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For Children and Youth

Resource Consultant Supports (0-6)

Specialized Support

The principle of inclusion guides the provision of services to children and families in the Niagara Region. Resource Consultants provide specialized supports to ensure that children experience success within a fully inclusive child care centre. Supports are also offered in French if requested.

Resource Consultants provide support and strategies to Child Care Centres in the areas of:

  • Cognitive Development
  • Gross and fine motor development
  • Speech and language development
  • Building strategies to support emotional regulation
  • Building relationships with friends

Collaborative Support

Resource Consultants supports are a collaborative effort with assessment agencies, consultants, and therapists in the Niagara Region which can include:

  • Regional Children’s Services
  • Childcare Centres
  • Autism Consultation Services
  • Niagara Children’s Centre
  • Niagara Child Development Centre
  • Speech Services of Niagara
  • Infant and Child Development Services
  • Local School Boards

Availability

Through a referral process, Resource Consultants supports are available to children within the system of licensed child care programs and for those children who attend before and/or after school programs.

Age Range

Supports are available from birth to age 6, and for children aged 6 to 12 in before and/or after school programs in Welland, Port Colborne, Pelham, and Wainfleet.

Who Is Eligible For Supports

Supports are available for children who have two or more areas of developmental delay, or for children who experience early developmental difficulties and are at risk for future learning problems in school. Agencies that provide supports to children with special needs work together as a team and in collaboration with parents to ensure that the service meets the defined needs of the child and is delivered in a timely manner.

More Choices Info

If you are a parent who is seeking information regarding child care choices in the Niagara Region you can go to Early Childhood Community Development Centre for a detailed account of child care options available to you.

Referrals & Supports Info

Referrals for Resource Consultants supports are completed through Niagara Region Children’s Services at 905-984-6900.

For more information on the Resource Teacher supports offered by Community Living Welland Pelham please call 905-788-3113.

Family Support

Services

Family Support provides services to families with relatives who have an intellectual disability and reside at home. Community Living Welland Pelham currently provides these supports to approximately 100 children and their families in the Welland and Pelham area.

Referrals for Family Support for children ages 0 and up to 18 are to call Contact Niagara at 905-684-3407.

Supports Offered

The supports and services offered include:

  • Planning with families to support the good things in life for their relative. This could include education, recreation, relationships and planning circles.
  • Support in connecting with other community agencies and resources.
  • Supporting families with school and educational planning. This support could include advocacy, education and parent training.
  • Support families with transition planning.
  • Explore financial resources available to families such as Special Services at Home (SSAH) Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD), Medically Fragile Dollars, and Ontario Disability Support program (ODSP).

Summer Camp (4 – 12)

City of Welland Summer Camp

For over 10 years, Community Living Welland Pelham has partnered with the City of Welland to provide an inclusive camp experience for youth supported by the association.

We would like to thank the Niagara Community Foundation for their support of our Summer Camp Program.

https://wellness.welland.ca/camp.asp

YES (14 – 21)

What is YES?

Youth Experiencing Summer (YES) provides a summer experience for youth between the ages of 13-21. The purpose is to explore work options to help each person determine interests, build on skills and to develop an understanding of what it means to work.

Community Involvement

Getting involved in one’s community is vital in building relationships…Yes promotes and encourages community involvement.

Recreation helps make natural connections along with having fun…Yes will help identify interests and support each person.

We would like to thank the Harry Foster Foundation for their generous support.

Work Experience

  • Retail stores
  • Automotive
  • Working with Children
  • Supporting Seniors
  • Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance
  • Delivering Flyers
  • Restaurant work
  • Welland Aerocentre

Volunteer Experience

  • Meals on Wheels
  • Woodlands of Sunset
  • Bingo
  • Helping with various community events
  • United Church Children’s Camp

Just for Fun

  • Swimming
  • Sports
  • Working out at the YMCA
  • Computer
  • Canada’s Wonderland
  • Sherkston
  • Fund raising BBQ and car wash

We:Act (14-21)

We:Act is a local initiative born out of youth who attended Re:Action for Inclusion hosted by Community Living Ontario. This local approach works with youth in high school and looks for opportunities to build friendships and community. We:Act would not be possible without the support of the Branscombe Family Foundation.

Re:Action for Inclusion (Highschool)

Re:Action4Inclusion is a movement of young people and their allies that puts youth voice and experience at the center of social justice, community change and school culture.

It is a movement of youth for youth that want to challenge society to change the way it approaches diversity and inclusion.

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