Child Development Agency Providers

Toronto Public Health’s Early Years program would like to partner with you in supporting families living in Toronto by promoting:

• healthy child development
• early identification of children aged birth to six years at risk for poor developmental outcomes
• referrals to programs and services

Partnering with Your Agency

Workshops

• We can provide workshops on healthy child development to assist you with supporting families who are concerned about their child’s development.

Developmental Screening Clinics

• We can support you in developing and delivering child development screening clinics.

NutriSTEP® Training

• We can partner with you to set up NutriSTEP® screening clinics at your agency.
• NutriSTEP® Screening Clinics will help you to:
  • Identify children at nutritional risk.
  • Provide nutrition information to parents with children 18 months to five years of age.
  • Improve the overall developmental health of preschool children in your community.
  • Strengthen your partnerships with Toronto Public Health and other community agencies.
• Order a NutriSTEP® checklist.
  If you have staff trained in NutriSTEP®, you can submit a request to receive original copies of the NutriSTEP® checklist by completing the online order form.

Supporting Families

Agency providers play a vital role in the success of a child’s development.

• Use parent and professional child developmental tools:
  • Communication Checklists
  • Hearing Checklist
  • Vision Checklist
  • Looksee Checklist by NDDS

18 Month Well Baby Visit

• Encourage parents/caregivers to complete a free, online 18-Month Visit Planner tool to make a personalized plan to help discuss their child’s developmental health with their health care provider at The Enhanced 18-month Well-Baby Visit.
• For promotional posters and for Toronto specific information and referral sources for children, visit the Toronto Early Childhood and Family Resource System.
• Refer to CITYKIDS.
• Use the On Track Guide.