East Hastings Street, Vancouver Translink for information, or visit (604) 254-1000; (877) 660-8550 www.yvr.ca. BCCH1461 © 2016 BC Children’s Hospital What will happen at my child’s What should I bring to Sunny Hill? Valuables up to you and your child’s community team to implement the recommendations made in Please do not bring any valuables with you to assessment? Please bring: the report. Sunny Hill. We are not responsible for lost or An assessment usually takes several hours • your child’s BC care card missing items. over the course of the day. Sometimes • your child’s BC Children’s Hospital blue card Where is Sunny Hill? the assessment may need to be scheduled Non-medical drugs and alcohol We are at 3644 Slocan Street, Vancouver. over two days. Your child should wear • appointment letter Absolutely no alcohol or non-medical drugs are Sunny Hill Health Centre is part of running shoes and loose comfortable • list of any medications and the amounts that allowed at Sunny Hill. If you are found with Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of clothing to the assessment. your child is taking them, security services will escort you from the British Columbia, but it is not located at the • notepaper and pen During the assessment, you will be asked building. Children’s Hospital. about your child’s development, strengths To make the day go smoothly for your child, and areas of difficulty. You may want to bring: When do I hear about the results? bring a friend or relative with you as a support person. • snack A family conference is scheduled once all • activities for when your child has free time assessments are completed. The team reviews Your child will be asked to complete (book, colouring, etc.) your child’s assessment findings and identifies some activities and tests, and will be strengths and areas where your child requires observed while he or she plays. This will • anything that will put your child at ease assistance. You and your community team will be help the team understand how your child (favourite toy, blanket, etc.) asked to help develop a plan for your child. learns and is developing. If your child It will help the team assess your child if you is scheduled to see the developmental You decide who attends the family conference. bring: pediatrician, a neurological and physical We can arrange for your child to be looked after examination will also be scheduled. No • notes from your observations of your child during this meeting, but you will need to arrange From BC’s Children’s Hospital medical investigations will be done at this leading up to the visit for someone to look after any siblings that you time. • any written comments you have from teachers, decide to bring along. With advance notice we Take 33rd Ave East. It will turn into Slocan can also arrange a telephone conference with any Street at Kingsway. Follow Slocan Street to Sunny Hill is a teaching facility. There doctors, therapists, and others who know your community team members who are unable to Sunny Hill. may be a student or trainee involved in child well attend the conference in person. your child’s assessment. • copies of any recent formal assessments From the East A report is prepared and sent to you and to any • drawing and writing samples from your child Follow Highway 1 (the freeway or Trans others you want to receive it. This may include Are services available in • a recent photograph of your child Canada) to Grandview Highway (12th your child’s doctor, school or therapists. languages other than English? Avenue Exit). Follow Grandview Highway What should I leave at home? past Renfrew Street to Slocan Street and turn Yes. We will arrange for an interpreter to What happens after the assessment? left up the hill to Sunny Hill. be present during your appointments if Scent-free you need one. Please let us know if you Your child’s report will outline recommendations From Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal Sunny Hill is a scent-free environment for the that will help your child at home, at school need an interpreter. Follow the freeway east across the 2nd benefit of our patients, families and staff. Please and in the community. Follow-up may also be Narrows Bridge. Take the McGill Street exit do not wear perfume or cologne. recommended to see if there are any diagnoses (right) to Renfrew Street, turn left and follow that help to explain your child’s difficulties. It is Renfrew to Grandview Highway (12th Ave). Turn Right. The second light is Slocan Street. Turn left and up the hill..