Children’s Developmental and Behavioural Supports provides caregiver mediated behaviour consultation and coaching to educators in licensed child care and to parents of children with special needs.
Behaviour Consultants are available to assist educators in licensed child care and families in supporting children with special needs to achieve their best. Behaviour Consultants have different skills and training. They use best practices and are well-qualified to provide the services offered. Please note that services do not require staff to be Behaviour Analysts with The College of Psychologist and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario.
Early Learning and Child Care Professionals
CDBS supports child care professionals and their families who have children with behaviour challenges in licensed child care programs. Child Specific and Room Consultation is offered by working together with child care professionals to develop strategies to support one to two main goals. A Behaviour Consultant provides guidance by modelling, coaching and sharing resources with the child care team to help increase skills and change interfering behaviour.
New Online Referrals
The referral process has been updated to make it easier for child care professionals to submit the information needed to initiate service.
The referral package is now an online submission.
Child care professionals can work on a referral and come back to complete it later by saving the form and choosing the option to send themselves an email or generate a link.
To start a new referral, please use the forms below.
- Child Care Room Consultation Form
- Child Specific Consultation Form
- Child Specific Consultation Referral Consent Form
In order to submit the child specific consultation referral form, please upload a completed consent to referral form prior to submitting. A prompt to attach the consent to referral will be at the end of the form.
For information on how to make a referral review this guide:
Please share this service description with families when discussing a referral for behaviour consultation.
Parents
Parent groups are offered on a variety of topics to all parents who have children with behaviour concerns, under the age of 12.
2025 Fall & Winter Learning Opportunities
If you have a child under the age of seven with a developmental disability, behaviour consultation is offered to support skill development and to reduce challenging behaviours.
Description of Brief Behaviour Consultation
For information on parent groups and behaviour consultation, please contact 1-800-387-0642 extension 2829 or email behaviouralsupports@durham.ca.
*New* Children's Developmental and Behavioural Supports Resources and Learning Opportunities
This section contains a variety of behaviour topic tip sheets, as well as links to pre-recorded videos and e-learning modules, and upcoming workshops.
Tip Sheets
These pamphlets can be downloaded.
- Behaviour Basics
- Understanding Behaviour
- Pairing
- Encouraging Cooperation
- Effective Instructions
- Visual Supports
- First-Then
- Tantrums
- Tantrums: Quick Tips
- Aggression
- Biting
- Preventing Biting
- Reinforcement
- Token Boards
E-learning modules
These e-learning modules were created for child care educators; however, the information is relevant for all parents and caregivers.