Our Services

The Basics Nipissing-Parry Sound welcomes organizations from across the districts to join our movement. We work in close partnership with a diverse and growing coalition of organizations to bring The Basics Principles to families through trusted messengers in the settings where they already spend time. Read more about our Strategy here.

Our program team provides organizational partners with training, tools, and coaching to embed support for practicing The Basics Principles into their routine interactions with parents and caregivers.

 

Opportunities include:

Training for program staff on The Basics Principles, our Multimedia Community Toolkit and Basics Insights text messaging program, and strengths-based family engagement practices.

Implementation coaching. Co-creating implementation plans tailored to organizational and family needs.

Evaluation to support continuous improvement.

Facilitating communities of practice.

Basics Insights text messages

Reach Families with Basics Insights Text Messages

Support parents and caregivers with regular information and reminders about applying The Basics Principles.

Basics Insights sends twice-weekly messages with science-based facts and caregiving tips. Messages are targeted to each child’s age, covering the period from birth to age three. Messages are available in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese, via SMS text message, with additional languages forthcoming.

Organizations that register for Basics Insights are provided with a unique sign-up page where families can enroll and access to a range of promotional materials. Contact us to learn more about how to get started.

We are excited to see the community embrace the Basics Movement which empowers parents and provides reliable information at their fingertips. Sharing these principles with families reinforces the good work parents are already doing. It also serves as reminders of fun, simple, and powerful ways families can give every child a strong start.

Louise Gagné, MSc, GDClinEp

Executive Director, Community Services – North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit