The parents’ corner

Birth preparation classes are offered by different partners in various languages:

• Maternity service of the hospital of Neuchâtel
• Birth preparation for migrant women
• Pregnancy follow-up by the Mobile Midwives Association

Adoption and foster families

• To obtain preliminary information on adoption procedures
• The Adoption and Foster Families Association Adoptons-nous offers a place for exchange, listening, support, thinking, and training, intended for all the persons concerned by adoption and fostering.

A few administrative procedures you need to remember:

• https://www.ch.ch/fr/naissance/

Midwives and early childhood nurses: for the baby’s very first moments

• Immediately after leaving the maternity hospital, follow-up by the Mobile Midwives Association
• Swiss Midwives Federation
• Early childhood nurses

The couple and the baby’s arrival :

• A place where you can talk about your family and marital concerns

For future mothers :
SOS future mothers (SOS futures mamans) :

• Neuchâtel Mountains (Montagnes neuchâteloises)
• Neuchâtel Coastline (Littoral neuchâtelois)

For fathers :

• http://www.mcpn.ch/mcpn-accueil.html

For young parents :

• https://www.jeunesparents.ch/ass/contact-personnel-par-region

Managing emergency situations, first aid :

• www.redcross-edu.ch/fr/urgences-chez-les-enfants
• www.samaritains-ne.ch/urgences-chez-les-petits-enfants-cours-individuel/

Let’s communicate together

Language:

• Communicating before language
• Child development and learning before the age of 4

Listening :

• Listening Centre, based on A. Tomatis’ method

Reading :

• The Association for the Prevention of illiteracy at preschool (Association Prévention de l’illettrisme au préscolaire, PIP) encourages every adult to read and tell stories to children from the cradle The Young people’s library
• La Croix-Rouge neuchâteloise : animations lecture pour les enfants jusqu’à 4 ans
• Bibliothèque des Jeunes

Children with disabilities :

• www.perce-neige.ch/prestations/personne-mineure-en-situation-de-handicap
• Neuchâtel Association for the Parents of Mentally Disabled Persons (Association Neuchâteloise de Parents de Personnes Mentalement handicapées), Insieme Neuchâtel

Bereavement, parental separation, parental illness:

• As’trame supports families affected by the loss of a loved one, parental separation, serious illness, or the mental vulnerability of a parent, with specific attention to the needs of children and teenagers.

Educational, relational, social and/or financial difficulties :

• Pro Juventute helps children, youngsters and families who are in need
• Educational action in open environments Mistreatment of minors

Parent-child activities

• Some activity ideas for parents and children
• Regional culture promoted by activities, in particular for families

Gathering places

Neuchâtel :

• The Parents’ space of the EPER in Neuchâtel offers a place for the listening, counselling and orientation of parents from all backgrounds who encounter difficulties in their daily procedures
• For all children from birth to the age of 5.
  A space to play, explore, move, talk, laugh, discover life in society. For accompanying parents, a moment to exchange, relax, question (oneself), discover, watch, play with one’s child, meet other parents www.lacourteechelle.ch
• Point de rencontre organises the exercise of visiting rights between parents and children in the case of conflict separations, so that the child can preserve her/his relationship or reconnect with the parent with whom she/he does not live: www.enfvie.ch/point-rencontre

La Chaux-de-Fonds :

• La Trottinette : A childcare structure in La Chaux-de-Fonds for children from birth to the age of 4, accompanied by an adult. This structure is supported by a team of professionals and is open to everyone without prior registration
• Le Patio : un espace où les parents peuvent venir partager leurs expériences, leurs questions et leurs craintes par rapport à l’éducation de leur(s) enfant(s).

• Emergency care services
• Live-out nannies
• Information on day nursery registrations

List of day nurseries in the canton of Neuchâtel

• www.ne.ch/autorites/DEF/SPAJ/accueil-extrafamilial/Documents/Structures_creches.pdf

List of schools in the canton of Neuchâtel

• www.ne.ch/autorites/DEF/SEEO/infos/Pages/ListeEcoles.aspx

Counsel and information by the Service for multicultural cohesion (Service de la cohésion multiculturelle, COSM):

• www.ne.ch/autorites/DEAS/COSM/conseil-information/Pages/accueil.aspx

RECIF

• Training courses for women
• Children’s space. Free childcare system while the mother attends the lesson
• The “gatherings and activities” area proposes varied activities with the aim to gather women from different backgrounds

French lessons by the school Mosaïque

• ecolemosaique.ch/offres/

Language school – integration and openness (Ecole de langue intégration et ouverture, ELIO)

• www.ecolelio.ch/enseignement.html#niveaux

French working sessions at Caritas

• www.caritas-neuchatel.ch/nos-prestations/atelier-de-francais

French lessons by the CEFNA

• www.cefna.ch/formation/ana-francais-adultes-de-langue-etrangere/

Integration and civic knowledge programme proposed by the Service for multicultural cohesion (Service de la cohésion multiculturelle (COSM)

• www.ne.ch/autorites/DEAS/COSM/cours-formations/Pages/Programme-d’int%C3%A9gration-et-de-connaissances-civiques.aspx