Urban Child Development Resource Center
The Urban Child Development Resource Center is a partnership between the University of Dayton’s Center for Catholic Education and local Catholic schools.UCDRC’s expertise is working with children from under-resourced neighborhoods and from diverse cultures. Our primary goal is to establish and support a healthy learning environment in each classroom so that children are unencumbered by the stresses of everyday life and are able to focus and learn.
Our vision is to empower students and their families to achieve emotional, physical, and spiritual health within their own cultural framework.
Our mission is to provide culturally relevant learning opportunities to students and their families for emotional, physical, and spiritual growth.
Our Services
The Urban Child Development Resource Center serves more than 1,300 children who attend six local Catholic schools. These services include psycho-education, behavioral health consultation, counseling, behavioral health referral/follow-up, medical health education, and medical screening/referral/ follow-up along with:
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Second Step (a violence prevention curriculum);
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Talking About Touching (a personal safety program);
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Individual counseling;
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Group counseling;
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Family counseling;
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Faculty and administration consultations;
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Crisis intervention;
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Safety assessments (homicidal and/or suicidal risk);
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Appeals process committee;
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Clinical referrals and follow-up services;
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Clinical observations and screenings;
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Peacemakers Group (leadership and service organization); and,
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Family advocate (social worker at Mary Queen of Peace School in Dayton to help families meet basic needs).
