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New Westminster Childrens Center

Do you live in New Westminster?

Services for families whose children and youth need additional support. Located in New Westminster, the NWCC is a joint initiative of the Simon Fraser Society for Community Living and SHARE Family and Community Services Society. NWCC services and supports are available based on the age of the child/youth and are available free of charge.

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Family Centered Care

Family-centered care is the foundation on which our early intervention therapy services are provided.  This model of service-delivery is considered ‘best practice’ because positive child development outcomes go hand-in-hand with family involvement and support.  In practice, family-centered care at SHARE means that:

►Parents and therapists make decisions together, and parents have the final decision regarding their child and his or her treatment plan.
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Parents are given complete and unbiased information to help them make informed decisions about their child’s care.
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Parents receive copies of all reports written by SHARE staff about their child and family.  Copies of reports will not be shared with others without written consent from parents.
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Scheduling is planned to minimize disruption to the family and child’s routine.
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Parents are offered as much choice as possible about their child’s program. Recommended strategies are designed to fit into the family’s lifestyle in order to minimize stress.
►Services can be delivered in a variety of locations including at home, at SHARE, or at a daycare, preschool or other community setting.
►Family-identified needs are addressed directly and/or through referral to community agencies.
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Support programs and services are made available to the whole family, including parents and brothers and sisters. Extended family members are welcomed as members of the child’s decision-making and intervention team - with parent approval.

 
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Where there’s a chance ...

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At 4 months old Noah was a happy, healthy little baby. One week later, he was completely immobile and nearly comatose. In that week the regular clusters of seizures, like a thunderstorm in his head, had erased everything he had learned.
 
It took three sets of drugs over three months before the seizures were brought under control. During that period Noah’s body swelled to three times his size, he developed high blood pressure, lost the desire to eat and stopped breathing. Three months after the seizures began, drug therapy brought the seizures under control.
 
When Noah’s parents, met Hannah, one of SHARE’s physical therapists and Jill, an infant development specialist from a partner agency, they knew only that Noah’s prognosis included physical and mental developmental delays and more problems that would appear later in life. “We cried every day and night.”
 
For the next 9 months Hannah taught Claire and Damian the exercises that would help Noah re-build his skills. She focused on how Noah’s skills were changing and it gave them hope. “That’s what got us through.”
 
Every day, they focused on helping Noah develop his abilities. At first, it was learning how to raise his head,then to roll, then how to eat, then to grasp toys.
 

…There’s hope

"He doesn’t learn the same way as other kids but he can still learn.”
 
It’s been just over a year since Noah had his first seizure. His gross motor skills have returned to the normal range for his age. He continues to build his cognitive skills. “His progress was amazing”
 
Meet Noah.
He loves cheese, crunchy
snacks, swimming and
books that make noise

Noah is the light in his parent’s eyes. To watch their little baby suffer through uncontrollable seizures, to see him lose nearly all of his ability and to see him unresponsive was terrifying. To hear news that the chance of recovery was slim was devastating. Noah had infantile spasms, a condition that occurs in 1 in 2,000 babies.

 

When there’s a chance, there’s still hope.

Noah was referred to SHARE’s Early Intervention Therapy Program that last year helped nearly 550 children who had developmental concerns that range from physical and emotional delays due to impacts such as illness orinjury to disabilities such as autism and cerebral palsy. Our early intervention therapists, (physical, occupational and speech therapists) work with children and their parents to help children take their first step and speak theirfirst words.
 
In addition to speech and physical therapy, Jill and Hannah also connected Noah and Claire to our Family Resource Centre parent and tot drop-ins. One of several early childhood development programs we provide,these play and social times provide a nurturing and fun environment that lessens family isolation and provides opportunity for children to build and strengthen their social and cognitive skills. “I didn’t feel so alone.”
 
Your gift helps children develop. It gives parents courage. It’s a gift of hope.
 
Please give today. As long as there’s a chance, there is hope. Help us make the most of that chance.
 
Sincerely,
Joanne Granek,
Executive Director
 

 

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