- Variety of programming was strong…read more - Teaching/teachers/teacher support ranged from good to excellent - Management was sketchy: Our child was put on the waiting list for Centennial Infant and Child Centre (CICC) Private School just after birth. He ended up starting at the same time as another child who was one year younger but with the same diagnosis. Our child was only offered and attended the afternoon classes for four days a week for two years, whilst the other child attended the morning classes for five days a week for three years. Therefore, unfair for our child. Also, when we requested an even partial refund for classes and van services cancelled by CICC which we were denied, management told us that if we didn't like it to go somewhere else. We feel that our child missed out on early intervention that he should have received from CICC. In the end, we felt that our child was left behind and our strongest memories from Centennial Infant and Child Centre are about their deceptive and disappointing administrative practices.

Centennial Infant Child Care (CICC) is legit the cream of the crop of preschools for kids with…read morespecial needs. If you want to learn about proper inclusion of typically developing kids with kids with exceptionalities, this the *the* place to do it. My son has attended for 2.5 years and we are on the other side of the city but putting him in a closer daycare is not even a consideration when I see the kind of quality education my son is getting. The teachers are HIGHLY skilled in teaching and caring for every kind of exceptionality you can imagine. When you walk into a CICC classroom, every single child is smiling, calm, engaged, interacting with peers and their adult volunteer and knows exactly what they need to do and how to do it. If our public schools could learn how to use the strategies that CICC teachers and staff use, you would see a completely non-violent and enlightened society in one generation. They have mastered the skill of celebrating each child's uniqueness while still being a valued member of each classroom and the school as a whole. This in not the case with every child but for ours, he has only cried one time due to frustration about a toy. The kids are so engaged and happy, I almost never see them fighting about toys, lining up, who was first, who took something from whom, etc. They are all friends and respect each other - and for 3 and 4 year olds, that's pretty amazing. This is a direct reflection of the how this schools has created a beautiful/caring/nurturing environment where all kids feel safe and happy. And THEY DO IT ALL WITHOUT SCREENS. ;) CICC will forever hold a special place in my heart and I am forever changed by witnessing what school should be for every child everywhere.

Mindspring Centre is a tutoring service more focused on generating revenue than helping children…read more The greed of this establishment is unbelievable. The month of June has just begun and I've already been invoiced for September, going so far as to threaten that my child may lose his spot at the centre if we don't pay up on. The Director of Mindspring, Eve Crawford, is the most unprofessional, greedy and rude person I've ever encountered. I was overcharged $40 on an invoice so I emailed to resolve the problem. Her response was a sarcastic email that carried a tone deeming the overcharge as petty. When I confronted her on the sarcasm she quickly got her back up and continued to berate me with rude, sarcastic emails. Having no professional tact, she even went so far as to expel my son from the centre. I found it funny that she would deem my inquiry over an overcharge as petty, yet she's the one expelling an innocent child over an argument with a parent. Now that's petty. There are many tutoring centres in Toronto that would be better suited to helping your children, centres that focus on the educational improvements of your child as opposed to making money like Mindspring.

I'm not sure what to make of K.F`s review, but it sounds like he has an axe to grind. It, however,…read more prompted me to make a comment. My experience at MindSpring Centre has been the exact opposite. I have used several other tutoring services and none have shown the same level of attention and dedication to my child's learning needs as Eve Crawford and her staff. My son's learning needs have been characterized as a huge challenge by his school teachers. But with only several months of tutoring at Mindspring, he has settled down and has begun to focus on improving his grades. My wife and I couldn't be happier - his teachers couldn`t be more surprised. I

All for what? yeah you may be getting a "good education" but…read moreit sure isn't worth the mental and social struggles it comes with, cant wait to get out of this place next year. I advise any parents registering their children to strongly reconsider. All I have gained from this "school" is low self esteem and anxiety. The only thing I feel guilty for is making my parents pay all that money and in the process fueling the school to treat students horribly. Thank you for taking the time to read this I would NOT recommend.

It's a good school man the people who've said it's trash- if you don't like the environment you…read moreshould've left. In choosing the school you choose the tough environment.

Good organization and very responsive. Seems to care about learning about clients needs and provide…read moresupport. For a parent that's half the battle. They speak from the heart and with empathy.

DO NOT USE THEM. 1)…read moreThe impression we got is that university application tutors have a single drive, to push you to get the most expensive package they offer even if you're almost fully prepared and just want to be extra cautious. 2) The tutors we encountered are university graduates who failed at securing jobs in their majors thus far, so they tutor out of need and not expertise. If you read their CVs, they are not someone successful whose expertise you would seek for something as critical as the future of your child. 3) It ended up being a nerve-wrecking tug of war. We constantly trying to get the service we paid for, and instead we're being constantly pushed to buy higher packages with the excuse that "what we want needs more time". 4) Even a reputable SAT prep book ended up giving a much better support than their "certified SAT teachers".