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.

Each year, a Lansdowne Children's Centre youth ambassador is selected to represent all of the clients and their families whose lives will be impacted thanks to this event. For the 2026 Charity Motorcycle Ride for Lansdowne Kids, the youth ambassador is Owen Soden.

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.

Lauren O’Neill, Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s interim Family Engagement Coordinator, wants client families to know she’s here for them. “I'm really passionate about bringing back the programs that had been serving them and listening to what they need for their well-being within my capacity here for programming,” Lauren said. In the past, events like Caregiver Craft Night and Coffee and Chat were a way for families of babies, kids and teens receiving services through Lansdowne

The items in each Parker’s Promise kit are relatively common: a fidget, a lip chap, a tea bag, a pen and journal, and a card that explains how a person can use these things in a grounding exercise. This was done very intentionally by creator Shalyn Wilson, who wanted to make sure the items in the kit could be easily and relatively inexpensively replenished for continual use. “You can recreate that grounding exercise over and over and over again,” she said. Possibly the most i

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“At Lansdowne, one of our foundational goals is to provide family-centered services. We can only do this with feedback from the families we serve. " The annual Lansdowne Children’s Centre Client Satisfaction Survey is an opportunity for the families served by Lansdowne to provide feedback.

Connect with family and children support services and resources in Haldimand and Norfolk countires, Ontario. H-N REACH

Brandon and Chelsea Partridge shared a bit about their experiences as the parents of children with Autism, supported by Lansdowne Children's Centre..

If you’ll be studying at a college, university, Indigenous institute or career training program in the fall of 2025, EKO wants to support

Challenger adaptive baseball program is in Brantford, running Wednesday evenings June 4 through July 30 at Lansdowne Public School on Presto

Whether a parent caring for a child, or a child caring for a parent, or any type of caregiver – you matter. Lansdowne Childrens Centre

Adam DeGrote has made it his mission to do something impactful for the youth of our community each year, and in 2024 Lansdowne...

All Lansdowne client families are invited to participate in sharing their experiences receiving services and support...

Lansdowne Children’s Centre highlights Grand Erie libraries for Family Literacy Day

Beginning 2025 January 16, parents and caregivers of children with special needs, from birth to six years old..

Free Foundational Family Services, program and therapy updates from Lansdowne Children's Centre Autism Services, 2025 January-February

Hundreds of families of infants, children and youth who access services and support for special needs at Lansdowne visited the holiday party

Learn more about a new EarlyON program, coming soon, specifically built around the needs of families with children with special needs