Welcome!
The Child Development Centre has been helping improve the developmental outcomes of the region's children for over 40 years. We now assist over 1100 children per year, including approximately one in five of the region's preschool children.Our services are designed to help the whole child, including the balanced development of social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and communication skills. Our Therapy and Supported Child Development programs are for children that require extra support, such as children with special needs, developmental delays, and/or behavioural issues. Our daycare and preschool services are open to children of all abilities, including those with typical development.
The Child Development Centre is a non-profit charity. If you are interested in supporting our services, please visit our donations and planned giving page, and our volunteer page.
Is your Toddler Talking?
If not, you may benefit from our new 20 minute DVD. Click Here for additional information.
CARF Accreditation
The CDC is accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). This
signifies that we have
met internationally
recognized
standards of quality, that we are committed to continuous quality
improvement, and that we
provide child and family focused services. Click
here to see a video on the benefits of CARF accreditation.
Centre News:
May 17, 2011
We have received some good news of late. The province has awarded us an additional $40,000 toward or Community Gaming Grant. This funding goes toward our a number of programs, such as daycare/preschool classes, our adapted swimming program, our physio "bootcamp," special events (such as our Family Picnic, Christmas party and Thanksgiving lunch), our specialized therapy/preschool groups, and our positioning and mobility clinics. This is very welcome news!
May 16, 2011
We would like to offer a big thank-you to Futureshop for running their fundraiser again this year. They raised $1,200!! This is an amazing amount for a barbeque. Thank you to everyone that came out to buy a hotdog. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Future Shop is holding their second annual barbeque in memory of their former employee Doug Paquette this Saturday, May 12th from 11:00 to 4:00. Proceeds will come to the CDC in support of our ECE Music Program. The CDC would like to thank Future Shop so much for their continued support of our services.
May 5, 2012
Our newsletter is available here for download. For past issues please see our documents page
May 1, 2012
We would like to thank the awesome folks at J.R. MacMillan Construction for running a fundraiser for the CDC. They built the amazing playhouse pictured on the right and raffled it off at last weekend's home show. It raised over $1,500 in support of our Therapy Program.
March 22, 2012
The children and our staff had a great time yesterday when Ronald McDonald visited the Child Development Centre. Lots of fun!
March 12, 2012
The CDC has been approved for $100,000 for a Community Gaming Grant! These very welcome resources will help greatly in facilitating services such as our Specialized Preschool Groups, Lending Libraries, Seating and Positioning Clinics, Adapted Swimming Program, and our Physiotherapy "Boot Camps".
We would like to thank the members of the Kiwanis Club of Prince George. The club donated of $448 to support the purchase of new materials for our lending library. Thank you!
February 20, 2012
Our Every Child Belongs Conference is now FULL. We looking forward to seeing everyone in March!
The registration package for our Every Child Belongs Conference is available here. The Conference is will be held on March 10, 2012. There is a fantastic lineup of presenters. Early bird registrations to February 10.
January 4, 2012
We have a couple of upcoming events that you may be interested in, including our Preschooler Health Day Circuit on January 22nd and Partnerships in Communication Workshops on February 4 and February 18 (A poster for the workshops is available here). Checkout our Training and Events Calendar for more information on upcoming events.
January 3, 2012
Happy New Year!
We had a successful year at our Gift Wrap booth at Pine Centre Mall this year. We would like to thank everyone that came out to volunteer at the booth and everyone that brought their gifts out to be wrapped.
December 6, 2011
They have donated $10,000 to the CDC over the last three years. Thank You!
December 6, 2011
The Child Development Centre has set up its annual Gift Wrap Booth outside of Sears in the Pine Centre Mall. Bring your Christmas Presents in to be beautifully wrapped. If you are interested in volunteering for the booth, please call 250-563-7168 extension 0 or drop by at the Booth.
November 30, 2011
We hope to see you out and about at one of our functions!
October 25, 2011
The
big news this week is that the CDC and the Northern Health
Authority's Speech and Language Clinic are jointly implementing a new
client information system. The transition will also us to
more effectively prioritize our services, and make our data entry more
efficient.
This system could also be used to implement a
paperless charting system, something we will be considering over the
next few years.
