Resources for Professionals
Explore programs, services, and professional supports for those working with children and families in York Region. Find tools, training, and community resources organized by topic and age group.
Families & Professionals

211 Ontario
211 connects people to the right information and services, strengthen Canada’s health and human services, and helps Canadians become more engaged with their communities.
Families & Professionals

310 COPE
York Support Services Network offers the Community Crisis Response Service for persons who are having a mental health crisis, and their family or friends. By calling our toll-free number 1-855-310-COPE (2673) or (TTY) 1-866-323-7785, you can speak with a crisis worker anytime you need to.
Families & Professionals

All Babies Count (ABC)
ABC is a free weekly program that promotes healthy pregnancies in a friendly and welcoming environment. Participants receive support and information on topics such as pre and postnatal nutrition, breastfeeding, infant feeding, healthy lifestyle, parenting, and community resources.
Professionals

Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario
The AECEO is the professional association for Early Childhood Educators (ECE’s), and its primary purpose is to advocate for respect, recognition and appropriate wages and working conditions for all ECEs.
Families & Professionals

Autism Ontario
Autism Ontario is the province’s leading source of information and referral on autism, and one of the largest collective voices representing the autism community. The work we do helps all autistic individuals and families in their communities have access to meaningful supports, information, and connections so they are equitably and seamlessly supported across their life course.
Professionals

Child Care Licensing Manual
The Child Care Licensing Manual September 2024 provides information on the rules and regulations when operating a licensed child care centre/program.
Families & Professionals

Child Development Programs Referral Forms
Tri-Regional Blind-Low Vision Early Intervention Program Referral Form, York Region Preschool Speech & Language Referral Forms and Tri-Regional Infant Hearing Program Referral Form
Professionals

College of Early Childhood Educators
The College of Early Childhood Educators (College) regulates and governs Ontario's Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) in the public interest.
Families & Professionals

Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
CAPC programs are provided primarily for teen parents, newly immigrated parents and parents who are socially isolated due to economic circumstances, illness, disability, place of residence and/or ethno-cultural factors, who have children 0 to 6 years of age.
Families & Professionals

ConnectABILITY
ConnectABILITY a website and virtual community dedicated to lifelong learning and support for people who have an intellectual disability, their families and support networks.
Professionals

Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, French-language Catholic schools. Located in the heart of the Ontario community, our institutions stand out among French-language schools in South-Central Ontario by offering an education of excellence, rooted in the Catholic faith.
Families & Professionals

Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
These schools welcome young people from various languages, religions, and cultures, everything is taught in French.