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Child Development Resources

CHEO is committed to engaging with families and community partners. Below is a variety of resources and helpful tips provided by CHEO and our community to help families support their child’s development and growth. Families are welcome to share these resources with other family members, childcare providers, educators, and others to help those involved in your child’s life build knowledge and skills.

Learn about your child's development

Prepare for an appointment

More resources and supports

Favourite Words for Child Development

Find strategies and resources to support a child's development

Speech and communication development

Find speech, stuttering and language development resources

Eating

Videos

  • Dietician Guide to the Picky Eater - CHEO
  • Getting ready to eat - CHEO
  • Preparing for a Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study - CHEO
  • The Reluctant Eater - CHEO

Websites

  • Healthy eating for babies and toddlers - Parenting in Ottawa
  • Preparing infant formula - BestStart
  • Serving kids with pediatric feeding disorder - Feeding Matters
  • Webinars - International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative

Handouts

Helping your picky eater try new foods - CHEO

Feeding according to developmental level - Holland Bloorview

Play and learning

Websites

  • Recreation Therapy resources - CHEO
  • Learn and Play Activities - Health HQ
  • Adaptive Toys and Tech Resource Centre - CHEO
  • Active Play - Parenting in Ottawa
  • Play&Learn: discover activities to help your child learn, grow and thrive - McMaster
  • Using play to promote language - First Words
  • Creative circle time: music, stories & games - ConnectAbility
  • Social skills - ConnectAbility
  • Developing language through reading and storytelling - First Words

Videos

  • Sensory processing - CHEO

Apps

  • Jooay App: Finding leisure activities close to home for children with disabilities

Self help skills

Videos

  • Good night, sleep tight - CHEO
  • Occupational Therapy - KidsInclusive
  • Tips and tricks for dressing - CHEO
  • Toilet training - CHEO
  • Toilet learning - Parenting in Ottawa
  • Sleep - Parenting in Ottawa

Websites

  • Autism self-care toolkit - Holland Bloorview
  • Sleep guidelines - Government of Canada
  • Taking care of myself - ConnectAbility

Handouts

Constipation - CHEO

Motor skills

Gross motor skills

Videos

  • Walking with crutches - CHEO
  • Physiotherapy - KidsInclusive

Handouts

Torticollis - CHEO

Walking with crutches - CHEO

Fine motor skills

Videos

  • Grip and snip: Early hand skills for scissor use and pre-printing - CHEO

Seating and mobility

Websites

Transportation & car seats

  • Travelling safely while seated in a wheelchair - School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University
  • Ride Safe Brochure - Wheelchair Transportation Safety
  • Child Safety Link - Car Seat Safety
  • Safety with transporting oxygen cylinders in vehicle - Hamilton Health Sciences
  • SEATS for kids - FAQs
  • Travelling safely while seated in a wheelchair - Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre

Find information to help you prepare for appointments, school and more

 

Assessments and appointments:

  • Prepare for your baby's hearing assessment
  • Prepare for an FASD Diagnostic Assessment
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  • Prepare for a Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Appointment

Daycare and school:

  • Getting ready for school (video) - CHEO
  • Prepare for kindergarten: what you can do at home
  • Prepare for school

Find more information on child development

Learn more about:

  • Early identification and well-baby visits
  • Early planning toolkit for families with kids aged 2-10 with a disability
  • Supporting your child's future
  • Developmental milestones:
    • Brain development
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    • Speech and language
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  • Finding private practices:
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    • Occupational Therapists

Learn more about a specific diagnosis:

Autism

  • Autism resources - CHEO
  • Autism services - CHEO
  • Family Education Centre
  • Peer reviewed resources on Autism in Canada - AIDE Canada
  • QuickStart: Early Intervention for Autism
  • Introductory video for caregivers of children and youth with a new diagnosis of ASD

Resources for adults

  • Autism Ontario - Adults

Brain injuries

  • Levels of cognitive functioning scale

Cerebral Palsy

  •  Cerebral Palsy resources

Cystic Fibrosis

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FASD

Visit the FASD resource page for a full list of resources and supports.

Neuromuscular Disorders

  • CureSMA
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
  • Parent project Muscular Dystrophy
  • TREAT-NMD

Learn about Favourite Words (F-Words) for Child Development

Favourite Words (F-Words) focus on six areas of your child’s development and include: Functioning, Family, Fitness, Fun, Friends and Future. CHEO Development and Rehabilitation is using Favourite Words when working with you and your child, in order to identify goals and areas of focus.

Below you will find a variety of resources to help you better understand, F-Words for Families.

Websites

  • F-Words in Childhood Disability - CanChild 

  • ICF Resources - CanChild 

Videos, webinars and podcasts

  • Webinars and Podcasts - CanChild 

  • F-words Videos - CanChild 

Other resources

  • F-Words Newsletter for Parents - canchild.ca 

  • The ‘F‐words’ in childhood disability: I swear this is how we should think! - Rosenbaum - 2012 - Child: Care, Health and Development - Wiley Online Library 

Training

CanChild has training you can take!

How to access the Favourite Words Training:

  • You can access the training course here
  • Click on “Login/Sign Up”
  • Click on “Create a New Account”
  • Enter your information. A confirmation email will be sent to you.
  • Click on the link in your email message.
  • You should now be able to access the F-words Foundations Course!

Disclaimer 

These resources are for educational purposes only. If you have any questions, ask your health care provider.  

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