Our Partners
Children’s Treatment Network Members
The Network is working to develop agreements with all healthcare, recreation, education, social and community services organizations in Simcoe and York that serve children with special needs. The following organizations have signed formal Member agreements with the Children’s Treatment Network, with more to be added in the coming months. Click on the name to view their bio:
The Network is also aligned with a number of Provincial and Community agencies and support groups:
Provincial & Community Partners
| Bloorview Kids Rehab | www.bloorview.ca |
| Canadian Hearing Society | www.chs.ca |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind | www.cnib.ca |
| CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research | www.CanChild.ca |
| Child Health Network | www.childhealthnetwork.com |
| Expressive Communication Help Organization (ECHO) | www.apraxia.ca |
| Geneva Centre for Autism | www.autism.net |
| Hospital for Sick Children | www.sickkids.ca |
| Ministry of Children and Youth Services | www.children.gov.on.ca |
| Ministry of Community and Social Services | www.cfcs.gov.on.ca |
| Ministry of Education | www.edu.gov.on.ca |
| Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | www.health.gov.on.ca |
| Ontario Association of Children’s Rehabilitation Services (OACRS) | www.oacrs.com |
| Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders (OAFCCD) | www.oafccd.com |
If your organization is interested in becoming a Member or Partner, please contact 1-877-719-4795 or email info@ctn-simcoeyork.ca
Children’s Treatment Network Member Bios
- 1to1 Rehab www.1to1rehab.ca
- 1to1 Rehab is a comprehensive group of Speech-Language Pathologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Registered Dietitians with extensive clinical experience in adult and paediatric rehabilitation. Serving York Region and the Greater Toronto Area, 1to1 Rehab is focussed on the delivery of quality care to the communities we serve. Our clients are diverse in age and culture, and our therapists have the training, sensitivity and experience to meet their wide ranging needs. We pride ourselves on a philosophy that balances clinical excellence with concern for the person as a whole, and care for their overall wellbeing.
- Able Sail www.midlandbaysailing.org/school/able.html
- Achimota Centre for Children with Autism www.achimota.ca
- Achimota Centre for Children with Autism is the largest centre based Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) program north of the Greater Toronto area. The Centre is a non profit/charitable organization. In addition to offering direct therapy, the Centre also offers workshops and other programs for the community including an After School Program.
- Blue Hills Child and Family Centre 905-773-4323
- Brain Injury Services, Muskoka Simcoe
- Catulpa Community Support Services www.catulpa.on.ca
- A social service agency serving the County of Simcoe providing services to both children and adults. Our children's programs include case management/service co-ordination, Early Intervention Orillia, Respite, Inclusive Recreation, Community Action Program For Children, Children's Case Co-ordination for Children with Complex Needs and Specialized Case Management for individuals with Special Needs.
- Central Community Care Access Centre www.central.ccac-ont.ca
- A central referral source and provider of healthcare and personal support services to families in York Region. Provides the School Health Support Service Program to children and youth with special needs in York Region schools.
- Children's Case Coordination of York Region www.yssn.ca
- Provides information, consultation and community case conferencing/advocacy across sectors for children from birth to age 19 who have highly complex needs and their families. The service is hosted by York Support Services Network and supported by a Steering Committee accountable to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The Steering Committee is comprised of multiple children’s services organizations and parent representatives in York Region.
- Childsplay www.childsplaydiscovery.ca
ChildsPlay is owned and operated by Karen Bryce. Karen is an Occupational Therapist with 14 years experience working with children with neurological disorders. Karen's experience working at Bloorview Kids Rehab and as a community partner has focused on integrating children into life. ChildsPlay has 3 paediatric therapy programs: Intensive, Discovery, and Integration. These programs are designed to offer services that will make a difference in the outcome of children with Cerebral Palsy, Acquired Brain Injury, as well as other neurological impairments. CHILDSPLAY is a private therapy program located in York Region. They offer children with special needs the opportunity to develop the skills necessary for them to integrate into their community.
For further information contact childsplay@sympatico.ca
- Closing the Gap Healthcare Group www.closingthegap.ca
- One of the largest multidisciplinary Canadian healthcare companies which is owned and managed by regulated healthcare professionals. We serve children in their homes, in schools, and in hospitals in their community through the provision of the highest quality rehabilitation, nursing and support services. We believe in family centered care and support for each child to achieve their unique valued social role within their community.
- Comcare Health Services www.comcarehealth.ca
- A recognized leader in community healthcare, providing integrated, quality, and expert clinical and administrative services for child and family centered rehabilitation, nursing, and home support services. Our commitment to excellence is demonstrated by actively partnering in children’s and family services by participating in research, education, and Network activities ensuring responsive and accessible healthcare delivery throughout York Region and Simcoe County.
- Community Living Association for South Simcoe
- Community Living Huronia www.clhmidland.on.ca
- A provider of employment, accommodation, recreation and children’s services for developmentally challenged individuals in the Huronia-Midland region.
- Creative Sounds Music Therapy
- Founded by Julie Vanspall, Creative Sounds Music Therapy has been working for the last 3 years in York Region.
