These links are provided to help families explore the internet for useful information regarding children’s health and general parenting information. The Child Development Centre attempts to keep these links current and up-to-date, but does not take responsibility for the content of the following websites. If you have any questions regarding the content of any of the websites, please direct your questions or concerns to your primary health care provider or your Child Development Centre team member.

General Health and Development Information:

  • Best Chance:
    This website is filled with up-to-date and practical information, useful tools and resources for women, expectant parents, and families with babies and toddlers up to 3 years of age. https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/babys-best-chance
  • Zero to Three:
    Includes information regarding child development from birth to age three. www.zerotothree.org
  • Hanen:
    The Hanen Centre is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization committed to supporting parents, early childhood educators and speech-language pathologists in their efforts to promote the best possible language, social and literacy skills in young children. www.hanen.org
  • Canadian Paediatric Society:
    The national association of paediatricians, committed to working together to advance the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in health care, advocacy, education, research and support of its membership. www.cps.ca
  • About Kids Health:
    Trusted health answers from The Hospital for Sick Children. www.aboutkidshealth.ca
  • Canadian Recalls and Safety Alerts:
    http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/index-eng.php
  • Transition to Adult Care:
    The goal of transition to adult care is to support youth with special health care needs and their families or caregivers to gain the confidence, skills and knowledge to be ready to enter the adult health care system. www.ontracbc.ca

Indigenous Resources:

Parenting and Community Supports:

Crisis Lines:

Adoption and Fostering in BC:

  • Adoptive Families Association of BC:
    AFABC provides province-wide support and advice if you are beginning to think about adoption, if you have decided to adopt, and if you have already had a child or children join your family. http://www.bcadoption.com/

Health and Development Research:

  • CanChild:
    A research centre dedicated to generating knowledge & transforming lives of children and youth with developmental conditions and their families. https://canchild.ca/
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association:
    A page dedicated to Neuromuscular diseases. https://www.mda.org/
  • Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders:
    CORD is Canada’s national network for organizations representing all those with rare disorders. http://raredisorders.ca/
  • National Organization for Rare Disorders:
    NORD’s Rare Disease Database provides brief introductions for patients and their families to more than 1,200 rare diseases. http://www.rarediseases.org/rare-disease-information/rare-diseases
  • Human Early Learning Partnership:
    A collaborative, interdisciplinary research network, based at UBC. The HELP research explores how different early environments and experiences contribute to inequalities in children’s development. http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/
  • Including All Children:
    An inclusive project for children and families in BC. Includes find information, materials, and resources geared toward children who have been identified as vulnerable due to developmental delays, identified disabilities, or other challenges. http://includingallchildren.educ.ubc.ca/

Financial Resources:

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