Family support

The health and social service centres (CSSSs) provide a range of services to parents and parents to be. These services seek to support parents in a variety of ways and are delivered by multidisciplinary teams (nurses, social workers, special educators, dieticians, homemakers, psychologists and doctors). 

Here are some of the services offered: 

• information, counselling and parenting support; 
• prenatal sessions; 
• pre-and post-natal follow-up for mothers under the age of 20; 
• nutritional support for pregnant women living in vulnerable situations such as the Programme OLO (eggs-milk-oranges)   (in french only); 
• post-natal visits to new mothers within 72 hours of their return home; 
• breastfeeding support; 
• stimulation workshops for parents and their young children aged 0 to 6 months; 
• vaccination of infants and young children, along with developmental evaluations; 
• psychosocial monitoring and rehabilitation for children and their families; 
• speech therapy for children under the age of 5 who have speech difficulties.

Please contact your CSSS for more information on these services.

Services for children and young people

Services provided in elementary and secondary schools

Children and young people (up to the age of 18), and their parents, have access to nursing care and psychosocial services at school. These services are provided by CSSS professionals. 

The nursing care services include: 

• identification of young people with health problems;
• vaccinations;
• screening activities;
• support for school staff in the application of emergency measure; and
• health promotion and prevention activities.

The psychosocial services include:

• evaluation, monitoring and crisis intervention for school-age children and their families;
• projects to alleviate social problems; and
• activities to promote the personal and social development of young people.

Children attending elementary school also receive dental hygiene services aimed at:

• identifying children who are at-risk for dental caries (kindergarten);
• referring children who need treatment to professionals;
• providing follow-up and fluoride treatment to children identified as being at-risk; and
• promoting good dental hygiene.

For more information, please ask for a meeting with your school's nurse or contact your CSSS.

The youth centres provide a range of services to children, young people and parents who are experiencing a difficult situation: 

• psychosocial services (consultations with a psychologist, psychoeducator, social worker, etc.)
• emergency social services (under the Youth Protection Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act)
• child placement and family mediation services and expertise before the Superior Court on child custody, adoption and biological history
• reporting a situation to the Director of Youth Protection.

Youth Centres in Montréal

• Centre jeunesse de Montréal – Institut universitaire 
• Batshaw Youth and Family Centres

• ÉDUCATION-COUP-DE-FIL  
  A free-of-charge, anonymous and professional telephone consultation service the mission of which is to contribute to the welfare of families, through understanding and the search for solutions to the problems of daily living related to school and parent-child relationships. Available Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., from September to June. 
  514 525-2573
• La ligne Parents   
  A free-of-charge, confidential and bilingual telephone service for parents, available 24/7. 
  1 800 361-5085
• Centre jeunesse de Montréal – Institut universitaire   (Website in french only)
  Open 24/7. 
  To report a situation to the DYP: 514 896-3100
• Batshaw Youth and Family Centres   
  Services in English. 
  To report a situation to the DYP: 514 935-6196