Parent Education

SPEECH CONNECTIONS

Speech Connections, Inc. will provide speech/language screenings to children attending Canterbury Community Nursery School at no cost.

Please call 804.672.8588 to schedule an appointment.

Kathryn S. Alter, M.S., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist
4122 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228

Communications between parents and teachers is encouraged and welcomed. Teachers send home a weekly newsletter to keep parents informed in classroom activities. Parent/Teacher conferences are held two times per year. Canterbury offers parent education classes throughout the school year.

A national group of educators has created a Toy Action Guide to promote creative, constructive play and to help parents make informed choices about toys. The Guide helps adults encourage children's creative and constructive play by making informed choices about toys and by working with others at home, school, and in the community to promote positive play and toys.

Canterbury has a Parent Resource Cart that is filled with books that parents can check out. Some titles include: The Difficult Child, Children at Risk, The Out of Sync Child Has Fun, The Strong-Willed Child, Different and Wonderful, Hate Hurts, Our Mom Has Cancer, The Hope Tree, Bringing Up Boys, Cancer in the Family, Raising Preschoolers, and more!

Helpful resources for parents:

Commonwealth Parenting - Education and resource organization committed to helping parents with the challenges of raising healthy, happy children from infancy to adolescence. With eleven family educators, they are able to address a wide variety of issues and concerns.

Local Public School Systems	Local Independent Schools
Henrico County Chesterfield County City of Richmond Goochland County	Collegiate St. Bridget's Catholic School St. Catherine's St. Christopher's St. Mary's Catholic School St. Michael's Episcopal School The Steward School

Address: 8960 B River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

804.741.4118