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Project Sites - Saint-Rémi

ST. REMI – Rural, low to middle income, moderate risk

BASE: 1,2,3, Go! St. Remi (Community based early intervention program)

AGE: 6 months – 4 years

ACTIVITIES: Parent-Child, Caregiver-Child Didactic Interactive Reading Programs: ALI – Bebe (0-15 months) ALI – Bambin (15-36 months) ALI – Explorateur (3-5 years) Developmental Assessments and Corrective Action Program ALI – DAC (Detection – Action- Correction) Community Action Program: Resource Library Training for Interventionists

In Quebec, the project funding was administered differently from the other sites in that it was not provided to a community organization from the beginning. Initially, a university research group received the funding because the small rural community site in Saint-Rémi needed time to develop the capacity and infrastructure to assume leadership and provide administration. Funding was eventually transferred to a non-profit corporation in the community.

The Quebec site of Saint-Rémi was located in a relatively isolated, rural, Francophone community south of Montreal. The Laboratory for the Newborn Infant at the University of Quebec in Montreal created a new interactive reading program for young children, which its developers tested and revised, with the collaboration of the Saint-Rémi community.

The ALI program includes age-appropriate strategies for infants (Ali-Bébé), toddlers 15 to 34 months (Ali-Bambin) and preschoolers age three to five years (ALI-Explorateur). For each component, there are techniques for parents or other caregivers to use to engage the child in reading related activities. Training is given to parents and caregivers at each stage. ALI-DAC is a screening program for children with developmental delays. ALI Tells a Story is for community group reading activities, and ALI-Kindergarten is for children starting kindergarten. More than 477 children were involved in an ALI program at the Saint-Rémi site during the TLC³ period.

- Site Final Report - Executive Summary