UP Early Intervention Clinic
Unlocking your child's potential
Early Start Parent and Toddler Group
Our Parent and Toddler group may be a good fit for you if...
- You’re concerned about your toddler’s development
- Your waiting for a diagnosis that can provide you with more support
- You’re worried about your child’s social interaction skills
- Your child doesn’t seem to be communicating with gestures or words like other children
Parent and Toddler Group Offerings
Program Information
The UP Parent and Toddler Playgroup is a parent-participation, social engagement program for toddler and preschoolers. This program provides support for families who have concerns about their child’s development or are noticing developmental delays.
Our trained instructors support to learn specialized strategies shown to be effective for for children with social communication difficulties. These quality play activities and experiences can support your child’s learning and development. Parents will learn how to implement relevant strategies and will leave each playgroup session with activity ideas to enhance these developmental play skills at home.
Program Structure
Small group format with up to 5 children with caregiver participation. If an additional caregiver would like to attend, they can watch from our observation area and/or swap in to support their child.
Fall Session: September 20th – December 6th, 2025
- Saturdays – 10:00am – 11:00am
- No Classes on Thanksgiving & Remembrance Day long weekends
Cost
- $350.00 for 10 class session
- 25% sibling discount for 2nd child registered
- Classes can be billed to Autism Funding Unit
- Accessible pricing is available to 2 children per session
- For those who want to participate but finances are a barrier
- Please contact us for details on supported registration
Registration
Registration opens Wednesday, July 2nd for current clients and Monday, July 8th for general registration.
If you have any questions, please contact us
Saturdays, 10:00-11:00
Instructor: Amber Shikaze
Benefits of Parent and Toddler Playgroup
Social Opportunities: learners in our early start playgroup benefit from learning in a social context, with our expert staff available to support social interaction.
Learn simple strategies: learn effective, yet simple strategies from our staff that are shown to be helpful for learners with social communication difficulties. These strategies can support transitions, play skills, joint attention, communication and language development.
Extend your learning home: learn to create careful teaching opportunities within activities that you are already doing at home.
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