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Become a member of the Lansdowne Children's Centre website and gain access to additional resources kept inside a password-protected portal. Providing resources for families, staff, team members and board members. Lansdowne Website Member Portals Access to portal-based resources is restricted on a per-user basis. To log in, click on a portal link below. If you believe you should have access to portal resources and cannot login, please email our website customer care team, click here . TEAM PORTAL TEAM PORTAL Specialty resources and communications intended for Lansdowne Children's Centre staff members. BOARD PORTAL CENTRE BOARD Specialty resources and communications intended for members of the Lansdowne Centre Board of Directors. SUW PORTAL SUPPORT WORKERS Specialty resources and communications intended for Lansdowne Children's Centre Support Workers. SupPortal: Our Programs

Friends 4 Kindness (F4K) | | Lansdowne Children's Centre Resource Library Friends 4 Kindness (F4K) Friends 4 Kindness focusses on celebrating individuals who struggle with social connections! Everyone should feel included, accepted and loved. Advocating inclusion and acceptance through kindness. We host an online buddy programs (teen, elementary & adult groups), Unbirthday Parties, a card writing program and more. Download printable PDF handout/activity pages Friends 4 Kindness (F4K) no download available Download Keywords and search terms commonly associated with this resource include: Recreation, Social Events, Buddy program, Birthday, Unbirthday

Brantford/Brant County - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation - Six Nations of the Grand River INFANT & CHILD SUPPORTS All Services Index INFANT & CHILD SUPPORTS Early Integration Program (EIP) When educators, resource consultants, and childcare support workers unite with a shared vision, the result is more than just a classroom — it becomes a vibrant, inclusive world where every child feels safe, seen, and inspired to learn through play. Supporting inclusion in early learning environments FOR EDUCATORS CLICK HERE to open a short video series (10-min) to learn more about the roles of Resource Consultants and Childcare Support Workers What is a Resource Consultant? Resource consultants are specialists in child development and inclusion. Their primary role is to partner with educators to identify barriers to participation and develop strategies that support all children— especially those with additional or diverse needs, or developmental delays, including children with exceptionalities. Resource consultants: observe classroom dynamics, facilitate team discussions, and offer guidance on best practices. Resource Consultants help educators identify how to adapt environments and better support inclusion. These innovations help to integrate children with additional needs into Early Learning settings by offering appropriate strategies and tools to meet each child's unique needs and strengths, to increase a child’s participation in early learning environments. Resource consultants provide developmental screening, assisting in identification of developmental concerns, and providing recommendations for appropriate interventions or referrals. Resource consultants provide training and coaching for educators, professional development, on topics like behavior management, inclusive practices, and child development. Educators are then armed with knowledge and skills they can implement in their early learning environment and share with their client families. Resource consultants collaborate and partner with client families to identify children’s areas of strength and emerging skills requiring intervention and connect them with local services and support. Resource consultants also collaborate with other Lansdowne service providers and other professionals to create cohesive support plans for children. The Role of Childcare Support Workers Childcare Support Workers, or enhanced staff as they are sometimes called, are additional educators to help support programs/classrooms to implement recommendations and strategies developed in collaboration with the Resource Consultant. Childcare support workers work directly with educators to support inclusive practices—whether that means adapting activities, assisting with transitions, or helping children engage meaningfully with their peers and environment. A childcare support worker is considered for a classroom or program when Resource Consultant recommendations, strategies, resources and accommodations have been used in the environment, and needs for support continue. Examples include: · safety concerns · risk of harm to self or others · Elopement · ongoing health concerns requiring significant attention of an educator · or physical needs that require educators to physically place a child to explore the classroom Eligibility Start Referral Children birth - 12 years of age with a developmental concern and or delay are eligible for the program. Referrals can be made directly to Lansdowne Children’s Centre by parents, or community workers. Goals, Skills and Keywords Inclusion, accessibility, participation, assessment, childcare, child development, strategies, recommendations, support worker, resource consultant Expectations The Resource Consultant assists by taking a case management role, helping your family navigate through services as well as transitioning your child to school to ensure everyone is working together to meet the needs of the child. 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

