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Building and Maintaining Relationships with Friends and Partners
In this workshop, you will learn strategies to help develop your child’s social skills for building, maintaining, and navigating friendships and other relationships. Clinicians will cover topics such as identifying a good friend, teaching boundaries and advocacy, unspoken social norms and rules, and dating.
- Age Group Grade 1-4, Grade 5-8, Highschool
- Service Type Parent and Caregiver Training
- LevelB,C
- Includes
2 – Hour Virtual Workshop
- DateMonday, August 25 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
- CostNo Cost
CBT Together
Unified Protocols is an evidence-based group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) program for youth aged 15-17 years who are struggling with emotional difficulties like worry (anxiety), fear, sadness (depression), and anger. This group is aimed at helping youth develop coping strategies to manage their emotional difficulties, and providing parents/caregivers with an understanding of the nature of their teen’s difficulties and strategies to help them. This program is co-facilitated and supervised by a Registered Psychologist. A screening will be completed in order to determine whether this group is clinically appropriate. Parents/caregivers who are interested should contact us by December 6, 2024 to book a screening appointment.
- Age Group Highschool
- Service Type Fee-Based Services
- LevelC
- Includes
• 12 90-minute sessions for teens and parents/caregivers
• Available in-person - DateProgram to begin Summer 2025
Dates and times to be determined. - Cost$3,000
Children’s Friendship Training (CFT)
Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) is a group-based program for kids 8-12 years old. Participants learn and develop the skills needed to make and keep friends through role playing and activities. Parents/caregivers learn strategies to support their children as they develop these skills. Facilitated by Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.
- Age Group Grade 5-8
- Service Type Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), Group Programs
- LevelC
- Includes
Ten 1-hour child group sessions running concurrently with 10 1-hour parent/caregiver group sessions
Available in person
- DateWednesdays 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. from September 17 to November 19
- CostNo cost
Clinic Appointment
Meet with a clinician to address a concern about your child’s behaviour or discuss a specific skill you’d like your child to develop. You will receive individualized tips and strategies for building skills and reducing challenging behaviours.
- Age Group Grade 1-4, Grade 5-8, Highschool, Preschool and Kindergarten
- Service Type Consultation
- LevelA, B, C
- Includes
1-hour appointment, available in-person or virtually.
- DateFlexible
- CostNo cost
Co-Regulation with Your Child
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This workshop will explore how self-regulation develops during childhood and will provide strategies for parents/caregivers to co-regulate with their child so they can successfully manage their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour and learn to self-regulate.
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- Age Group Grade 1-4, Preschool and Kindergarten
- Service Type Parent and Caregiver Training
- LevelA, B, C
- Includes
2 hour virtual workshop
- DateFriday, June 13 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Monday, September 22 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - CostNo Cost
Cognitive-Adaptive Assessment
Cognitive-Adaptive assessments are used to examine thinking and reasoning skills (cognitive) and functional life skills (adaptive). These assessments compare a child or youth’s functioning in these areas to others their age, and may be used to identify an Intellectual Developmental Disorder (Intellectual Disability), as well as confirming eligibility for funding and services like Developmental Services of Ontario (DSO) or Community Living Ontario.
- Age Group Grade 1-4, Grade 5-8, Highschool
- Service Type Consultation
- LevelA, B, C
- Includes
• Clinical interview
• Behavioural observations
• Completion of standardized testing and questionnaires
• Feedback session
• Written report
• Available in-person or virtually; please be advised that some aspects of the assessment will need to take place in-person - DateFlexible
- Cost$1200
Please note that OAP Core Clinical Funding cannot be used for this type of assessment, but some Extended Health Benefits plans cover psychological services