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Children’s
Services Meet
Growing Needs
Children Support Services at CLH Developmental Support Services
CLH DSS Children Support Services have played a vital in partnership with the family to help them understand
role in supporting children with developmental support their child’s needs and navigate Simcoe County Early
needs and their families in this region for more than 30 Intervention Services. They help develop individualized
years. support plans, coordinate services, and assist with
applications and referrals, among many other invaluable
When the County of Simcoe consolidated its Simcoe forms of support. SCRCS offices and services are located
County Resource Consultation Services (SCRCS) in in Collingwood, Alliston, Bradford, Barrie, Orillia and
2018, CLH Developmental Support Services was Midland. This service is provided to families free of charge
established as the County’s Agency of Record. CLH DSS’s and is funded by the County of Simcoe. Each year, 1700
leadership of the SCRCS program provides consistency children and families receive support from this program
of programming and access across the County and and its 52 Resource Consultants and staff. Lindsay
means there is no geographical boundary to providing Massicotte, Manager of Children Support Services notes
expertise when and where it’s needed for families and too that “Resource Counsultants can provide service in 13
their children. different languages, an additional and important form of
providing access to these greatly needed services.”
Infants, toddlers, and children up to the age of 12 who
attend a licensed childcare program in Simcoe County Recently Children Support Services have expanded to
and would benefit from developmental support receive provide additional specialized support to children with
consultation from a Resource Consultant through SCRCS. Autism.
The “RCs” are child development specialists, who work
York Simcoe Autism Network
CLH Developmental Support Services is a proud member
of the recently established York Simcoe Autism Network
(YSAN), which is a group of 11 organizations working
together to provide accessible, high-quality services
within York Region and Simcoe County for children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In particular, CLH DSS is
a partner in delivering two programs: the Entry to School
program and Caregiver Mediated Early Years Programs
– The PLAY Project.
Entry To School Program
The Entry to School (ETS) program supports children
registered in the Ontario Autism Program (OAP), between
Miss Megan, Miss Abby, Mason and Alex enjoy everything the ages of three and six years old, who are entering
on offer in their Entry to School classroom!
kindergarten or grade one for the first time. The program
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