Welcome to Lansdowne Children's Centre. Intervention requirements for protecting children from abuse and/or neglect. Start Here Guide: Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect, Duty to Report All Lansdowne Children's Centre staff are legally required to report to the Family and Children’s Services [CAS], any reasonable concerns of abuse. Return Next As a parent/guardian/caregiver it is your responsibility to report any concerns regarding your child’s care and safety. Child abuse happens when a child’s parent or other person in charge harms or neglects a child. What is physical child abuse? Beating, slapping, hitting, pushing, throwing, shaking, burning. What is sexual abuse? Sexual abuse happens when a parent or other person in charge sexually molests or uses a child for sexual purposes or knowingly fails to protect a child from sexual abuse. What is emotional abuse? Yelling at, screaming at, threatening, frightening, or bullying a child, humiliating the child, name‐calling or saying things like: “You’re no good”. “You’re worthless”. Showing little to no physical affection or attention. What is Neglect? Not providing proper food and clothing, supervision, and/or medical care. Brant Family and Children’s Services [BFACS] 519‐753‐8681 Haldimand Norfolk CAS 1‐888‐227‐5437 Ogwadeni:deo CAS 519‐445‐1864 How can I connect with a Lansdowne Social Worker and/or Child and Youth Worker? Children and youth receiving services from Lansdowne Children's Centre and their families are eligible for Social Work and Child and Youth Work Services. Referrals can be requested by the family or youth, or may be suggested by another Lansdowne service provider working with the child and their family. You can contact SmartStart Hub to initiate a referral request, or speak with your Lansdowne service provider. Service needs are determined through goal-based care plans and may include individual or family intervention and support. Supportive counselling could include help with: Adjustment to illness and disability Client and caregiver stress and coping Financial and community resources Building confidence Self-advocacy skills Youth Workshop topics may include: Internet safety Community safety and independence Bullying and self-esteem Sibling support needs Youth transition Next Return

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Representing the thousands of children, youth and families who access the critical supports and services offered by Lansdowne Children's Centre in Brantford, Simcoe, Dunnville and Caledonia, the annual CMR Ambassador is leader in spirit and fundraising. Lansdowne Charity Motorcycle Ride EVENT DETAILS REGISTRATION SPONSORSHIP AMBASSADORS CONTACT US Lexa, Autumn and Alexis are inviting You to Ride #ForThe Kids Meet Lexa Lexa MacMartin was born with Trisomy 21(Down Syndrome). With this diagnosis has come many trials over the years. Lexa has had two open heart surgeries both with difficult recoveries. She has Global Developmental delay and receives support for most day-to-day activities. Through all of this we have been helped by the wonderful people at Lansdowne Children's Centre. From only a few weeks old, they provided occupational therapists to help her eat and drink safely, and physical therapists to help her strengthen her low muscle tone. Throughout the years they have done so much more including now speech therapy, and even collaborating with her school to recommend special equipment to help Alexa have an excellent and accommodating school experience. As parents, we also have benefited from the resources at Lansdowne, including the Family Support Network. This has help tremendously with finding similar families and to connect with the community at Lansdowne. We are thrilled to be part of the 20th Motorcycle Ride and to help support Lansdowne which has been an integral part of our journey. We know how vital the support of a place like Lansdowne Children's Centre is to families just like ours. - MacMartin Family Meet Autumn & Alexis Autumn McDermott is teen who has been going to Lansdowne since she was just a baby. She started her experience with physiotherapy, and then started work with the speech team and occupational therapists. Autumn has taken part in recreation programs and has appreciated the support of the child and youth workers. Her goal is to raise awareness for children and parents to know where they can get help with their disabilities and their child's disabilities. Alexis McDermott is a teen who startred with Lansdowne Children's Centre at the age of 2 years. She started with speech therapy and later took part in physiotherapy and ocuupational therapy. Like her sister Autumn, Alexis has enjoyed recreation programs at Lansdowne and has appreciated having the child and youth workers. Alexi would like to raise awareness of Lansdowne Children's Centre because she wants to help people with wheelchairs, autism and ADHD. - Amanda McDermott WHY WE RIDE... #FORTHE KIDS Funds raised with the Lansdowne Charity Motorcycle Ride and Motorcycle Raffle Draw support critical programs at Lansdowne Children's Centre that help our community's children and youth with special needs. With your generous support: You have helped youth discover their independence and learn life skills; You have helped a child's family gain access to mobility equipment; You have helped a child with special needs make friends at a camp experience in the community.

