At Queens Park today I spoke about the great work being done at the John McGivney Children’s Centre in my riding of Windsor West. See below for the text and video of my statement! Speaker, Last week, I had the opportunity to tour the John McGivney Children’s Centre in my riding of Windsor West. Since opening its doors in 1978, the centre continues to provide rehabilitative services and resources to children and youth with special needs and is one out of only twenty one Childrens Treatment Centres in Ontario. While the centre offers a number of excellent programs offsite and at the JMCC School, their early childhood preschool program is second to none and a true asset to our community. This unique preschool provides students with a multi-disciplinary atmosphere that incorporates therapy and family goals into a learning environment. The preschool specializes in dedicated programming designed to maximize a student’s development in functional communication, literacy, numeracy, and social skills. Ensuring that children with special needs understand their self-worth and realize their potential is at the core of this model. This exceptional programming combined with the expert faculty and staff allows the John McGivney Children’s Centre preschool to offer youth and their families a transformative experience that they would not receive in a less specialized setting. Speaker, this is an excellent program and its value to the development of children, families and our community as a whole cannot be understated. I would like to thank CEO Elaine Whitemore, Executive Assistant Karen Mongeau and Tonie Bryans, manager of the Preschool Program, for their tireless efforts in developing and administering this program, along with everyone at the John McGivney Children Centre for their hard work and dedication. I’ve risen many times in this chamber to boast of the sense of community and culture of acceptance in Windsor, and it’s institutions like the John McGivney Children’s Centre that prove my point. bit.ly/15MZrRe
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:47:49 +0000
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