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Please note: Holiday Closure 

THRIVE Child Development Centre will be closing for noon on December 24th.

HS McLellan Preschool is closed all day. 

THRIVE and HS McLellan Preschool will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd, 2025.  

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FAMILY RESOURCES

FAMILY RESOURCES

Self-Regulation Resources

At THRIVE we use the research by Dr. Stuart Shanker (Self-Reg) and Dr. Ross Greene (Collaborative and Proactive Solutions) to inform our philosophies and approach to behavioural challenges.

To learn more about these approaches, please explore the following information:

Dr. Stuart Shanker’s Self-Reg:

Dr. Ross Greene’s Collaborative and Proactive Solutions:

  • Overview of Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) https://www.livesinthebalance.org/pycc-cps-essentials                                                   In this inaugural edition of Parenting Your Challenging Child, Dr. Greene describes how challenging kids come to be challenging: they’re lacking the skills not to be challenging. This perspective represents a dramatic departure from viewing challenging kids as manipulative, attention-seeking, unmotivated, coercive, and limit-testing. A great introduction to Dr. Greene’s model for parents.
  • Parent Walking Tour: https://www.livesinthebalance.org/walking-tour-parents
  • Lives in the Balance website: https://www.livesinthebalance.org/

LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Algoma Family Services:  https://www.algomafamilyservices.org

Community Living Algoma:  https://communitylivingalgoma.org

Children’s Aid Society of Algoma:  https://algomacas.org

Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services:  https://www.nog.ca

FUNDING SUPPORT

Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD) Program:  https://www.ontario.ca/page/assistance-children-severe-disabilities-program

Special Services at Home:  https://www.ontario.ca/page/special-services-home

Twinkie Foundation:  https://thetwinkiefoundation.ca/hello

The North Shore Cruisers: https://www.northshorecruisers.com/ 

Easter Seals:  https://www.easterseals.org/

Incontinence Supplies Grant:  https://services.easterseals.org/incontinence-supplies-grant/

Northern Health Travel Grants:  https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/northern.aspx

Ceridian Cares:  https://www.ceridiancares.ca/

A Child’s Voice Foundation:  https://www.acvf.ca/

March of Dimes, Home and Vehicle Modification:  https://www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/am/hvmp

Jordan's Principle: https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1568396042341/1568396159824

Empowered Kids Ontario Scholarship Program: https://www.empoweredkidsontario.ca/scholarshipawards

SHINE Foundation: https://www.shinefoundation.ca/

OTHER HELPFUL LINKS

Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy:  https://www.ofcp.ca/

Down Syndrome Association of Ontario: https://www.dsao.ca/

Access 2 Card:  https://access2card.ca/

Holland Bloorview:  https://hollandbloorview.ca/

CanChild Research Centre:  https://www.canchild.ca/

Ontario Autism Program:  https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-autism-program

Disability Tax Credit:  https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/segments/tax-credits-deductions-persons-disabilities/disability-tax-credit.html

Algoma Youth Wellness Hub: https://www.algomayouthhub.com/

Youth Wellness Hub Ontario (YWHO) Virtual Hub: https://virtual.youthhubs.ca/engage/ywho-dfd/home?key=ywho-dfd