Information for Parents

Grow Along with Me educates parents on the importance of early learning. Through parenting classes, community programs and health promotion initiatives, families learn skills that will help support their child’s development.

For additional information visit the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development website.  This site covers 35 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from birth to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.

 

Just like visiting the dentist, having an eye appointment or seeing a doctor, it’s important to schedule a developmental checkup for your child.

 

You can do a developmental checkup with your child by accessing an Ages & Stages Questionnaire, at your local Parent Link Centre.  Please visit the links below for more details about the Parent Link Centre in your community.

Barons-Eureka-Warner Family & Community Support Services
Phone: (403)-345-3000 or Toll Free: 1-866-345-8800
Email: bewfcss@chr.ab.ca
Website: www.bewfcss.ab.ca

Barons Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-732-5470

Coaldale Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-345-6577

Coalhurst Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-320-1931

Coutts Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-647-3430

Crowsnest Pass Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-563-8157
Email: cnpparentlink@yahoo.ca

Grassy Lake Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-654-2422

Hays Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-654-2422

Kids First Family Centre (Fort Macleod)
Phone: (403)-553-5354
Email: susan.simpson2@albertahealthservices.ca

Lethbridge Family Centre
Phone: (403)-320-4232
Email: info@famcentre.ca
Website: www.famcentre.ca

Nobleford Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-320-1931

Pincher Creek Family Resource Society - Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-627-5569
Email: parentli@telus.net

Picture Butte Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-732-5470

Raymond Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-752-4301

Stirling Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-756-2254

Taber Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-223-4403

Vauxhall Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-654-2422

Warner Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-647-3430

Wrentham Parent Link Centre
Phone: (403)-647-3430

Routine Developmental Checkups at 6 month and 18 months are also included as part of the Well Child Clinic Appointments- Parents are asked to come 15 minutes early to these appointments in order to complete the Ages and Stages Questionnaire before they see the Public Health Nurse.

Parents of Children not regularly receiving Immunization are also encouraged to book for Developmental Checkups when their child is 6 and 18 months of age.

Questions about child development are alwasy welcome in Well Child Clinic or by contacting your local Public Health Nurse. 

Please visit the links below for more details about this service at various locations.

• Community Health - Cardston (403-653-5230)
• Community Health - Coaldale (403-345-3000)
• Community Health - Fort Macleod (403-553-5351)
• Community Health - Magrath (403-758-4422)
• Community Health - Pincher Creek (403-627-1230)
• Community Health - Raymond (403-752-3303)
• Community Health - Taber (403-223-4403)
• Community Health - Vauxhall (403-654-2232)
• Crowsnest Pass Provincial Building (403-562-5030)
• Milk River Health Centre (403-647-3430)
• Piyami Health Centre (403-732-4762)