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DAYCARES

My various services meet your needs by providing targeted, practical support

and solutions for the everyday reality of educating and caring for children.

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Some children find transition and/or integration to daycare overwhelming, and may meet challenges in various behaviour and developmental areas. It seems that challenging behaviours of children are steadily increasing and that may hinder their integration into groups, leaving daycare teams stumped as to how to intervene. Sometimes these challenges can be an unknown and unexpected puzzle, or sometimes they can be related to a known diagnosis, disability, condition or label.

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You are of course the expert in your field, however you may experience difficulties in relation to communicating with non functionally speaking or non speaking children, challenging behaviour, understanding autistic thinking or other complex manifestations of various disabilities. Perhaps you are meeting obstacles in applying your methods within your current environment and reality or meeting success and providing belonging for the child(ren) that you are supporting.

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No matter the age of the child(ren) in your care, nor whether they have a diagnosis or not, my services can provide you with specific insight into your personal situation, such as:

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  • exactly how to do what you need to do

  • where to start when you you suspect or receive a diagnosis for a child

  • clarifying neurodiverse needs

  • how to approach crisis situations and difficult behaviour

  • understanding neurodiverse perceptions

  • breaking through the overwhelm to take action

  • realistically applying techniques and strategies in the everyday routines

  • working together to meet the combined needs of individuals and groups

  • how to apply professional recommendations into your everyday reality

  • seeking new information and ideas for your toolbox

  • what can be done to help beyond what is already being done

  • researching services, programs, policies, laws, resources etc.

  • promoting and/or maintaining independence

  • and more……

If you are looking for help with something that is not listed here, don't hesitate to contact me to find out if I can help.

Daycare Services

SERVICES

I work directly with daycare teams to understand their reality and to expand their theoretical and practical knowledge. Together, we reflect on your goals and your approach, determine where you are

meeting success and where you are meeting challenges in adapting and applying your

professional skills while working towards finding creative solutions that are realistic for integrating, communicating, and meeting diverse or challenging needs more effectively,

within the available material and human resources.

I always strive to respect personal limitations, values and beliefs, and understand and acknowledge

who you and the child(ren) you support are, in order to provide more effective

existing interventions with fewer challenges for everyone involved.

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Given that my services are needs based and solution oriented, a specifically tailored package

will be proposed to you, based on a completed needs assessment.

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You can find more information below, or you can book a free thirty minute phone or virtual call to discuss your situation and get a personalized recommendation about which service would best meet your needs.

DAYCARE PACKAGES

This service is for daycare staff looking for help to clarify the needs of the child(ren) in their care and support to apply techniques and interventions in real time.

This service is for daycare staff looking for help to clarify the needs of a child in their care and a step by step intervention plan to address the situation.

This service is for daycare staff looking for help to clarify the needs of the child(ren) in their care and recommendations for implicated individuals and resources, if applicable.

DAYCARE INTEGRATION

This service is for daycare staff who are looking for support for understanding and addressing challenging behaviour, as well as atypical differences in learning and integration of a child who is experiencing difficulties in the areas of language, communication, emotional regulation and social skills.

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS

This service is for daycare staff looking for opportunities to discuss effectively meeting individual children’s needs, meeting staff needs, using the staff as effectively as possible, clarifying roles of staff, rethinking group schedules and/or activities and/or programs in complex situations.

SITUATIONAL CONSULTATIONS

This service is for daycare staff looking for ideas and support for how to make changes in specific situations, including dealing with aggressive behaviour, lack of progress/change, changes in behaviour, inappropriate behaviour, teaching specific skills etc.

WORKSHOPS

This service includes workshops for daycare staff and communities who are looking to learn more information and discussion about how to practically and realistically address the needs of the child(ren) they are educating and caring for.

Daycares: Complete

"Coaching is a process that aims to improve performance and focuses on the ‘here and now’ rather than on the distant past or future.

While there are many different models of coaching, here we are not considering the ‘coach as expert’ but, instead, the coach as a facilitator of learning.

There is a huge difference between teaching someone and helping them to learn. In coaching, fundamentally, the coach is helping the individual to improve their own performance: in other words, helping them to learn.

Good coaches believe that the individual always has the answer to their own problems but understands that they may need help to find the answer."

                                                                    Definition from: www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/coaching.html

COMPLETE PACKAGE

This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;

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  • completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;

  • participation in workshops created to provide missing information and improve application of techniques and strategies;

  • discussion/explanation of strategies applied in natural environment in real time;

  • functional behaviour assessments;

  • real time modeling;

  • guided interventions;

  • behavioural support in real time.

Daycares: Partial

PARTIAL PACKAGE

This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;

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  • completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;

  • hypothesis of the need(s);

  • participation in workshops created to provide missing information and improve application of techniques and strategies;

  • a step by step intervention plan;

  • recommendations for each individual and possible referral to other professionals or services, if applicable.

Daycares: Mini

MINI PACKAGE

This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;

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  • completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;

  • hypothesis of the need(s);

  • recommendations for each implicated individual;

  • referral to other professionals or services.

Daycares: Integration

DAYCARE INTEGRATION

Some examples of how this package can be helpful for you and your team include;

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  • you are meeting difficulties in supporting a child with group and social participation;

  • you are struggling to meet the emotional needs of a child;

  • you require support around a child’s language and communication;

  • you are finding it difficult to understand and address challenging behaviour.

 

This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;

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  • completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;

  • hypothesis of the need(s);

  • recommendations for each implicated individual;

  • referral to other professionals or services;

  • two hour accompaniment sessions, twice a week, for a four or six week block;

    • support for inclusion into daycare groups;

    • practice emotional regulation;

    • promotion of language development;

    • guided social interactions for building social skills.

Daycares: Brainstorming Sessions

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS

This service provides an opportunity to discuss situations in which you are experiencing challenges and brainstorm outside of the box ideas, in order to actively make changes in the day to day, and more effectively meet the ongoing needs in complex situations. This can include, but is not limited to:

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  • meeting individual children's needs;

  • meeting staff needs;

  • using the staff as effectively as possible;

  • clarifying roles of staff;

  • rethinking group schedules and/or activities and/or programs etc.

  • follow up to participation in workshop content, for applying learned techniques.

Daycares: Consultations

SITUATIONAL CONSULTATIONS

This service provides an opportunity to discuss specific situations in which you are meeting challenges, in order to determine the current sequence of events, including the interventions that are already in place, and then brainstorm ways to make changes to improve the situation. This can include, but is not limited to:

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  • dealing with aggressive behaviour;

  • lack of progress/change;

  • changes in behaviour;

  • inappropriate behaviour;

  • teaching specific skills;

  • hypothesizing needs and brainstorming interventions;

  • follow up to participation in workshop content, for applying learned techniques.

Daycares: Workshops

WORKSHOPS

This service is available to both the daycare staff, as well as the daycare community (parents, guardians, collaborators, etc.) both in person and online. The workshop length and fees vary, depending on the subject matter and the amount of discussion time you would like included in the workshop.

A complete training can be offered by offering the entire workshop series, however workshops may also be available individually, at the request of the daycare or as part of the recommendations following a needs assessment.

Daycares: Autism

AUTISM ACCEPTANCE

This service includes autism specific presentations, workshops and information sessions, available to the daycare staff, children and daycare community (parents, guardians etc.) who are looking to understand more about what autism is, the real life impact, and individual roles of accepting, interacting and including autistic individuals. The information is adapted to various age levels, roles and desired outcome(s).

Daycares: Other services

OTHER SERVICES FOR DAYCARES

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