Provincial Family Resource Networks – service provider search

Service description: Information and referral and coordination of services for Albertans.

Service description: Family facilitation includes elements of parent education as well as child and youth development programming. All parent education programs offered by the FRN provide support for parents wanting to learn about their child’s development in a variety of areas and enhancing their parenting knowledge and skills to support their family. The Early Childhood Development component is a service that strives to support and enhance both infant/child wellbeing as well as infant/child development. Child development activities included in this program will be directly related to the following developmental domains: Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Communication Skills, Problem Solving Skills and Personal-Social Skills. Developmental Support Plans will be used as a service plan for families who require a specialized referral but must wait for services. The Child and Youth Development component is a service that strives to support and enhance both child/youth wellbeing as well as child/youth development. Some well-being domains are addressed concurrently with child development activities, while others are addressed within evidenced-based parent education curriculums that McMan Central delivers.

Service description: To serve children, youth and families that are experiencing significant adversity and would benefit from one-on-one support services in their home.

Service description: Home Visitation is an early intervention program designed to support families in providing a nurturing, stimulating and safe environment for their children from prenatal until the child turns seven. Services focus on supporting the parent(s) as well as supporting parent/child interaction and child development.

Service description: Information and referral and coordination of services for Albertans.

Service description: This drop in program gives parents the opportunity to make new friends from other cultural backgrounds, to improve their English skills and get information about Canadian practices, nutrition, parenting and much more.

Service description: Healthy Families is an early intervention home visitation initiative designed to support families in providing a nurturing, stimulating and safe environment for their children from prenatal until the child turns six.

Service description: Family facilitation includes elements of parent education as well as child and youth development programming.

Service description: To serve children, youth and families that are experiencing significant adversity and would benefit from one-on-one support services in their home.

Service description: Our Cultural Learning Centre and Playschool program brings opportunities for children 0 month to 6 years of age and their families to engage in early child development programming imbedded with Indigenous traditions to foster growth and knowledge while making social connections. We follow and encourage the interests of the children and their families with emergent learning opportunities as each develop and learn at their own pace. Parents, caregivers, or a trusted family member attend with the child and when they are 19 months old and show readiness, they can transition into a drop off class. Once in a drop-off class, family members participate in a way of their choosing monthly.

Service description: The family support program at Red Deer Native Friendship Society provides in-home and in-office support to Indigenous and non-Indigenous families and individuals. Focusing on prevention and intervention services that meet each family or individual's needs for parent/child development and cultural support. This is achieved through one-on-one case management, recommended attendance in health and wellness programs, traditional parenting programs, and local cultural activities and events throughout the community.