Welcome to Lansdowne Children's Centre. Connect with Family Engagement services and events, and explore free resources available to all client families. Start Here Guide: Caregiver Corner and Family Engagement at Lansdowne As a Lansdowne client caregiver/family you have immediate access to online resources, our resource lending library and free caregiver events offered by Family Engagement services. Caregiver events provide an opportunity for client families to connect, share stories and feel supported by peers who share your challenges and understand your emotions. Where can I learn more about Family Engagement events? Caregiver Corner bulletin boards at Lansdowne sites Visit the Family Engagement page on the website Visit the Event calendar on the Lansdowne website Read the Lansdowne Link e-Newsletter, shared monthly by email Return Next

Join Isla's fundraising mission. Add your support for Lansdowne Children's Centre and families of children and youth with special needs in Brantford, Brant County, Haldimand, Norfolk, Six Nations of the Grand River, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Home Join the 7th Annual Lansdowne Heroes Walk & Roll October 4, 2025 | Brant Park, Brantford Contact Us Donate Lansdowne Client Ambassadors for the 2025 Heroes Walk and Roll This is their Lansdowne story. In some ways, ‘It’s a much slower-paced life’ raising a child with cerebral palsy, says Isla Clarke’s parents Isla Clarke is an active and vivacious four-year-old. “She likes baking; she likes helping with the mixing and decorating,” said mom Nicole Clarke. “She is really into imaginative play right now, so food prep in general, but you have to call and order a pizza, then she makes it, and she always puts anchovies on it, even though we say no anchovies, and she laughs at us.” Isla also enjoys expressing herself creatively, especially through painting and dancing. She likes playing; she likes to be busy,” Nicole said, adding with a laugh, “On a really good day, she likes to cuddle on the couch with me for like five minutes at a time, and that’s beautiful.” In a lot of ways, Isla is a typical kid. But as a child with cerebral palsy (CP), there are also a lot of ways that the experience of raising her has proven to be more unique for Nicole and Cody Clarke, Isla’s dad. Cody said that instead of seeing Isla make the “big leaps (in development) that some kids make,” her advancements might be more nuanced and subtle. “(But) it’s still a win,” he said. “I forget who it was, but somebody referred to celebrating inchstones instead of milestones.” He noted that when you’re expecting a baby, “you start to envision the things you're going to do with them, and the way it's going to go.” But when the news came that Isla would be growing up with a disability, “It was very complicated for me to try to rearrange that thought into what the new way is going to look like. But that changed very quickly, and now it just seems a lot more clear at this point.” Nicole added, “You are mourning something for a bit. You had this idea in your mind and that’s completely out the window. So now you're celebrating these little things that you never thought youwould. But I think it's more exciting.” In some ways, she added, “It’s a much slower-paced life.” It helps to have supports. Isla was born in early 2021, about seven and a half weeks premature. She spent a month in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Brantford General Hospital. “She was so tiny,” Cody said, adding that while the staff at the hospital were great, it was still a hard time for the young family. “It was weird, just having your first child born, and then you go home with nothing.” Cody and Nicole visited Isla every day, but COVID-19 restrictions at the hospital meant “Nobody could meet her” as far as the extended family was concerned, Nicole said. Soon after Isla came home, it was apparent that she was missing typical developmental milestones, such as rolling over and sitting independently. She was initially referred to Lansdowne Children’s Centre for physiotherapy; her first appointment was in November 2021. Around the age of one, she had an MRI, which confirmed that she had CP. “And that's