SUBJECTS OF THIS PAGE
Family Trajectory
Admission During Pregnancy
- References from various sources
Needs Assessment By Social Worker
(Eligibility criteria and vulnerability factors)
- Start of follow-up
Joint Prenatal Care With Family Physician And Midwife
- Prenatal classes
- Psychosocial follow-up with the social worker
- Group activities
Delivery With Maison Bleue Doctor (Or Back-Up) Or The Midwife
- Doula care if needed
Postnatal Care
- Home visits
- Intensive follow-up for first few weeks, mother and baby
Child And Family Follow-Up For The 0-5 Years Old Period
- Health and development
- Vaccination
- Stimulation groups
- Development evaluation
- Medical care
- Readiness for school evaluation
- Psychosocial follow-up
- Services de psychoéducation
- Contraception
- Group activities
- Support with life plan
- Parenthood support
- Advocacy
- Referal and facilitating links to community organizations, partners and 2nd line services, advocacy services, for the duration of the follow-up
Transfer Of Care Towards Appropriate Resources:
- Schools
- CIUSS
- 2nd line
- Community groups etc.
Integrated Care And Services
Physical and Mental Health Follow-up
Vaccination
Vaccination promotes continuity of services by giving the opportunity to keep a link with the most isolated families.
Individual our group prenatal follow-up
Prenatal tests provide information on the progress of the pregnancy and help women claim ownership over their pregnancy.
Postnatal Care
Women and their babies are visited at home in the first days after birth, as long as necessary. Meetings will then continue at La Maison Bleue.
Psychosocial Evaluation
Psychosocial evaluation and follow-up
Following an initial screening of references, an encounter with the pregnant woman is made to assess her needs and those of her family. After discussion, the parties involved develop an interdisciplinary intervention plan.
Psychosocial And Psychotherapeutique Services
La Maison Bleue offers personalized assessment, counselling, referral and follow-up for different problems experienced by members of the family.
Psychoeducative Services
Early stimulation 0-5 years old
These individual or group meetings are designed to stimulate the development of children according to their specific needs.
Evaluation of child development
At 8 months, all children are met to establish contact with their parents, assess the development of the child and plan an appropriate follow-up. Other assessments occur at 2 and 4 years old.
Psychoeducational Follow-Up
This monitoring is to support and strengthen existing parenting skills, to promote the establishment of a secure attachment relationship and raise parents’ awareness of the significance of various signals and emotional manifestations of their child.
Parents - Children Activities
In a play context, parents are made aware of their ability to develop a relationship of trust and attachment with their child.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Accompagnement individuel
Des rencontres individuelles sont proposées pour offrir de l’information juridique personnalisée et pertinente à chaque situation familiale sur différents types de droits (immigration, logement, famille, criminel, travail, etc.). La dimension juridique des situations est analysée de manière intégrée avec le volet psychosocial. Les familles ont également accès à de l’accompagnement personnalisé dans leurs démarches juridiques et administratives. La Maison Bleue travaille pour s’assurer que les droits des familles sont respectés face à différentes instances: DPJ, immigration, emploi, CPE, école, etc.
Mise en contact
Les avocat.e.s de La Maison Bleue ne représentent pas les familles, mais les aident à se trouver un avocat.e en privilégiant le recours à l’aide juridique. Un réseau d’avocat.e.s partenaires privés sensibles à la réalité des familles est aussi mobilisé et entretenu permettant une référence adaptée à chaque situation.
Le professionnel du droit de La Maison Bleue facilite aussi la communication entre les familles et leur avocat.e tout au long de leurs démarches.
Legal Awareness
Families have access to clear and simplified legal information resources.
Group workshops are regularly held to raise awareness among families about various types of rights that may affect them (immigration, housing, family, criminal, administrative, etc.). These workshops are led by lawyers in collaboration with the social worker, midwifes, special education/psychoeducator, or nurse.
GROUP MEETINGS AND OTHERS SERVICES
Family health meetings
Parents have the opportunity to meet and share their realities and concerns on various topics. Our popular education approach values the knowledge of families.
Prenatal classes
Parents have the opportunity to meet and share their realities and concerns on various topics. Our popular education approach values the knowledge of families.
The art of parenting
This activity aims at preventing situations of abuse and improving the safety of children in families at risk or already living in situations of neglect and mistreatment. Attention is paid to parents’ experiences, to recognize the educational patterns conveyed and thus promote a positive attachment relationship with their children.
Infant massage group
These workshops allow parents to discover the benefits of massage and the many facets of well-being of toddlers (body language, baby colic, crying, sleep, stress) encouraging the creation of a secure attachment relationship.
Doulas Support
In collaboration with other organizations, La Maison Bleue offers additional support during pregnancy and childbirth to pregnant women with limited social network.
Additional treatments
Through voluntary involvement of professionals (acupuncture, osteopathy, massage), we can offer free complementary therapies to improve the health and well-being of our families.
Special project
Varying in accordance with the needs, artistic, sporting and cultural activities are offered to our families to promote their well-being in another context.
Celebrations and special outings
Many times per year, our teams organize parties to celebrate various events with the families. Through various partnerships, La Maison Bleue organizes outings for families such as shows, museums, sports events, etc.