Music therapy is the skillful use of music and musical elements by a music therapist to promote, maintain and restore mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Music has nonverbal, creative, structural and emotional qualities. These are used in the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication and personal development.
Creative Sounds Music Therapy has expanded to better serve all those in need of therapeutic support in the York Regions. Thanks to the expertise of those joining the CSMT team, services have expanded to include lessons such as piano and voice. Together with partners like Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York, Creative Sounds Music Therapy will continue to find new innovative ways to reach out to all those in need of a little Music!
For further information, contact Julie Vanspall. - E3 Community Services Inc. www.e3.ca
- Early Intervention Services of the Regional Municipality of York www.york.ca
- Provides assessment, consultation, intervention and service coordination for children birth to six years in York region who have or are at risk for having delays in development. EIS provides service in the family homes, child care environments, 5 local EIS Team offices, and other community settings. EIS offers family centred services in an integrated team approach to service delivery.
- Grieving Children at Season's Centre
- Health in Motion Rehabilitation www.healthinmotionrehab.com
- Health In Motion provides education, rehabilitation, and comprehensive treatment programs for children with Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Brain injury, Pediatric stroke, and other neurological disorders. Our licensed and experienced professionals can provide expert care in:
Neuro Developmental Therapy, Physiotherapy, Massage therapy, Homeopathy, Osteopathy, Nutrition counseling, Herbal therapy, and Conductive rehabilitation.
Health in Motion treats patients from different countries. - Huronia District Hospital
- Kerry's Place Autism Services www.kerrysplace.org
- Provides specialized supports to children, adolescents and adults with autism to address their individual social, educational, vocational and developmental needs.
- Kinark Child and Family Services www.kinark.on.ca
- One of the largest non-profit children’s mental health centres in Ontario that provides a full range of free and confidential programs and services to children and youth with mental health issues and their families/caregivers. Kinark also operates childcare and youth justice services, and is the corporate sponsor of the preschool autism program as well as several other collaborative initiatives for children and youth in Ontario’s Central East Region.
- King Day Camp www.kingdaycamp.com
- Started by Barb Weeden-Carmicahel in 1993, The King Day Camp has created an inclusive community for children to explore their sense of magic and wonder while appreciating their natural surroundings. The King Day Camp is dedicated to high quality programs, attention to individual needs and promoting confidence through a sense of accomplishment. By providing a supportive and inclusive learning environment The King Day Camp program enables children to trust, respect and appreciate all forms of life. Friendship and personal challenge along with caring, encouraging staff, enhance lifeskills, foster personal growth and promote a sense of community.
A positive summer camp experience can make a significant impact on the life of a child. For further information, contact Barb Weeden-Carmichael, Director. - La Clé d'La Baie
- Learning Disabilities Association of Simcoe County
- Lindsey Stevenato Children’s Therapy Services
- Markham Stouffville Hospital www.msh.on.ca
- A fully accredited acute care facility serving one of Ontario’s fastest growing regions. In January 2004, Uxbridge Cottage Hospital joined Markham Stouffville Hospital as a partner site in the provision of hospital care for the communities of Markham, Stouffville, Uxbridge and neighbouring areas. Corporate sponsor for the York Region Preschool Speech and Language and Infant Hearing Programs, and host of the Paediatric Developmental Assessment Clinic.
- Motion Specialties www.themotiongroup.com
- An industry leader for 21 years in the assessment, supply and ongoing maintenance of special equipment for children with special needs. We pride ourselves on long-term relationships and strive to supply the best available equipment to assist your child. Our knowledge and expertise are well known at children's centres all across Canada and our staff of paediatric specialists look forward to helping you.
- New Path Youth and Family Services www.newpath.ca
- A children’s mental health centre serving children and youth up to 18 years of age, and their families. The organization provides a full range of mental health programs in nine communities across Simcoe County. New Path uses a strength based, family systems approach in its work, using a multi-disciplinary team approach. New Path has developed numerous collaborative agreements with human service agencies across various sectors and enjoys special co-location opportunities with the Children’s Treatment Network. New Path employs approximately 100 staff and is governed by a volunteer board of directors who live and work within the communities of Simcoe County.
- North Simcoe Muskoka Community Care Access Centre www.nsm.ccac-ont.ca
- Funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, CCACSC provides and coordinates community health services to people of all ages. Case managers coordinate services such as nursing, personal support and therapy to assist families to care for children with complex medical conditions at home, as well as support school-age children with health and rehabilitation needs to attend school.
- Ontario Early Years Centre - Simcoe North
- Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital www.osmh.on.ca
- In addition to serving Orillia and area, offers many regional services to Simcoe-Muskoka and beyond; including numerous specialty paediatric services. Provides a therapy program for preschool children with special needs. The Hospital’s Foundation sponsored the Child Development Centre in Orillia which allows several preschool partners to co-locate services.
