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Boundaries and Personal Space | Kindergarten | Lansdowne Children's Centre Resource Library Boundaries and Personal Space This video is hosted by our Autism Services team. Please click here to continue to the Autism Services video gallery. In this virtual workshop you will learn about Tips and Strategies for teaching personal space to children , and why this is important; as well as resources available to help you. Download printable PDF handout/activity pages Boundaries and Personal Space no download available Download Keywords and search terms commonly associated with this resource include: #Anxiety #Behaviour #Social

Welcome to Lansdowne Children's Centre. What clients need to know about their privacy rights and information sharing. Start Here Guide: Your Right to Privacy, Client Privacy with Lansdowne Understanding your right to privacy, and guides for sharing information. Return Next Privacy legislation protects your right to: Consent to how your information will be used and shared. In order for your consent to be valid, you must be given enough information for your consent to be well‐informed. We encourage you to ask any questions you need to so that you understand how staff will use and protect your information. Staff will talk with other Lansdowne staff on your team in order to provide service and treatment. This is implied when you are referred to Lansdowne. You may withhold this consent by telling us if anyone should be excluded. Withhold or withdraw consent for information sharing, except in specific circumstances where disclosure is legally required under the Child & Family Services Act or ordered by a court. Provide consent in verbal or written form. Ask to access your child’s electronic record and the information in it. Ask that a correction be made to the record. Our Commitment to Your Privacy All Lansdowne staff are required by law to protect the information you share in strict confidence. We must make sure that you understand why certain information is being shared, who it is being shared with, and get your agreement for information sharing before any confidential information is used or shared. Lansdowne staff will only collect the information we need to do our jobs. If you do not consent to share confidential information your wishes will be respected, except when that places someone at increased risk of significant harm. Everyone has a ‘duty to report’ under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act. If a limitation is placed on consent for information sharing , it cannot restrict recording of personal/ health information that is required by law or established professional standards. Lansdowne staff will make sure that information shared is as accurate and current as possible. Lansdowne will give you access to the information contained in the electronic record, upon request. Lansdowne will comply with relevant privacy legislation. This includes having a Privacy Plan that is available upon request, and online at www.lansdownecentre.ca/privacy-policy-lansdowne Lansdowne requires consents to be completed for privacy purposes. Upon intake and/or service you will be asked to provide your consent for: Information Sharing and Collection of Personal Information: provides Lansdowne consent to communicate with others i.e. physicians, schools. Typically, the following information may be collected and stored within the electronic record and shared with the professionals working with your child and family: Contact and Demographic information Birth and Developmental History Interview and Assessment information Relevant reports such as Diagnostic, School and Transition reports Care Plans Assessment Reports Progress Notes Use of Email Communications, Service Related: electronic mail (email) is used to provide general communications i.e. home programs, appointment times and dates, resources. Emailing of personal health information, including reports, is prohibited. Use of Email Communications, E-News Items: email is used to share new or added services, program opportunities, training and workshop events, family engagement socials and fouundation fundraising events and activities. Failure to consent to E-News could impair your awareness of Lansdowne events and resources. You can find notices of upcoming events and news at Caregiver Corner in each Lansdowne site. Uses and Disclosures of Personal Health Information We use and share personal health information to: Assess, treat and care for clients and families safely and efficiently while giving high quality service Allow us to efficiently advise of treatment options and follow-up on treatment and care Communicate with other providers involved in care Plan, administer and manage our internal operations including booking, confirming and scheduling appointments, completing statistics Conduct risk management activities Conduct quality improvement activities, such as sending satisfaction surveys Teach and demonstrate on an anonymous basis Comply with legal and regulatory requirements Comply generally with the law YOUR CHOICES Clients/ parents/legal guardians may get and/or ask for correction of their personal health records, or withhold or withdraw their consent for some of the above uses and disclosures, by getting in touch with us and we will explain what the result of that decision might mean, and the way it will be done . Please note legal exceptions apply. Information may be accessed by regulatory authorities under the terms of the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) for the purposes of the various colleges of employees here at Lansdowne fulfilling their mandate under the RHPA, and for the defense of a legal issue. When Lansdowne gets special requests, such as a request from a new source, we will get in touch with you for permission to release information. We may also advise you if such a release is appropriate. Important Information We take steps to protect your personal health information from theft, loss and unauthorized access, copying, changes, use, disclosure and disposal. We conduct audits and complete investigations to monitor and manage our privacy compliance. We take steps to ensure that everyone who performs services for us protect client privacy and only use personal health information for the purposes for which clients have given consent. We comply with provincial privacy legislation by having a Privacy Plan that is available upon request. Return Next

