The Mercy Health O’Connell Family Centre provides support and education for parents and families who are experiencing difficulties or who need additional support in the early stages of parenting (children up to 4 years old).
Support is available for families experiencing difficulties including:
Adjusting to parenting and family relationships
Feeding / nutrition – including breastfeeding and introduction of solids
Health, growth and development of children
Early behaviour difficulties
Sleeping and settling
Help is offered through residential and day stay programs at our centre in Canterbury or through day stay programs at various locations in Melbourne.
Families can contact us directly for help or are referred through their doctor or Maternal & Child Health Nurse.
Looking for information on parents with learning difficulties? - Healthy Start is an Australia-wide initiative to support parents with learning difficulties and promote a healthy start to life for their young children. (click here to link to their website)
To view our August - October 2-4 year old Parenting Program Calendar, please click here
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