Pediatric Rehabilitation Community Connection
What is Pediatric Rehabilitation?
Pediatric Rehabilitation helps children and youth live well, build resiliency and take part in activities meaningful to them and their families. Rehabilitation professionals:
- Work with families to understand their priorities and provide the support their child needs.
- Help children develop the skills they need to take part in activities, connect, and play.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
The Universal and Targeted team is part of the range of services offered by AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation. Providers are from the areas of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, and speech and language pathology. The team:
- Creates and delivers live webinars, video series, and written materials.
- Provides community presentations to increase awareness of services and reduce barriers.
- Offers free resources, information, and strategies on many developmental topics.
A referral is not needed to access these materials.
Go to What's New for our latest update.
What is Pediatric Rehabilitation?
Pediatric Rehabilitation helps children and youth live well, build resiliency and take part in activities meaningful to them and their families. Rehabilitation professionals:
- Work with families to understand their priorities and provide the support their child needs.
- Help children develop the skills they need to take part in activities, connect, and play.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
The Universal and Targeted team is part of the range of services offered by AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation. Providers are from the areas of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, and speech and language pathology. The team:
- Creates and delivers live webinars, video series, and written materials.
- Provides community presentations to increase awareness of services and reduce barriers.
- Offers free resources, information, and strategies on many developmental topics.
A referral is not needed to access these materials.
Go to What's New for our latest update.
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July 2024 Update
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Pediatric Rehabilitation offers video series that you can view any time at no cost.
- Infant head shape and torticollis: Learn about how positioning can help change your baby’s head shape and improve their neck’s movement.
- Get ready for successful speech therapy: If your child is just starting speech therapy with an AHS speech therapist watch this video series. You’ll learn what to expect from your child’s sessions and how to get the most from speech therapy.
We're continuing to add new video series on a wide range of developmental topics. Visit AHS.ca/pedrehab to see the latest releases.
Raise Awareness
- Community Catalogue: Explore our updated posters and promotional materials. They are organized by age and topic to help you support your community.
Special Feature
- School readiness: Check out our poster listing resources for parents and caregivers of preschool children.
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June 2024 Update
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The revitalized Pediatric Rehabilitation website is now available for parents, caregivers and those who work with children and families across Alberta. It provides a single source of information and resources on:
- child development topics such as communication, daily living skills, gross motor skills, behaviours, and emotions
- webinars and on-demand videos
- information on how to access further support and advice
Raise Awareness
- Explore our updated posters and promotional materials. They are organized by age and topic to reach families in your community.
- Special Feature: Baby's first year. Check out this poster listing resources for parents of babies under 12 months.
Remember:
- Find past issues of newsletters and topics by age here.
- Try out our new features to let us know who you are and where you are located.
- Let Us Know your preferred format to learn about child development.
Who's Listening
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Occupational Therapist, Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
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Social Worker, Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
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Speech-Language Pathologist, Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
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Physiotherapist, Pediatric Rehabilitation Universal and Targeted Services
Raise Awareness
- General promotional material
- Age groups
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Behaviours, emotions & social skills
- Behaviours, emotions & social skills_Print-friendly flyer (129 KB) (pdf)
- Emotional regulation_Poster full-colour (606 KB) (pdf)
- Emotional regulation_Print-friendly flyer (98.1 KB) (pdf)
- Sensory processing_Poster full-colour (851 KB) (pdf)
- Sensory processing_Print-friendly flyer (101 KB) (pdf)
- The ABCs of addressing behaviour challenges_Poster full-colour (402 KB) (pdf)
- The ABCs of addressing behaviour challenges_Print-friendly flyer (100 KB) (pdf)
- Caring for yourself
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Communication
- Communication_Print-friendly flyer (129 KB) (pdf)
- Common questions about children learning more than one language_Poster full-colour (537 KB) (pdf)
- Common questions about children learning more than one language_Print-friendly flyer (101 KB) (pdf)
- Early communication_Helping your child develop first words_Poster full-colour (529 KB) (pdf)
- Early communcation_Helping your child develop first words_Print-friendly flyer (103 KB) (pdf)
- Get ready for successful speech therapy_Poster full-colour (600 KB) (pdf)
- Get ready for successful speech therapy_Print-friendly flyer (104 KB) (pdf)
- Supporting your child's speech_Poster full colour (635 KB) (pdf)
- Supporting your child's speech_Print-friendly flyer (102 KB) (pdf)
- Talking and listening for children who are using first words_Poster full-colour (802 KB) (pdf)
- Talking and listening for children who are using first words_Print-friendly flyer (103 KB) (pdf)
- Understanding stuttering and how to help_Poster full-colour (516 KB) (pdf)
- Understanding stuttering and how to help_Print-friendly flyer (99.3 KB) (pdf)
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Daily living skills
- Daily living skills_Print-friendly flyer (125 KB) (pdf)
- Puberty-periods_Poster full-colour (2.48 MB) (pdf)
- Puberty_Periods_Print-friendly flyer (113 KB) (pdf)
- Sweet dreams_Tips for better sleep for babies_Poster full-colour (505 KB) (pdf)
- Sweet dreams_Tips for better sleep for babies_Print-friendly flyer (103 KB) (pdf)
- Toilet training supports_Poster full-colour (1.05 MB) (pdf)
- Toilet training supports_Print-friendly flyer (105 KB) (pdf)
- Dealing with constipation in children_Poster full-colour.pdf (319 KB) (pdf)
- Dealing with constipation_Print-friendly flyer (101 KB) (pdf)
- Eating, feeding & swallowing
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Gross motor skills
- Gross motor skills_Print-friendly flyer (125 KB) (pdf)
- Helping your child develop movement skills_Poster full-colour (276 KB) (pdf)
- Helping your child develop movement skills_Print-friendly flyer (103 KB) (pdf)
- Learning to walk_Poster full-colour.pdf (351 KB) (pdf)
- Learning to walk_Print-friendly flyer.pdf (102 KB) (pdf)
- Your guide to tummy time_Poster full-colour (411 KB) (pdf)
- Your guide to tummy time_Print-friendly flyer (102 KB) (pdf)
- Infant head & neck
- Play & activity
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Newsletters
- Transitions (903 KB) (pdf)
- Learning more than one language (1.53 MB) (pdf)
- Outdoors in the summer (1.05 MB) (pdf)
- Get ready for school (1.44 MB) (pdf)
- Social skills (1.05 MB) (pdf)
- Balancing screen time (784 KB) (pdf)
- Sleep (431 KB) (pdf)
- Year-end Q&A (506 KB) (pdf)
- Active play in winter (621 KB) (pdf)
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10 to 18 years
- Transitions (563 KB) (pdf)
- Learning more than one language (1.33 MB) (pdf)
- Outdoors in the summer (542 KB) (pdf)
- Get ready for school (601 KB) (pdf)
- Social skills (550 KB) (pdf)
- Balancing screen time (183 KB) (pdf)
- Sleep (146 KB) (pdf)
- Year-end Q&A (114 KB) (pdf)
- Active play in winter (109 KB) (pdf)
- Parents and caregivers