The Importance of Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent or Caregiver of a Child with Additional Needs
Living with a child with additional needs can be frustrating and tiring. It can also be very rewarding when your child makes progress, especially when you have worked so hard to help your child achieve this. All parents feel tired, angry and frustrated at times and need to find ways to relax. When a parent […]
STOP Screen Time
At the Child Development and Guidance Centre, we stress to parents that they need to stop screen time. Most of our brain development occurs by the age of 5. When children have too much screen time during these formative years, it can lead to impairments such as speech delays and social communication delays.1 When children […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Myths Versus Facts
MYTH #1 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disease or mental illness.1 Fact: ASD is a difference in brain functioning that differs from the “norm,” which can present challenges in everyday life.1 MYTH #2 All people with ASD are intellectually impaired, or not as smart as their peers.2 Fact: There are two things to unpack […]
General Information for Parents and Caregivers of Children with Social Communication Delays / Autism Spectrum Disorder
What is a social communication delay? Children with social communication delays have difficulties with social interaction, social communication and have restricted or repetitive behaviours or impaired imagination. Social understanding and imagination help us to understand and predict other people’s behaviours, make sense of abstract ideas and imagine solutions outside of our daily routines. How can […]
Global Developmental Delays (GDD) General Information
What is GDD? Global Developmental Delay (GDD) describes the presence of at least two delays out of four core developmental areas: A delay signifies that a child is not reaching certain milestones at the same rate as their peers, according to the expected timeline.2 GDD vs. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) GDD and ASD are NOT […]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) General Information
What is ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder which presents inattentive/disorganized behaviours and/or hyperactive/impulsive behaviours.1 Types of ADHD There are 3 types of ADHD: Other Important Information How to Support a Child with ADHD For more information: Resources November 17, 2025 – Jorja Mederick
Train the Trainers UNICEF
On June 27th 2025, CDGC kicked off it’s Train the Trainer’s Series in Saint Lucia. The Series is also taking place virtually in Montserrat. Train the Trainers is spearheaded by Dr. Keisha Lindsay – a speech and language therapist from Trinidad, and Dr. Kim Gardner – a paediatrician and the director of CDGC. It’s also […]