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Early Childhood Development is mandated by the community:

•  To address the social/emotional and behavioural problems of children which arte interfering with their ability to learn.

•  To assist their teachers and provide assistance to the children’s parents where appropriate.

•  To address the cultural traditional teachings through a social skill curriculum.

Guiding Principles:
  • Quality care is delivered in a compassionate, professional and in a timely manner.
  • Clients benefit from a wholistic care philosophy.
  • Clients, caregivers and relevant services providers shall be encouraged to participate in planning and delivery of care.
  • Confidentiality is respected at all times, barring legislative guidelines.
  • We shall work cooperatively with other members of the Health Care team to maximize our interventions.
  • We believe that quality care is provided by competent staff.
  • We believe client care is enhanced by skilled, qualified and motivated staff.
  • Each member of staff makes a special/important contribution to the program and to our overall mission.
For the Children:
  • To assist children to acquire healthy physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being so that they may develop inner strength and grow from a solid foundation;
  • To educate children and youth on how to make positive choices;
  • To impact upon children the benefits of positive attitudes and behaviours;
  • To assist children in reaching their fullest academic potential;
  • To initiate counseling and provide referrals to appropriate community based agencies for risk reduction;
  • To provide an advocacy role for children whom are seeking various services within and outside the community.
For the Parents:
  • To assist parents in understanding how to provide a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for their children;
  • To provide counselling to parents and families as required;
  • To assist parents in gaining a full understanding of the social environment of the school;
  • To develop strategies that will increase parent participation with regards to their children’s problems, progress, and development;
  • To provide parents alternative methods of parenting, such as behaviour management skills;
  • To recruit and encourage the active participation of parents in community information sessions
  • To provide an advocacy role for parents whom are seeking various services within and outside the community
For the Teachers:
  • To assist teachers in early detection of student problems
  • To assist teachers in positive classroom management styles;
  • To provide an advocacy role for Teachers whom are seeking various services within and outside the community.
For the Community:
  • To provide a frontline resource and to coordinate programming with other community agencies;
  • To provide employment for five members of the community;
  • To develop a strategy that will increase community awareness regarding values of community wellness and available resources;
  • To recruit and encourage the active participation of the community in the information sessions;
  • To establish a mechanism whereby the community undertakes the task of understanding family dynamics and its effects on the individual, family and community;
  • To compliment the Six Nations Education system
 
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