New child agency combines two organizations.TORONTO -- A new agency, the Child Development Institute, opened in Toronto. It was created by the amalgamation amalgamation /amal·ga·ma·tion/ (ah-mal´gah-ma´shun) trituration (3). amalgamation ( of Earlscourt Child and Family Centre and the 90 year old Creche Child and Family Centre. Tony Diniz is the Executive Director, Kathryn Levene, Associate and Director of Early Intervention ear·ly intervention n. Abbr. EI A process of assessment and therapy provided to children, especially those younger than age 6, to facilitate normal cognitive and emotional development and to prevent developmental disability or delay. Services. The combined agency provides a range of services for children under the age of 12 and their families and has seven locations in Toronto. The Institute employees 150 (full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or a student's enrollment at an educational institution. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time. ) staff whose backgrounds include: child & youth work, early childhood education, social work, counselling psychology Counseling psychology as a psychological specialty facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns. , diploma in child study, and speech & language pathology. The agency also utilizes consulting psychiatrists and psychologists. Programs of the Institute include: child development, parenting, childhood aggression, children in conflict with the law, early childhood disorders, child abuse, and domestic violence. 416-603-1827 |
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