Ontario. Interministerial Council for Troubled Children and Youth

• Interministerial Council for Troubled Children and Youth

• Ontario. Council for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth

• Ontario. Interministerial Committee on Children's Services

The Council for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth was established September 1, 1975. It had representation at the senior staff level from the Ministries of Education, Health, Community and Social Services, Attorney General's Office, Correctional Services, Colleges and Universities and the Secretariat for Social Development with a full-time chairman, P.F. Wiseman, from the Special Education Branch of the Ministry of Education. The Special Education Branch provided administrative support for the Council and the Cabinet Committee for Social Development reviewed the Council's activities.

In December, 1976, the Council's name was changed to Interministerial Council for Troubled Children and Youth to more adequately reflect the nature of its assignments, and the Council reported directly to the Provincial Secretary for Social Development.

The Council was disbanded December 31, 1977, because many of the functions of the Council were being handled by the Children's Services Division of the Ministry of Community and Social Services. However, to ensure continuing interministerial co-operation and liaison, the Interministerial Committee on Children's Services, also chaired by P.F. Wiseman, was created in January, 1978. Membership was drawn from the Ministries of Education, Health, and Community and Social Services, with staff from the Ministries of the Attorney General, Correctional Services, and Colleges and Universities, and the Justice and Social Development secretariats participating as needed. The Committee reported to the Provincial Secretary for Social Development.

The Committee was disbanded in December, 1978, and replaced by a series of task related groups which examined subjects such as learning disabilities, school-age retarded children in developmental day care centres, and child abuse.

The Interministerial Council for Troubled Children and Youth assisted the Minister of Education in undertaking responsibility for the co-coordination of government policy regarding programs and services for disturbed children.

The activities of the Council included the development of a system of data collection applicable to all the services provided for disturbed children under existing government legistlation; a review of current programs to highlight trends, gaps and duplication in service delivery and teh establishment of a research and development program.

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