Early Years Support Services Registry

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program is one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world, backed up by more than 35 years of ongoing research. Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them build strong, healthy relationships and confidently manage their children’s behavior while preventing potential problems that may be developing. Triple P issued in more than 25 countries and has been shown to work across cultures, socio-economic groups and in many different kinds of family structures. The Triple Positive Parenting Program is delivered in various formats including brief face-to-face or telephone interventions, seminars and groups.

When a child has experienced interpersonal trauma in the form of sexual, physical or emotional abuse, domestic violence and/or bullying an entire family can be impacted. The Child, Youth and Family Program is a family-centered, strength-based service for children ages three to18 and their caregivers that develops and reinforces the family and support systems surrounding the child.  Using a variety of modalities such as Trauma Focused-CBT, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR, individual therapy builds upon the strengths and resources that exist within the child, the family and their environment.

Services can be offered at a centre or in-home, from a couple of sessions to regular weekly to biweekly counselling. It is usually goal-oriented to address family concerns regarding the child’s mental health which would be present in moderate to severe emotional or behavioral problems. This could include: hyperactivity, anxiety, mood regulation, defiance, disrupted or challenging relationship and attachment struggles, trauma, aggression, the impact of family changes such as separation and divorce, and/or relational issues such as sibling conflict, parent-child conflict, etc.

Specialized mental health services are available to families who have children under seven years old with moderate to severe emotional or behavioural problems, mental health concerns that might be observable as hyperactivity, anxiety, mood regulation, defiance, disrupted or challenging relationships and attachment struggles, trauma and aggression.  These services prepare children for successful functioning in the normal environments of home, school and community. Services for children ages 0 to six can include brief interventions, workshops, groups, play therapy, assessments or child and family counselling/therapy.

Children may be eligible for the Healthy Smiles Ontario (HSO) program, which provides urgent or regular dental care to children of families who meet financial and dental eligibility requirements.

Provides care for individuals living in York Region or Simcoe County who have a developmental disability with a significant cognitive delay, autism or are living with the effects of an acquired brain injury. Service is determined by evaluation of needs and may be provided through individual and/or group support.  Behaviour intervention is provided to children and adults through a comprehensive assessment followed by positive-based teaching and programming.  A full range of challenging needs are addressed and include general management issues, aggression, self injury, skill promotion, and social problem solving.

Children’s Case Coordination works together with other agencies to help children, youth and their families in York Region who have very complex social, emotional, developmental, and/or physical needs requiring a coordinated service plan. Providing services for children and youth (between birth and19 years of age) and families who live in York Region and are currently involved with service providers in York Region. The child or youth has complex social, emotional, developmental and/or physical service needs.

Provides service to children from birth to school entry who are blind or have vision loss. The program supports children residing in the York and Durham Regions, Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton Counties and City of Kawartha Lakes.

Supports children residing in the York and Durham Regions, Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton Counties and City of Kawartha Lakes. The program focuses on monitoring babies who are at risk for hearing loss, audiology services, family support services with social workers and communication development services.

The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) provides nursing services to children with complex health conditions and disabilities. Depending on their needs, children may receive nursing services in their home, at school, or in both settings. LHIN care coordinators, with specialized knowledge and skills related to child and family services will assess the child to determine how urgently services are needed. In addition to nursing services, depending on their needs, children may receive other services including: care coordination, clinical nutrition, social work and information and referral services.