Consultation Services | Children with Special Needs

Consultation Services

Family Day has three Integration Services Coordinators who are available for consultation with other professional child care agencies and organizations.They help child care centres and home child care agencies support children in their programs who have special needs and their families. The support can include:

• early identification
• parent workshops
• hands-on consultation and problem-solving
• staff education
• information and referral
• specially-designed resource materials.

Child Care Centres in northwest Scarborough

south of Steeles Ave East, north of Hwy 401/Sheppard Ave East
east of Kennedy Rd., west of Markham Rd.
Jennifer Dantas: 416-430-7407

Child Care Centres in northeast North York

south of Steeles Ave East, north of Hwy 401
east of Bayview Ave., west of Victoria Park Ave.
Faye Ghassemi: 416-430-7420

Home Child Care agencies in the City of Toronto

east of Yonge Street
Carmen Presutti: 416-430-7414

Children with Special Needs

Family Day welcomes children with special needs in all our programs. In our Toronto Home Child Care Program we offer Integration Services to families with children, from birth to 18 years, who have diagnosed special needs.

• Our Early Childhood Specialists partner with caregivers to provide an integrated program in a home setting.
• Our goal is to provide each child with a rich, stimulating program suited to meet each child’s learning and developmental needs.
• Caregivers are carefully selected and have ongoing training to work with children who have special needs.
• Caregivers have current CPR/First Aid training.
• Our Integration Services team partners with the family to provide support in:
  • connecting families to other community services
  • accessing available resources like child care subsidy, special services at home and more
  • developing individual program plans for each child