when we joined every area of Lansdowne,” Nicole said. Reflecting on those earlier days, she urged families who are newer to Lansdowne to “Trust the process; it’s not always the most fun, but it gets somewhere,” adding, “They know what they’re doing here.” Connecting with Lansdowne was a boon for Cody and Nicole as well. Cody explained that when Isla was first diagnosed, “There were just a lot of unknowns. We didn't really know what that meant, or what the future would hold, or how we would deal with things. (Lansdowne was) just a good resource to guide us along and try to help us figure out what the next few years would look like, as far as what support was going to be needed.” With having CP, Isla sees multiple different specialists and doctors. Cody said being connected to Lansdowne, “has just been helpful (in) trying to piece all that together and figure out what would be needed.” Nicole added, “They make it less overwhelming, because I don’t know where to start, but then they kind of do all the legwork for you,” and help with filling out paperwork to get funding to meet Isla’s needs, particularly when it comes to equipment. “The cost of a wheelchair was an eye-opener,” Nicole said, adding that her daughter is currently on her fourth pair of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), which cost several thousand dollars each. Lansdowne was able to help facilitate getting equipment loaned to Isla’s preschool, and on her first day of kindergarten, Lansdowne physiotherapist Stephanie Fox spent several hours at the school “adjusting the new equipment to Isla's specifications as well as helping the school staff become acquainted with how to use it,” Cody said. Having the same equipment at home and school is essential, because it fosters consistency and routine. Nicole noted that the commode in particular was important for this when she was in preschool. “Obviously, it's a little hard to teach her you go to potty at home, but then at daycare, it's diapers. … that was huge,” Nicole said. The equipment also makes sure Isla is fully integrated in her classroom. As an example, Cody noted that the Rifton Activity Chair can adjust to fit under tables as well as right down to the floor, so Isla can always be at the same height as her peers. “She’s not left out,” Nicole said. She added that they appreciated Lansdowne’s help in sourcing the secondary pieces of equipment for Isla’s use at her preschool, because “trying to buy two of everything, we’d go bankrupt.” Now that Isla has started kindergarten, both Cody and Nicole want to do everything they can to help her build as much independence as possible. Cody said, “I think we have to try to push her a little more and get out of our routine a little bit more.” This has included things like having Isla feed herself at mealtimes, even though it can take longer. “We’ve got to give her a little more credit,” he said. Nicole agreed. “She’s not going to learn if we keep doing for her.” As she continues to grow and learn, Isla is taking on two big roles this year. One already happened, when she became a big sister to baby brother Bennett. “He’s definitely Isla’s little sidekick,” Cody said. She will tell her parents when she hears him crying, and will make sure he has a blanket when he’s in the swing. Isla’s next big role will be on Oct. 4, when she serves as Lansdowne Heroes Walk and Roll Ambassador. As Tamie Aubin, Lansdowne’s Director of Client Services noted, “The funds raised (through Heroes Walk and Roll) help ease the financial burden for families caring for children with special needs – covering costs associated with attending therapy sessions, accessing essential equipment, and inclusive programs that allow kids to connect, play, and thrive.” Aubin said she’s attended the event a number of times, and for her, the most moving part of the celebration is hearing the impact Lansdowne has had on the ambassadors and their families. “Their stories are powerful, and their presence is a testament to the difference we can make when we support one another. … The children and families we serve are the true heroes – and Heroes Walk and Roll is a chance to celebrate them, support them, and walk alongside them.”

