SCEP CENTRE, an intensive early intervention preschool program, supports children with complex needs and offers guidance and support for their parents.

SCEP CENTRE helps vulnerable young children and their families develop their full potential in a safe and supportive environment.

The methods of SCEP CENTRE are based on the philosophy that children should be helped to become mature citizens, that is, to act confidently, making well-informed decisions with due regard to their own needs and to the rights and needs of others.


This is to be achieved by an emphasis on reciprocal, honest communication between children and adults, and adult models of responsibility, dependibility, planning, sincerity and affection.

The program was designed in 1968 by Elisabeth P. Brandt, Ph. D., S.O.M., specialist in the communication problems of young children. A group of parents of troubled teens had requested this because there were no services for their children at an early age. SCEP continues to provide services to families and agencies in southern Saskatchewan who are concerned with the problems of young chlidren.

In 1994, Patricia B. Clark, B.A., M.Ed., R.S.W., SCEP's first staff member and Executive Director since 1984, initiated SCEP CENTRE's Day Care Friends program to provide hands-on training and support to child care workers.