News & Stories

STORIES

Canadian Down Syndrome Week: Client Spotlight

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Nick, a Surrey Place client with Down syndrome, and his parents share insight about Nick’s life in honour of Canadian Down Syndrome Week

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Temporary Hold Notification for RFP “Marketing Strategy & Campaign Management”

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Surrey Place in Toronto has issued a temporary hold on request for quotations from vendors to perform Marketing Strategy

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action

JULY 19, 2021

We sent a letter to our local Member of Parliament, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, requesting her advocacy and support for Indigenous peoples

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Toronto Autism Services Network to Deliver Needs-Based Program

JUNE 25, 2021

Surrey Place and six other autism service agencies will deliver the provincially funded caregiver-mediated early years programs in Toronto

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Lessons from Indigenous Culture

JUNE 15, 2021

In this interview, Lindsay “Swooping Hawk” Kretschmer, Indigenous Strategic Advisor at Surrey Place, answered questions about indigenous culture

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We’re Reopening All Our Satellite Locations

JUNE 9, 2021

We’re reopening our West and North Offices for limited in-person appointments on Monday, June 14, 2021

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Surrey Place’s Commitment to Indigenous Inclusion and Reconciliation

JUNE 1, 2021

Surrey Place aims to grow its knowledge of Indigenous cultures with comprehensive training to better serve and partner with Indigenous communities

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Better Vision, Better Health

MAY 20, 2021

Manager of Blind-Low Vision Early Intervention Program at Surrey Place provides answers and information about vision health and developmental disorders

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Grace and Anne Marie’s COVID-19 Vaccination Story

MAY 13, 2021

We asked Grace, a Surrey Place client, and her mother, Anne Marie, what it was like for Grace to get her COVID-19 vaccine

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We’re Resuming Limited In-Person Appointments

MAY 12, 2021

Surrey Place will be resuming select in-person services on May 17, 2021 at the main and East offices with new safety measures and protocols

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Ask a Surrey Place Nurse

MAY 11, 2021

Nurses of Surrey Place answer frequently asked questions from clients, caregivers and community members to celebrate National Nursing Week

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Your Top Speech and Hearing Questions Answered

MAY 6, 2021

To celebrate Speech and Hearing Month, speech-language and audiology experts at Surrey Place answer FAQs about communication development

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By 2 months

Has your baby had their hearing screened? YES NO

By 6 months

Does the child?

Startle in response to loud noises? YES NO
Turn to where a sound is coming from? YES NO
Make different cries for different needs (hungry, tired)? YES NO
Watch your face as you talk? YES NO
Smile/laugh in response to your smiles and laughs? YES NO
Imitate coughs or other sounds such as ah, eh, buh YES NO

By 9 months

Does the child?

Respond to their name? YES NO
Respond to the telephone ringing or a knock at the door? YES NO
Understand being told no? YES NO
Get what they want through using gestures (reaching to be picked up)? YES NO
Play social games with you (Peek-a-Boo)? YES NO
Enjoy being around people? YES NO
Babble and repeat sounds such as babababa or duhduhduh? YES NO

By 12 months

Does the child?

Follow simple one-step directions (sit down)? YES NO
Look across the room to a toy when adult points at it? YES NO
Consistently use three to five words? YES NO
Use gestures to communicate (waves hi/bye, shakes head for no)? YES NO
Get your attention using sounds, gestures and pointing while looking at your eyes? YES NO
Bring you toys to show you? YES NO
Perform for social attention and praise? YES NO
Combine lots of sounds together as though talking (abada baduh abee)? YES NO
Show an interest in simple picture books? YES NO

By 18 months

Does the child?

Understand the meaning of in and out, off and on? YES NO
Point to more than 2 body parts when asked? YES NO
Use at least 20 words consistently? YES NO
Respond with words or gestures to simple questions (Where's teddy? What's that?)? YES NO
Demonstrate some pretend play with toys (gives teddy bear a drink, pretends a bowl is a hat)? YES NO
Make at least four different consonant sounds (p ,b, m, n, d, g, w, h)? YES NO
Enjoy being read to and sharing simple books with you? YES NO
Point to pictures using one finger? YES NO

By 2 years

Does the child?

Follow two-step directions (Go find your teddy bear and show it to Grandma.)? YES NO
Use 100 to 150 words? YES NO
Use at least two pronouns (you, me, mine)? YES NO
Consistently combine two to four words in short phrases (Daddy hat. Truck go down.)? YES NO
Enjoy being around other children? YES NO
Begin to offer toys to other children and imitate other children's actions and words? YES NO
Use words that are understood by others 50 to 60 per cent of the time? YES NO
Form words or sounds easily and without effort? YES NO
Hold books the right way up and turn the pages? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 30 months

Does the child?

Understand the concepts of size (big/little) and quantity (a little/a lot, more)? YES NO
Use some adult grammar (two cookies, bird flying, I jumped)? YES NO
Use over 350 words? YES NO
Use action words such as run, spill, fall? YES NO
Participate in some turn-taking activities with peers, using both words and toys? YES NO
Demonstrate concern when another child is hurt or sad? YES NO
Combine several actions in play (puts blocks in the train and drives the train, drops the blocks off.)? YES NO
Put sounds at the beginning of most words? YES NO
Use words with two or more syllables or beats (ba-na-na, com-pu-ter, a-pple)? YES NO
Recognize familiar logos and signs involving print (Stop sign)? YES NO
Remember and understand familiar stories? YES NO

By 3 years

Does the child?

Understand who, what, where and why questions? YES NO
Create long sentences using five to eight words? YES NO
Talk about past events (trip to grandparents house, day at child care)? YES NO
Tell simple stories? YES NO
Show affection for favourite playmates? YES NO
Engage in multi-step pretend play (pretending to cook a meal, repair a car)? YES NO
Talk in a way that most people outside of the family understand what she/he is saying most of the time? YES NO
Have an understanding of the function of print (menus, lists, signs)? YES NO
Show interest in, and awareness of, rhyming words? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 4 years

Does the child?

Follow directions involving three or more steps (First get some paper, then draw a picture and give it to Mommy)? YES NO
Use adult type grammar? YES NO
Tell stories with a beginning, middle and end? YES NO
Talk to try and solve problems with adults and with other children? YES NO
Show increasingly complex imaginary play? YES NO
Talk in a way that is understood by strangers almost all the time? YES NO
Generate simple rhymes (cat-bat)? YES NO
Match some letters with their sounds (letter b says buh, letter t says tuh)? YES NO