Breast Feeding Centre

Drop in information and hands on help for breastfeeding moms in Kamloops.

• Located at the Kamloops Health Unit - 519 Columbia Street
• Phone: 250-851-7300
• Mondays 1:00pm to 4:00pm
• Thursdays 9:00am to 12:00 noon

Click the link below to access the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association's website: www.kamloops.cmha.bc.ca

For more information on mental health issues, services and resources in the Thompson region click the guide below for lots of local information and answers to common questions.

 Child & Youth Mental Health Guide (5.35 MB)

Children's Therapy and Family Resource Centre
Phone: 250-371-4100
801 McGill Road  Kamloops BC  V2C 6R1
Check our their website: www.kamloopschildrenstherapy.com

Provides therapy and support services to children who require extra support, birth to 19 years, using a community based, outreach model.

Drop-in provides a place for parents and caregivers to expand their social support network while encouraging early childhood development of children ages 0-6 years. This drop-in program is a parent-driven project organized by parents for parents.

• Infant Massage
  • Program occurs three times per year.
  • Call Infant Development Program at  250-371-4140 to register

Insight Support Services offers support to children, youth and families with neurological, cognitive and developmental disabilities.

Our office is located at 624 Tranquille Rd. and our mailing address is 230-1210 Summit Drive, Suite 152 Kamloops, BC V2C 6M1.  Our phone number is 250-554-0085 & Fax is 250-554-0095.

Interior Community Services serves as the host agency for Make Children First and Understanding the Early Years in Kamloops.

As the largest non-profit social service agency in Kamloops, ICS offers a continuum of prevention and intervention supports to individuals, families or groups across the life course, in home, office or community settings. 

Interior Health Public Health 

Kamloops Public Health Services - 519 Clumbia Street Kamloops BC V2C 2T8 - Phone: 250-851-7300
Kamloops Downtown Health Centre - #36- 450 Landsdowne Street Kamloops BC V2C 1Y3 - Phone: 250-851-7954
www.interiorhealth.ca

1. Public Health Nursing - Serving ages 0-6

Interior Indian Friendship Society Aboriginal Early Childhood Development

Phone: 376-1674

Aboriginal Early Childhood Development

Services offered include individual conselling, family support, pre and postnatal support / education, dental health education and counselling, early childhood caries assessments, nutritional conselling and education, prenatal nutritional supplements, workshops, free clothing exchange, child safety information & play groups.

Call and check what is being offered (554-9486)

The purpose of IMCFS is to implement provisions of services for Metis children and families.

Interior Health - Contact Public Health office in your community (Phone: 851-7300)

For more information, please call Kamloops Public Health at (250) 851-7300

This weekly drop-in program will be held on Fridays between 1:00-2:30 and will target families with babies aged 14 days to 5 years old. Public Health Nurses will be present to weigh and assess babies, provide feeding and parenting support, and make referrals to community partners as necessary. Foremost, the Public Health Nurse facilitator will encourage families to network with other families. The development of peer support networks is one of our key goals in providing this service. In addition, there will be information available on a variety of topics such as breastfeeding, infant nutrition, immunizations, injury prevention and safety, adjustment to parenthood, family planning, community resources, and smoking cessation.

Parenting an infant, toddler or pre-schooler brings up many questions, uncertainties and often insecurity.  Understanding your child's health needs, behaviour, growth and emotional changes and be confusing.  Every parent loves their child yet wonders, "Am I a good enough parent?".  It is one of the most frequently asked questions and the hardest to answer.  Parenting is something we are not born knowing; we learn it from our own experience as children, observing other parents and through subtle and direct messages form media, professionals, family and even friends.

To Contact Call: (250-851-7450)

Mental Health Support Services
Perinatal Support Services
519 Columbia St.
Kamloops, BC, V2C 2T8

The Program Provides Service To: Women who experience a range of Reproductive Mood Disorders. Information is also provided to partners and families when appropriate.

The Downtown and North Kamloops Libraries offer many great services for caregivers, babies and toddlers FREE of charge. Contact your local branch for information on current programs and services:

Downtown Branch:
100 - 465 Victoria Street
(250) 372-5145

North Kamloops Branch:
693 Tranquille Road
(250) 554-1124

Click on the link here for more information: www.tnrdlib.bc.ca

#211 - 750 Cottonwood Ave.
Kamloops, BC
p: (250) 554-1176  f:(250) 554-1157

We are family-centered and Services offered may include:

• Identify Aboriginal infants and children who have development delays or a disability.
• To provide support, consultation and provide training opportunities for families, with special needs children.
• Information classes for parents to participate in such as music and ways of enhancing early brain development.
• We make referrals to specialized services such as Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Therapy
• The Baby Eagle Program is designed to support children from birth to 12, who require extra supports, for inclusive child care.
• In partnership with the family, child care settings, and communities to determine the extra support needed to successfully include a child in a child care setting chosen by the parents, within their community.