Rural Yukon children with special needs will be better served because of a donation by Yukon Energy. The power company is providing the Child Development Centre with money to purchase a Diagnostic Inventory for Screening Children (DISC) kit.
“The kit will give the Child Development Centre a more efficient way of screening and assessing children in order to determine the types of services and follow up needed,” Yukon Energy spokesperson Janet Patterson said. “Yukon Energy feels this is a very worthwhile project that deserves our support.”
The Development Centre currently has two of these kits that are used in Whitehorse. The kit being donated by Yukon Energy will be used by Child Development Centre staff when they travel to rural Yukon.
“Child Development Centre staff who travel to all Yukon communities are thrilled to have another tool that can help make better decisions about a child’s needs,” Executive Director of the Centre Irene Szable said. “Our suggestions about activities that parents can do with their children will be more timely and helpful. Our thanks to Yukon Energy for their support to rural youngsters and their families.”
The Child Development Centre is a non-profit agency that has served young children with special needs since 1979. More than 600 children are referred for services each year.
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Contact:
Janet Patterson
Supervisor, Communications
Yukon Energy Corporation
(867) 393-5333
janet.patterson@yec.yk.ca
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