18 Month Well Baby Developmental Flow Chart Community services work with primary care providers to assess growth and development, provide support and education and connect families to resources.

18 Month Well Baby Office Visit • Developmental Screen (NDDS) • Rourke Baby Record

No Concern: Concern: Pediatric Assessment Provide information on community programs. • Parent has concerns about their child’s If concern requires further medical or developmental (See reverse). development or well being. assessment. • One or more “no’s” on the NDDS. • Area of difficulty noted on Rourke Baby Record. • Medical concerns requiring follow up. 24 Month Office Visit – repeat surveillance

Vision Hearing Speech Fine & Nutrition Dental Social Parenting Global Language Gross Emotional Develop- Vision • North Bay Contact your Local dentist Refer to or Feeding Motor mental screening Audiology local hospital or local health • Infant Nipissing Delay/ Delay needs to • Near North • One Kids health unit or unit. & Child Best Start Difficulty be done Hearing Place health centre. Development Child and • Infant by a local Centre • One Kids • Hands – Family Hub & Child optometrist or • Timiskaming Place The Family locations. Development opthamologist. Health Unit Help • Pinecrest Network.ca Queensway Health Centre Goals of the 18 Month Visit • Monitor growth and development of child using the Nipissing District Developmental Screen and the Rourke Baby Record. Nipissing District Developmental Screen • Address parental concern about healthy child development and behaviour. • Provide information about parenting and other community programs that A parent survey tool to understand and review child development at various ages. promote healthy child development and early learning. • Refer to specialized services when needed so children have access to Rourke Baby Record interventions as early as possible. A tool for physician/nurse practitioners to monitor the child’s first 5 years • Develop effective partnerships amongst parents, primary care providers and of development. community services. Nipissing Best Start Child Please call any Best Start Child and Family Hub or agency for assistance with access to the appropriate service. and Family Hub locations: Parenting programs, early learning programs, Nipissing District Health Units Resource Teacher Programs Aboriginal Services child care, links to all support services: List of Common Programs: Supports for children age 2-6. • Aboriginal Best Start Coordinator • 1. Early Years Centre/YMCA Reproductive and Child Health • Community Living North Bay (705) 472-2811Ext. 226 • • 171 Chippewa Street, North Bay Healthy Babies Healthy Children (705) 474-8910 North Bay Indian Friendship Centre (705) 474-8910 or YMCA (705) 497-9622 • Vaccine Preventable Disease (705) 472-2811 • • Child Care Corp. • 2. One Kids Place Oral Health - Screening/Referrals Métis Nation of Ontario Stepping Stone 400 McKeown Avenue, North Bay (children in need of treatment) (705) 474-2767 • (705) 753-0561 • (705) 476-5437 ext. 3705 Breastfeeding Support : • Infectious Disease Prevention/ Algonquin All Nations People 3. Marshall Park Public School Control (613) 637-1429 4 Marshall Park Drive, North Bay • Parenting Programs/ Information • Renfrew Metis Council (705) 472- 7015 ext. 8763 • Infectious Disease Prevention Early Intervention Services (613) 432-6499 4. John XX111 Catholic Elementary School • Emergency Preparedness of Nipissing • Nipissing Speech 602 Lakeheights Road, North Bay • Health Hazard Prevention (705) 472-0910 and Language Services (705) 472-2152 • Chronic Disease Prevention (705) 497-1201 • Infant & Child Development • 5. EW Norman Public School North Bay Parry Sound Early Child Services Development. 599 Lakeheights Road, North Bay District Health Unit • (705) 472-7015 ext. 8760 Community Action Program (705) 753-2050 ext. 3001 (705) 474-1400 for Children 6. École St-Vincent (Francophone Location) • Genetics Program • Mother Care Nipissing Aboriginal Healthy Babies 124A King Street, North Bay • Play Your Part Family Program Healthy Children: 474-8809 • North Bay Indian Friendship Centre Health Unit Developmental Services of 7. St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School (705) 472-2811 ext. 204 • 570 First Avenue East, North Bay (705) 647-4305 North Bay Métis Council (705) 840-1933 • Post Partum Mood Disorder Referrals: (705) 476-2339 • Speech and Language (613) 735-6866 ext. 4128 • Aboriginal People’s Alliance of 8. Mattawa Public School (Sturgeon Falls) Renfrew County District • Children with developmental 376 Park Street, Mattawa (705) 753-9665 (705) 472-7015 ext. 8952 Health Unit disability • 1-800-267-1097 Infant Development Program 9. École St-Anne (Francophone Location) • Health Info Line (613) 735-8666 Behaviour Management Program 298 Brydges Road, Mattawa • Communication Services (705) 744-4027 Community Living North Bay 10. Ferris Glen Public School • Ontario Early Years Centre 30 Voyer Road, Corbeil (705) 474-8910 (705) 472-7015 ext. 8764 One Kids Place Audiology • Respite Service Coordination 11. Public School (705) 476- KIDS (5437) • School Road, Temagami • Infant Hearing Program North Bay Audiology Clinic (705) 476- 3288 (705) 569-2720 • Speech and Language Therapy (705) 472-1801 • Near North Hearing Centre 12. Madawaska Public School • Occupational Therapy • Physiotherapy (705) 494-9900 Madawaska • Timiskaming Health Unit 1-888-757-3108 • Recreational Therapy Hands – The Family Help • Blind Low Vision Program (705)647-4305 Network.ca 13. St. Martin of Tours Catholic School • North Bay Pediatrics Group. South Algonquin: Whitney (705) 476-2293 • Pinecrest Queensway Health (613) 637-2720 or 1-888-757-3108 (866) 432-7447 • Children’s Mental Health (TIPS, 14. West Nipissing Child Care Wraparound, Triple P Parenting 131 Michaud Street, Sturgeon Falls Child Welfare Services Program) (705) 753-0561 (Bilingual Location) www.nipissingbeststart.ca • Autism (Autism Intervention (705) 472-0910 15. Verner Site (Bilingual Location) Program, Behaviour www.meilleurdepartnipissing.ca (705) 594-1728 Communication Therapy) This document is also available in French