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.