Welcome to Lansdowne Children's Centre. All sites are fragrance and smoke free, scent sensitive environments. Start Here Guide: Scent Sensitive Spaces, Smoking and Fragrances All Lansdowne Children’s Centre sites and events are considered a ‘scent sensitive’ workplace. Return Next Awareness and Compliance Please be aware that fragrances can aggravate or cause health issues for people with sensitivities or other health conditions. Your co‐operation is appreciated in order to ensure that the air we breathe is healthy and fragrance free. It's the law. The Smoke‐Free Ontario Act, 2017 prohibits the smoking of tobacco, the use of electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) to vape any substance, and the smoking of cannabis (medical and recreational) in enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places, as well as other designated places in Ontario, to protect workers and the public from second‐hand smoke and vapour. This extends to include schools within the meaning of the Education Act, any indoor common area in a condominium, apartment building or university or college residence, including, without being limited to, elevators, hallways, parking garages, party or entertainment rooms, laundry facilities, lobbies and exercise areas, any child care centre within the meaning of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, and any place where home child care is provided within the meaning of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, whether or not children are present, any place where an early years program or service is provided within the meaning of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014. Return Next

Autism Services at Lansdowne Children's Centre has been trusted Autism service and support provider in Brantford and Brant County since 2004. Where To Start? #1 Is your child newly diagnosed? Here are some helpful resources as you work to become more familiar with Autism. Autism Ontario: Home Autism Speaks Canada: Hom e Geneva Centre for Autism OAP (Ontario Autism Program) 100 Day Tool Kit for Families of Newly Diagnosed Young Children (PDF <3MB) Are you looking to speak with someone? You can reach our Family Support Worker by phone at 519-753-3153 ext 268 or by email at autism@lansdownecc.com or call Autism Ontario at 1-800-472-7789 Welcome to Autism Services at Lansdowne Children's Centre in Brantford #2 Are you eligible for the Ontario Autism Program (OAP)? To be eligible to register for the Ontario Autism Program, your child must: Be under age 18 Currently live in Ontario Have a written diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder from a qualified professional Your child’s written diagnosis must include: Your child’s full name and date of birth The date of your child’s assessment A statement indicating that the child meets the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder The qualified professional’s name and credentials First Steps for Families Are you looking for help with registration paperwork? Call our Autism Services Family Support Worker at 519-753-3153 ext. 268 #3 Are you registered for the Ontario Autism Program? Register for OAP You must fill out and submit the Ontario Autism Program registration form, provided by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (the Ministry). Your child or youth must meet the program eligibility criteria to be registered. Contact the Ministry’s central intake and registration team (CIRT) by emailing oap@ontario.ca or calling 1-888-444-4530. You do not need to register again if you have previously registered your child for the Ontario Autism Program. Your child’s registration date is based on when the Ministry receives your registration form and all supporting documents. The registration list is controlled and monitored by the Ministry and Lansdowne staff is not able to access this information. #4 Are you registered with Lansdowne Autism Services? If you are interested in Autism services at Lansdowne or purchasing individual treatment, you will need to register directly with Lansdowne Autism Services. This list is internally controlled and we can let you know if you are currently on our list to purchase treatment. Registration for the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) or other Lansdowne services (i.e. Speech), does not automatically register you with Autism Services. Please complete a referral form with our SmartStart Hub team to get connected with Autism Services. You can complete the online form, OR call our team at 519.753.3153 x507. Complete a Referral Form Register for Fee-for-Service Childhood Budgets/ One Time Funding Childhood budgets provide money directly to you to purchase the services and supports that are most important to you and your child. CLICK HERE for a list of eligible expenses. including purchasing behavioural services, as well as other areas where you can spend your funding has been compiled. Families with children under age six are eligible to receive $20,000 per child. Families with children aged six and older are eligible to receive $5,000 per child. Families who accept a childhood budget can be assured that their child’s position on the provincial waitlist will be maintained for entry into the new needs-based, sustainable Ontario Autism Program. CLICK HERE for OAP information sessions, online If you have received a childhood budget, you may be eligible to receive interim one-time funding after submitting your expense form and if you have not yet transitioned into core services in the new needs-based Autism program. Learn more about the available FREE Foundational Family Services and the Fee-For-Service supports at Lansdowne. FREE Services Fee-for-Service