Welcome to Lansdowne Children's Centre. Information about child wellness, hygiene and missing appointments due to illness. Start Here Guide: Your Child's Health and Hygiene, and Preventing the Spread of Infections For more information on these and other illnesses please contact your family doctor, or TELEHEALTH Ontario by phone at 1‐866‐797‐0000. You can also consult the Brant County Health Unit online (www.bchu.org ) or Health and Social Services Haldimand and Norfolk online (www.hnhu.org ) Return Next Guidelines Regarding Absence Due to Illness Lansdowne Children's Centre needs to provide a healthy setting. To help with this we ask that you please stay at home and away from the centre and staff when ill (based on Brant County Health Unit guidelines). Lansdowne reserves the right to send clients home from scheduled services and programs if our staff believe that the client is too ill to join in activities. Brant County Health Unit guidelines also apply when Lansdowne services are delivered in a client home or community-based venue. Please let Lansdowne staff know if you or anyone in your family/household is ill if a home visit is scheduled. Keeping your hands clean is the best way of preventing the spread of germs. Use the provided hand sanitizer upon entering the building. Please wash your hands after handling any type of soiled material or using the washroom. Lansdowne staff are committed to sanitizing their hands prior to and after working with children and youth. Feel free to ask them if they have done so. Therapy equipment and surfaces used are cleaned and maintained regularly to ensure everyone’s wellness and safety. Children and other family members with the illnesses listed below should stay at home and away from Lansdowne as noted: Chickenpox - until well enough to join in all activities and having no fever, whether or not there is a rash Diarrhea ‐ no diarrhea for 24 hours Fever ‐ no fever for 24 hours Head lice ‐ until after the first treatment and no nits are in the hair Impetigo ‐ until an antibiotic has been taken for at least 24 hours Influenza (flu) ‐ until 5 to 7 days after onset of symptoms Pink Eye, bacterial (conjunctivitis) ‐ until the antibiotic has been taken for at least 24 hours Ringworm ‐ until treatment has started Strep Throat ‐ until an antibiotic has been taken for 24 hours Vomiting ‐ no vomiting for 24 hours Return Next

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Compliments and Concerns, Process and Policy | | Lansdowne Children's Centre Resource Library Compliments and Concerns, Process and Policy Our Compliments and Concerns Process Lansdowne Children’s Centre is committed to providing you quality care and service, based on a family-centred care philosophy. Our Centre’s values are: • Respect • Inclusion • Diversity • Empowerment • Safety While involved with Lansdowne Children’s Centre you have the right to: • receive quality care and service, in a clean and safe environment • be involved in decision making regarding your child • receive information and answers to your questions about our services, your child and your child’s individual service • give or refuse consent to any proposed care and to be advised of the risks and benefits of the service being proposed • be treated with courtesy, dignity and respect • privacy and confidentiality of your health information and record of care • have your language, culture, religion and sexual orientation respected • receive care in an environment free from abuse, exploitation, retaliation • have your have questions and concerns heard without intimidation or fear of reprisal, and to expect the Centre staff to provide a timely response to your concerns • be informed of any unanticipated service reductions and contingency plans related to your child’s service COMPLIMENTS • We welcome any compliments. We encourage you to communicate any compliments with the involved staff member. • If you would like to further recognize a staff member, team, or the Centre, please contact the involved Supervisor. CONCERNS • If you have any concerns, we encourage you to first discuss your concern with the involved staff member. • If you are not fully satisfied, or are uncomfortable discussing this with the staff member, or wish further discussion, please bring your concern to the attention of the staff members’ Supervisor. This may be done in person, by telephone, in writing, or you may also request a meeting with the Supervisor. The Supervisor will acknowledge the complaint within one working day of receiving notification. • If you believe the resolution is not sufficient, you may request the concern be addressed with our Executive Director. This may be done in person, by telephone, in writing, or you may also request a meeting with the Executive Director. The Executive Director will acknowledge the concern within one working day of receiving notification. • The Executive Director may call a meeting of the relevant parties to assist with problem solving. The group will discuss the concern, collect information, if necessary, and explain what they think can be done about the concern. The group may schedule an appointment for you to attendto discuss the concern as appropriate to the situation. There may also be follow up by sending information to you in writing. • The decision of the Executive Director will be final and binding on the Centre and the client/ family. • All concerns that result in a meeting with the Executive Director will be reported to the Professional Advisory Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Download printable PDF handout/activity pages Compliments and Concerns, Process and Policy no download available Download Keywords and search terms commonly associated with this resource include: Compliment, Praise, Thanks, Concern, Complaint, Grievance

