A gesture, a point, a look—these early attempts to connect are powerful stepping stones toward language. For children with additional needs, however, expressing wants, needs, and interests can be more challenging. That’s where sign language—especially simple, early signs—can make a meaningful difference.

Sesame Street’s first AAC board features core vocabulary and beloved characters. A valuable resource for early learning and developing communication abilities.

Lansdowne Children’s Centre is excited to invite families to participate in the Scholastic Book Club—an engaging and accessible way to bring the joy of reading into your home while also supporting important programs and services for local infants, children and youth in our community.

Challenger Baseball with Jays Care Foundation bringing adaptive sport to Brant County (Paris Youth Softball)

Lansdowne Children’s Centre and Brant Food for Thought are thrilled to announce they have been selected as the 2026 local charity recipients of the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign, with support from 19 Tim Hortons restaurants across the Brantford area.

Brantford’s loudest fundraiser is back and ready to roar. The 22nd running of the Charity Motorcycle Ride for Lansdowne Kids, presented by Ensuring Brant, will take place on Saturday, July 4, 2026, launching from a brand-new location: the Airport Community Hall, 3 Airport Road in Brantford.

“Connecting with Lansdowne changed everything. It equipped us with the tools to help her, and that knowledge was powerful.” Following a traumatic, unplanned delivery where Jade had to be resuscitated, she was diagnosed with a left BPI, damage to the network of nerves...

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The Social Work Team at Lansdowne Children’s Centre are professionally trained to support families to cope with the impact of illness, disability and complex health needs.

“The touch quilts were certainly trendy,” Sue said, adding, “With touch quilts, our focus … would be for a sensory experience.” The quilters would incorporate a range of fabrics in these projects so as to have multiple textures: silky, smooth, rough, bumpy, etc.

Our hearts are full! The Knights of Columbus Brantford’s Charity Fundraising Breakfast raised a record‑breaking $4,500 for Lansdowne Children’s Centre with their all-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser.

It was a Block Party bonanza at Lansdowne Children’s Centre as the agency’s annual children's holiday party, presented with Rotary Club of Brantford, connected kids of all ages with interactive brick-based activities celebrating the worlds of Lego and Minecraft.

A parent's success story finding support for their child's development with Lansdowne Children's Centre, speech services

Chance and friends love learning more about the programs and services at Lansdowne Children's Centre, and sharing with our community how Lansdowne makes an impact in the lives of local infants, children and youth, and their families.

It's a labour of love for organizer Julie Neal, local real estate agent in Brantford whose family has been helped by the many services and programs offered by Lansdowne Children's Centre.

It’s little things in young lives that often create the biggest moments. For Julie Neal, finding the right equipment to empower her daughter Tenley to join in a family dance party was a big moment.

It was a night to celebrate the creativity, hard work and dedication of the members of Lansdowne’s Therapeutic Recreation program as the annual Artists’ Gala returned to the Branlyn Community Centre on Nov. 21.

Your generosity and community spirit truly shone through as you raised an impactful donation in support of Lansdowne Children's Centre

Annual fundraising campaign and family fun fair raises over $30,000 for Lansdowne Children's Centre programs and services, supporting local infants, children and youth, and their families.

Through generous donations, Lansdowne Children’s Centre is able to provide vital support to infants, children, and youth with additional needs—and their families. This gallery captures some of the heartwarming moments and milestones made possible by your contributions,