Tracking the outcomes – Le Tandem – Centre de pédiatrie sociale en communauté

Eligibility criteria
- The child is aged between 0 and 17, and lives on the MRC of Memphremagog territory
- The child and their family need consistency in the services put in place because of the complexity of their ecobiodevelopmental framework
- The child has a physical and/or psychological health problem related to psychosocial disorders (example: development disorders, autism, growth delay, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, attention deficit, hyperactivity, communications problems, etc.)
- The family income is considered to be low
- Psychosocial vulnerability factors are present

A) Access to services
1- Via proximity
_{The child and their family can contact the CSPC voluntarily by phone or by visiting the centre directly.}
2- Via screening thanks to the 3 flagship activities
1. Prep Camp for the first school transition at Stanstead schools (Sunnyside and Jardins-des-Frontières): Kindergarten 4+5 years old.
2. Language stimulation workshops are offered to children aged 2-5 living on the MRC of Memphremagog who present speech difficulties. The parent-child interactive workshops last 7 sessions at the 2 service points..
3. Occasional activities at Villa Pierrot.
3- Via referral
_{Referral processes are intended to be simple, user-friendly and to respect confidentiality. The referents can call the centre directly or can accompany the families. The referral may come from a member of the community (friends, extended family, neighbour), public institutions (schools, CLSC, Youth Protection Centre), community organizations, doctors from medical clinics, private organizations, Early Childhood Network.}

B) Assessment-Guidance
1. The service request has been accepted.
2. The child, their parents, the doctor, the psychosocial worker and the partners (if necessary) meet.
3. A coordinated action plan specifies the orientations and the services to be prioritized.

C) Follow-up support
- Special education
- Psychoeducation
- Social work
- Medical care
- Occupational therapy
- Art therapy
- Zootherapy
- Clinical group scheduling for age groups 0-5, 6-12 and 13-17
- Motivation
- Sensitization
- Encouragement
- Rehabilitation
- Therapy
- Mutual aid
- Experimentation
- Tutoring

- 1 out of 2
  51% of English-speaking children living in the MRC of Memphremagog are vulnerable in at least one area of overall child development, compared to 24.8% among French-speaking children. (Report from Enquête Québécoise sur le développement des enfants à la maternelle, 2012)
- 600
  … more words known by a 3 year-old child from a privileged background as opposed to a child from an unprivileged background.
- 3 years-old
  … is the age where specialists already observe the damaging effects of toxic stresses and morbidity on the morphology of the brain, which appears much smaller.
- 5 schools
  In the MRC of Memphremagog:
  2 elementary schools in Magog
  2 elementary schools in Stanstead
  1 elementary school in Eastman
  Appear on the list of schools SIAA (Stratégie d’Intervention Agir Autrement) because their index of social-economic environment is higher than 8/10.