Families & Children
Committee for Children
The Committee for Children is a non-profit organization that provides evidence-based social and emotional learning programs to 7 million children in 71 countries.
E-Buddies
E-Buddies® international creates e-mail friendships between people with and without intellectual challenges.
Family Village
Be sure to check out the library, which offers comprehensive information about diagnoses and issues, including how to find more information, where to go to chat with others and website links. The family village centre includes resources for - among others - foster parents, grandparents and single parents.
Individualized Funding Coalition of Ontario
This group is working towards the establishment of individualized funding in our province.
Integration Action for Inclusion in Education & Community
This group provides support to parents and friends seeking to enrich the lives of their children.
Kids Quest on Disability & Health
An amazing little website that strives for inclusion and understanding by taking children on a quest to answer such questions as "Can someone in a wheelchair be an athlete?" and "Can someone who can't speak tell jokes?"
The Natural Child Project
This website is full of resources for parents about how to raise children, including many excellent articles like Twenty-Two Alternatives to Losing It. According to the website authors, their vision is "a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding and compassion."
Ontario Coalition for Inclusive Education
This coalition of organizations (including Community Living Ontario) working toward inclusive communities focuses on education.
Ontario Early Years Centres
An Ontario Early Years Centre is a place for parents and caregivers of children, up to the age of six, to find information about their children's development and services to support that development.
Our Kids
A website for parents, created by parents. This site hosts some unique resources, such as ideas for home made equipment, special needs tips, and a section for the caregivers of teen and adult children with disabilities. There are many interactive opportunities for parents available as well.
Removing The Mystery - An Estate Planning Guide
View the introduction of this estate planning guide for families of people with disabilities or order the CD of the complete guide for under $10.
respiteservices.com
This website gives families online access to agencies and workers providing respite services throughout communities in Ontario, including the four counties (Haliburton, Kawartha, Peterborough and Northumberland).
Seeing DisABILITIES
A wonderful little website put together by six elementary school children, it talks in easy and straightforward terms about disability and what it means.
Special Child
Special Child is an online publication dedicated to parents of children with special needs. This website offers many great resources, including a 'Disorder Zone' - which lists the definitions of dozens of disorders and syndromes - and a bulletin board for parents.
SpeciaLink, National Centre for Child Care Inclusion
SpeciaLink's goal is to expand the quality and quantity of opportunities for inclusion in child care, recreation, education and other community settings for young children with special needs and their families.
Special Needs Planning Group
The Group's purpose is to assist families in establishing plans that will provide their family members who have disability with a decent quality of life for their entire lifetime. Although the website is mainly focused on financial planning, it hosts other resources that may also be of interest to families, including information about the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
SSAH Coalition
This coalition of individuals, families, organizations and agencies is dedicated to ensuring that families in Ontario receive the meaningful support they require through the Special Services at Home Program. Includes a fact sheet outlining how to appeal an SSAH ruling.
Zero to Three, National Centre for Infants, Toddlers & Families
ZERO TO THREE's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.
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