Family Resource Centre
The Family Resource Centre is located in the atrium at the Oshawa location with some resources available at the Ajax and Whitby satellite locations. The purpose of the Resource Centre is to make educational resources available to family and other caregivers, clients and staff of Grandview. It includes a wide range of information for families of children and youth with special needs as well as information on general health, parenting and family life.
Books, DVD’s, videos, magazines and more are available to help understand and support the growth and development of your child. There are a variety of brochures and booklets providing information on children’s services, Grandview’s services, parenting and several support services in the community. Also, there are Disability Tax Forms and Accessible Parking Permits for clients to access.
Full use of the Family Resource Centre is only available to families and other caregivers of children on Grandview’s caseload; Grandview staff and staff of related agencies, providing service to Grandview clients.
Resource material may be also used on-site but not borrowed by any member of the community, e.g., co-op high school students.
Parents… Did you know….
We offer many popular titles, topics and authors. There is a different topic featured each month on Autism, Parenting, Cerebral Palsy, Speed, children’s books and more. In the last year we have added over 100 new books to our growing Resource Centre.
Please be considerate to other families when borrowing from the Resource Centre and return the borrowed materials in the expected time frame. Due to the expense and demand for many of these books it is very important that ALL books be signed out. We understand how easy it is for busy families to forget to return a book and we can give you a gentle reminder if we have your information in the sign out book.
The books may be signed out for a 3 week loan period and the DVD’s and video for 1 week. For more information or inquiries on the Resource Centre please call 905-728-1673 ext.2570 or 1-800-3304-6180 ext.2570.
A big thanks to our families for using the material in our Resource Centre and returning them so that other families can benefit from these resources.
The Resource Centre has been a big success and we couldn’t do it without you!!!