Brantford/Brant County - Haldimand/Norfolk County - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation - Six Nations of the Grand River - Other Region of Ontario AUTISM SERVICES All Services Index AUTISM SERVICES Foundational Family Services What is Family Foundational Services? Foundational Family Services at Lansdowne Children's Centre provide core supports for children/youth and families requesting Autism Services and are funded by the Government of Ontario. These FREE services provide resources for caregivers and families to work with their Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosed child, and participate in their child's ongoing learning and development. Our Foundational Family Services and supports are: • Informed by evidence • Responsive to your family’s changing needs over time • Responsive to your child’s needs, strengths and developmental stage • Offered in a variety of ways, including virtual, self-directed, in-person or group-based • Provided at no-cost, (they're FREE) Who is eligible for Foundational Family Services? Children/youth age birth to 18 years, living in the province of Ontario, with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and are registered with the Ontario Autism Program (OAP). What do Foundational Family Services include at Lansdowne Children's Centre? Your Autism Services registration includes the following Foundational Family Services at no-cost (they're FREE): Family Support Worker Our Family Support Worker (FSW) is here to help children, youth and their families’ access appropriate Autism services and supports quickly and easily. Our FSW can help you with: • Registering for the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) • Funding applications • Service Coordination • Answer any other questions you might have! You can reach our Family Support Worker by phone at 519-753-3153 ext. 268, or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com Clinics Our Autism Services clinics are brief, targeted consultations that allow families to meet with a clinician to discuss potential strategies that will aid in developing a skill. A clinic is typically 1-hour in length and can include 1-2 follow-ups. Due to this service being so short, complex and challenging behavior cannot be addressed with this service. How do I make a clinic appointment? You can reach our Family Support Worker by phone at 519-753-3153 ext. 268, or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com to arrange a date and time for your clinic appointment that works for you. Groups Are you interested in participating in a group conversation? Contact the Family Support Worker or check the Lansdowne Event Calendar for upcoming workshops. You can reach our Family Support Worker by phone at 519-753-3153 ext. 268, or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com to share your interest in participating in a group meeting. Streaming Video Resources The Autism Services Brant webinar gallery is an online video streaming resource that you can access at no-charge. This collection of helpful videos offer an introduction to autism, tools for identifying behaviour, tips for improving your child's quality of life and ideas for activities you can try at home with your child. Eligibility Start Referral 1) Be registered with the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) 2) Complete an online referral form, OR call SmartStart Hub at 519.753.3153 x507 3) Connect with a Family Support Worker and register for Autism Services at Lansdowne Children's Centre Goals, Skills and Keywords Expectations You are welcome at any time to reach out to our Autism Services Family Support Worker at 519-753-3153 ext. 268 or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com for personal assistance with registration, questions about Ontario Autism Program, one time funding and childhood budgets, and community supports. To access each video you will be asked to register your email contact information and OAP registration number. This information is held privately and only used by Autism Services for the purpose of stat-tracking for budget requirements, and to follow up with you on your streaming video experience. Videos are hosted on YouTube. You Belong Here. Are you passionate about working with infants, children and youth to help realize their potential? Are you seeking a career in pediatrics? Join our team at Lansdowne Children's Centre for child development. Careers

Dating De-Mystified, Feel more comfortable with the idea of dating | | Lansdowne Children's Centre Resource Library Dating De-Mystified, Feel more comfortable with the idea of dating This video is hosted by our Autism Services team. Please click here to continue to the Autism Services video gallery. Helping teens with autism spectrum disorder to feel more comfortable with the idea of participating in dating. What is dating? What are romantic feelings? How to send and receive social cues... Download printable PDF handout/activity pages Dating De-Mystified, Feel more comfortable with the idea of dating no download available Download Keywords and search terms commonly associated with this resource include: #Dating #Social #Emotions

Brantford/Brant County - Haldimand/Norfolk County - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation - Six Nations of the Grand River - Other Region of Ontario FAMILY ENGAGEMENT All Services Index FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Online Resources Eligibility Open Resources Goals, Skills and Keywords Expectations You Belong Here. Are you passionate about working with infants, children and youth to help realize their potential? Are you seeking a career in pediatrics? Join our team at Lansdowne Children's Centre for child development. Careers

Autism Services Brant Start Here Family Support Free Services Early Years ABA Intensive ABA Goal-Based Webinars < Back Please support our free webinars. CLICK HERE to register your view. Goal Setting with Children Autism Services Brant Learn how setting goals with your child can provide a measure and motivator for progress and success. Are you looking for someone to talk to? You can reach our Family Support Worker by phone at 519-753-3153 ext. 268, or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com

Labelling communication strategies | Speech, Early Years | Lansdowne Children's Centre Resource Library Labelling communication strategies Labelling (or naming) is a way for you to help your child learn new words. Labelling is useful because it shows your child that you are responding to their focus of interest, and because it teaches your child that you can use a word instead of a gesture Download printable PDF handout/activity pages Labelling communication strategies no download available Download Keywords and search terms commonly associated with this resource include: PSL26-05AS , speech, communication, strategy