Connections Early Years Family Centre is a progressive, family-centred organization providing integrated support, learning and early identification / intervention services to advance the healthy development of families and their children (0-6 years) in Windsor-Essex County. Formerly St. Mary’s Family Learning Centre, Connections has been serving the Windsor-Essex community since 1974. In an Early Years Study report by Margaret McCain and J. Fraser Mustard analyzing community-supported initiatives, our Centre was deemed to be "...a strong early child development and parenting centre." At Connections, we offer five main components: 1. EarlyON Centre Offers Drop In and Play programs, parenting courses and groups with child care, postnatal programs, a leadership development program, emergent literacy and numeracy programs, committees, volunteer programs and student placement. 2. Essex Preschool Speech and Language (Talk 2 Me) Talk 2 Me provides resources and programs for children with speech and language concerns from birth until they attend kindergarten. We work with parents and caregivers to help every child be the best communicator they can be. 3. Infant Hearing Program Windsor Essex & Chatham Kent This includes universal newborn hearing screening, high risk monitoring and services for children identified with a permanent hearing loss. 4. Blind-Low Vision Early Intervention Program Windsor Essex & Chatham Kent The BLV Program provides family support, intervention services and consultation services. 5. Be Back Soon A program for parents who qualify to receive short-term, no cost, unlicensed quality child care to attend appointments. For more information, please visit our website at www.connectwithus.ca