Helpful Resources
Welcome to our resources hub for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and delays. Here you will find a wealth of evidence-based skill-building strategies and links to helpful organizations in the community.
Pathways to Success
The team of experts at Providence have developed a series of information sheets for parents and caregivers of young children called Pathways to Success. These information sheets cover a range of topics and contain strategies to help young children develop and build skills. Please feel free to share.
Cognitive Development
Cognitive development is a child’s ability to learn, think and solve problems. For example, this includes a two-month-old baby learning to explore the environment with hands or eyes or a five-year-old learning how to do simple math problems.
Social and Emotional Development
This is the child’s ability to interact with others, including helping themselves and self-control. Examples of this type of development would include: a six-week-old baby smiling, a ten-month-old baby waving bye-bye, or a five-year-old boy knowing how to take turns in games at school.
Language/Communication Development
This is the child’s ability to both understand and use language. For example, this includes a 12-month-old baby saying his first words, a two-year-old naming parts of her body, or a five-year-old learning to say “feet” instead of “foots”.
Movement/Physical Development
Movement and physical development includes both fine and gross motor skills. Fine motor skills is the child’s ability to use small muscles, specifically their hands and fingers, to pick up small objects, hold a spoon, turn pages in a book, or use a crayon to draw. Gross motor skills are to use large muscles. For example, a six-month-old baby learns how to sit up with some support, a 12-month-old baby learns to pull up to a stand holding onto furniture, and a five-year-old learns to skip.
Other Resources
Providence Little Activity Book
This year’s Providence Report to Community published in January was toward the end of winter and 10 months into a global pandemic. We know the activities we encourage our young students to do every day can lift everyone’s mood. The Providence Little Activity Book was designed with that in mind. Click on the link below and colour away!
Helpful Links
Finding the information you need to raise a child who has a disability is not always easy. To augment what we can provide, we have compiled a list of links to helpful community-based organizations and programs. Providence has partnerships with many of these organizations and we encourage you to visit their websites and contact them for additional help.
SchoolCloud
SchoolCloud is the website Providence uses to share documents with parents and guardians. You will use this resource to complete your child’s application each year and view their IPP and progress reports. This link is for families who have a child currently attending Providence.
Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD)
The FSCD program works with eligible families to provide support and services based on each child and family’s needs.
Family & Community Resource Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital
The FCRC provides information, resources and support to families. It is located on the 2nd floor of the Alberta Children’s Hospital, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW and is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day to families, healthcare professionals, and community members.
Phone: 403-955-3272
Toll Free: 1-877-943-3272
Email: FCRC@ahs.ca
Autism Calgary
Autism Calgary Association helps families find the information they need to make informed choices.
Phone: 403-250-5173
Autism Canada
Autism Canada is the only Canadian autism advocacy organization with a national perspective on the issues currently facing those with ASD, their families and other stakeholders.
Between Friends
A charitable organization providing recreational and social programs for youth with disabilities.
Calgary Cerebral Palsy Kids and Families
The Association works to provide understanding, support, and resources to individuals and their families affected by Cerebral Palsy.
Calgary SCOPE Society
SCOPE provides in-home information, support and consultation for developmentally delayed, behavioural, social, or emotional challenges.
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
CDSS is a resource, linking parents and professionals, through advocacy, education and information.
Phone: 403-270-8500
Toll Free: 1-800-883-5608
Children’s Link
Comprehensive information on resources available to children with disabilities and their families. Children’s Link also coordinates social activities for parents.
Phone: 403-230-9158
Deaf & Hear Alberta
A registered charity that supports the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in Alberta.
Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD)
The Government of Alberta’s FSCD program works with eligible families to provide support and services based on each child and family’s needs.
Phone: (403) 297-6022
Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta
Learning disabilities can affect many areas of life. The Association offers programs that help people with learning disabilities reach their personal potential.
Sinneave Family Foundation
The Sinneave Family Foundation is an operating foundation based in Calgary, Alberta that aims to improve education, employment and housing outcomes for autistic youth and adults.
