​​​​​Child Development Program

All of our locations have a Program Leader on staff.  The Program Leader works with all the children to ensure they are reaching expected child development milestones in the following:​

• Speech and Language
• Social / Emotional (Behaviour)
• Fine and Gross Motor
• Self Help skills

​The Program Leader or room staff are also available to the parents to answer any questions or discuss any concerns you may have in any of the above areas.  Please feel free to go to them with any questions or concerns no matter how minor you may feel it is.  If required we have access to a Speech and Language Pathologist, a Behaviour Consultant and an Early Childhood Psychologist to help us answer questions, give us new initiatives to try with children or come in for observations or assessments. 

Funding is provided through Early Learning and Child Care to provide additional support for children with diverse needs.  

Through funding provided by the Saskatoon District Health Region, a Speech and Language Pathologist and a Behavioural Consultant visit our Centres.  The purpose of these visits will be:

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• To provide support and resources to staff and parents

• With parental consent, to provide individualized programming for children with diverse needs

• To assist staff in responding to behavioural, emotional and developmental concerns displayed by the children

•  Parents are welcome and encouraged to volunteer time within the centre.  Parents may contribute individual talents and skills (possibly during circle times), volunteer for field trips, etc.

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• Volunteers will not be counted in staff-to-child ratios but may be included in adult-to-child ratios (ie: for field trips)

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• Volunteers will not be left alone with the children

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• All volunteers are required to have a completed criminal record check prior to volunteering.  If the new volunteer already has a Criminal Record Check, it must not be more than 6 months old at the start.  There is no cost for a volunteer to have a Criminal Record Check. A volunteer letter is required and that can be picked up from the centre.

All children must be picked up by a person who is at least sixteen years of age or older and has been authorized by the parent or guardian who registered the child in the Day Care.  Only the persons listed on the Child Release Form will be allowed to remove the child from the Centre. 

The child will only be released to persons not listed if the Centre has received written or verbal communication from the parent/guardian.  Parents are required to inform the day care if someone other than themselves will be picking up their child.

In the event that a person who has authorization to pick up a child comes to the day care to pick up a child but is not known to the staff, and the parent has not notified the staff, we will attempt to reach the parent.  If we are unable to we will ID the person and release the child.