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The programs and services of Durham Children's
Aid Society are designed to meet the needs of
the children and families throughout Durham Region.
We provide protection services to children throughout
our region, but we also provide support for families
when they need help.
Many children with whom we are working remain
in the care of their families. That is, they never
come into foster care. Our social workers visit
with these families regularly, offering ongoing
support in many ways, such as counselling, acquiring
appropriate medical treatment, ensuring educational
needs are met, or referring to countless other
resources.
We offer an active Speakers Bureau that responds
to education and training requests from our community
at large. Our speakers are able to offer information
and training on such areas of our work as child
abuse and reporting, adoption, foster care, effective
parenting, volunteering and other areas of our
programs and services.
We also provide training in identifying and reporting
abuse and on our services for our professional
partners in the community, such as police, teachers
and doctors.
If your school or organization would be interested
in a presentation by one of our speakers, please
call us.
Visit the following websites of our community
partners, for some great resources on parenting
and child welfare issues.
Canadian Paediatric Society
Hospital for Sick Children
Parent's Help Line
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