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Program: Support for Families and the Community - Parenting Support

Organization: Rexdale Women's Centre
Description of Services: Support to parents and families in coping with the many challenges and rewards of raising healthy children

Parenting and Family Supportive Counselling: for newcomers, immigrant and refugee parents and grandparents who need support to raise healthy children in a new country with different culture, values and language

Nobody's Perfect Parenting Groups: participants learn about child development, effective discipline methods and receive information on Canadian institutions and services that can provide them with further assistance * sharing of learned expertise, views and ideas * develop social support networks while attending the group, which continue providing encouragement and help when the groups are finished

Family Drop-In: for children 2 to 12 years of age and their parents. provides children with the opportunity to develop skills in language, cognitive development, sensory development, creativity and gross motor skills development. While children are busy learning and creating, parents are involved in workshops and seminars that develop better parenting skills

Fees: None
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Services available to: newcomer, immigrant, refugee, Canadian women and their family/ dependants
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English ; Arabic ; Hindi ; Spanish ; Bengali ; Bosnian ; Croatian ; Dari ; Farsi (Persian) ; Gujurati ; Punjabi ; Serbian ; Tamil ; Twi ; Urdu ; West Indian dialect
Area(s) Served: Greater Toronto Area

Phone Numbers: 416-745-0062
Fax: 416-745-3995
Email: info@rexdalewomen.org
Website: www.rexdalewomen.org/parenting-support
Address: 925 Albion Rd, Suite 309
Etobicoke, ON
M9V 1A6
Intersection: Islington Ave and Albion Rd
Location: Toronto (Thistletown—Beaumond Heights)
Hours: Parenting and Family Supportive Counselling: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Nobody's Perfect Parenting Groups/Family Drop-In: Contact staff for times and dates
Executives: Fatima Filippi - Executive Director
416-745-0062 ext 265
Dr. Saadia Akram-Pall - Director of Programming
416-745-0062 ext 277 * sakrampall@rexdalewomen.org
Contacts: Margaret Nwosu - Program Coordinator
416-745-0062 ext 250 * mnwosu@rexdalewomen.org
Christabell Selvalingham - Counselors
416-745-0062 ext 285 * cselvalingham@rexdalewomen.org

 

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Not-for-profit, voluntary agency that serves high-need women and their family members

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