THE CENTRE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER MAINLAND
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Mission Statement
MISSION: Helping children with special needs reach their potential. VISION: Our children have the best opportunities to succeed in all areas of their lives. VALUES: The well-being, safety, and success of our children is the highest priority we have.
About This Cause
Who We Are: Since 1953, The Centre for Child Development has been helping children with special needs reach their potential. We started as a grass-roots group of parents cooperatively organizing transportation to therapy sessions in Vancouver. Through the decades, we’ve grown to a team of over 160 staff with expertise in providing a wide range of collaborative therapeutic services to more than 3,200 children each year. We focus on providing service with integrity, caring and compassion. We consistently challenge ourselves to improve upon best practices and lead our field. Our professionals include: paediatric psychologists, family service and key workers, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physiotherapists, early childhood educators, supported child development specialists, recreation specialists, dietician, doctor, victims services workers, social workers and police. Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion: The Centre has long committed to, and continues to advance, a barrier-free, safe, and welcoming space for people of all abilities, ethnicities, races, nationalities, cultural heritage, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and social and economic backgrounds. We acknowledge the need for deliberate and persistent reflection and refinement of our practices to ensure our services continue to become more accessible and culturally responsive. Our practice of conscious inclusivity, cultural sensitivity and equitable access respects and values everyone’s differences and unique experiences. We honour, respect and adhere to all United Nations declarations on the rights of peoples, and federal and provincial statutes on human rights. The Centre respects and honours the culture and heritage of all persons, including Indigenous peoples in accordance with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and BC’s Recognition & Reconciliation Protocol on First Nations Children, Youth and Families. We recognize and work to overcome barriers to access including systemic and structural discrimination, social disparity, and economic status. We actively facilitate partnerships and work with community leaders to help solve the issues facing children and families from all backgrounds. We recognize and work to overcome barriers to access including systemic and structural discrimination, social disparity, and economic status. We actively facilitate partnerships and work with community leaders to help solve the issues facing children and families from all backgrounds. Committee participation: City of Surrey Healthy Communities Partnership City of Surrey Social Equity and Diversity Committee Surrey Child Care Task Force