- Parents as Partners www.apraxia.ca/pap/
- Penetanguishene General Hospital www.nsha.on.ca
- Part of the North Simcoe Hospital Alliance, Penetanguishene General Hospital is a Catholic Hospital that offers complex continuing care, a regional rehabilitation program and day hospital for adults, outpatient clinics, diagnostic imaging, dialysis services and a Health and Wellness Centre.
- Regional Municipality of York
- Royal Victoria Hospital www.rvh.on.ca
- A large regional family-centred hospital servicing Simcoe County, Muskoka, and Parry Sound. RVH provides regional services of the Pre-School Speech and Language Program and the Infant Hearing Program. The hospital also provides specialized services in children’s swallowing and feeding, at risk neonatal follow up, out-patient adolescent eating disorders, infant and children’s hearing aid dispensing, children’s occupational therapy and physiotherapy, children’s and adolescent diabetes management, specialized diagnostics, special needs dental surgery, pediatrics in-patient, outpatient clinics, children’s mental health assessment, and paediatric surgery with specialized pediatric anesthesia and some cancer therapies. The hospital also provides advanced level II nursery services, and high risk obstetric care.
- Safehaven Project for Community Living www.safehavenproj.org
- The Safehaven Project for Community Living is a charity that provides residential and respite services to families whose children for the most part can not walk, talk, see or hear. Our services are in communities easily accessible by families. For more information, please browse our website. www.safehavenproj.org
- Simcoe Community Services www.simcoecommunityservices.ca
- A charitable, non-profit multi-service agency that provides a wide range of programs and services in Barrie, Orillia, Bradford and the surrounding townships, including infant and child development programs, respite and service coordination/family support services.
- Simcoe County District School Board www.scdsb.on.ca
- Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board www.smcdsb.on.ca
- Social Services Network (York Region) www.socialservicesnetwork.org
- Social Services Network for the York Region is an information and referral Service linking the South Asian Community in York Region to the service providers. We provide culturally sensitive services in various languages to the South Asian community and look forward to working closely with all of the partners of the Children’s Treatment Network to serve children with special needs.
- Southlake Regional Health Centre www.southlakeregional.org
- A full-service 300-bed hospital in Newmarket that serves a primary population of 200,000 people in northern York Region, south Simcoe County and north-west Durham Region.
- Spark Learning Centre
- Speech Clinic
- VRA www.cotahealth.ca
- A leading provider of comprehensive rehabilitation, mental health and support services in Ontario. Dedicated teams of professionals help people of all ages achieve greater independence in the community. COTA Health provides services to children (up to 21 years) living throughout the Greater Toronto Area, York Region and Region of Peel. Children, along with their families and/or caregivers receive family-centered care in their home, school or other settings within the community.
- YMCA of Simcoe Muskoka
- York Catholic District School Board
- The York Catholic District School Board seeks to help all children reach their full potential, regardless of how unique or special their needs may be. Our schools recognize the differences in children, and adapt programs to meet their needs. Some children are exceptional and may require special programs and services. We recognize that the patterns and rhythms of learning are unique in every student. Our goal is to ensure that all of our students are provided with the most enabling learning environment possible. With this in mind, we endorse the integration of all learners into environments in which their academic, physical, spiritual, social and emotional needs are met, with appropriate support, in a classroom of age-appropriate peers within the local school.
- York Central Hospital
- York Paediatric Therapy Services Inc. www.yorkpaediatrics.com
- At York Paediatric Therapy Services our ‘mission’ is to educate parents, caregivers, and school personnel about how the child is functioning and how we can work together to enhance the child’s performance at home, school and in the community.
Children are generally seen between the ages of birth to 12 years of age experiencing neurologically, developmentally and sensory based difficulties resulting in gross and fine motor problems, visual-motor and perceptual challenges, organizational, learning and daily life skill issues.
Sensory Integration, Medek and Neurodevelopmental Therapy and a summer handwriting camp are some approaches used in our Occupational and Physiotherapy clinic services. Occupational & Speech Therapy direct treatment & consultation are provided through our school care program. - York Region Branch of Jewish Family & Child Services www.jfandcs.com
- A United Way member agency that provides protective counseling, education and preventative programs for local families.
- York Region District School Board www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
- The third largest and one of the fastest growing boards in Ontario. The Board is committed to the principles of equity that can enable all students to learn and grow to their full potential, in environments that welcome differences and are free from discrimination. Last year 6,918 elementary school students and 6,208 secondary school students were served by special education programs delivered by the York Region District School Board. Well over 1,400 teaching and teaching assistant positions were dedicated to meeting the educational needs of special education students. Classroom services were augmented by professional services provided by Board psychologists, speech language pathologists, audiologists, occupational and physical therapists, and work experience coordinators.
- York Region Family Services
- York Support Services Network www.yssn.ca
- A non-profit agency that provides a range of community supports in the Developmental Services and Mental Health sectors. Services include case management throughout York Region to adults and children who have a developmental disability and their families, and to adults who have a serious mental illness, community crisis response, Children’s Case Coordination, and a number of system supports on behalf of the Developmental Services Sector.
- Zareinu Education Centre