Early Years Support Services Registry
This is a resource for health, early learning and child care professionals in York Region who wish to refer a young child or their family for support services. It provides information about programs and services available including information regarding eligibility and referral.
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| Case Coordination | Children’s Case Coordination works together with other agencies to help children, youth and their families in York Region who have very complex social, emotional, developmental, and/or physical needs requiring a coordinated service plan. Providing services for children and youth (between birth and19 years of age) and families who live in York Region and are currently involved with service providers in York Region. The child or youth has complex social, emotional, developmental and/or physical service needs. |
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| Blind-Low Vision Program | Provides service to children from birth to school entry who are blind or have vision loss. The program supports children residing in the York and Durham Regions, Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton Counties and City of Kawartha Lakes. |
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| Infant Hearing | Supports children residing in the York and Durham Regions, Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton Counties and City of Kawartha Lakes. The program focuses on monitoring babies who are at risk for hearing loss, audiology services, family support services with social workers and communication development services. |
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| Nursing | The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) provides nursing services to children with complex health conditions and disabilities. Depending on their needs, children may receive nursing services in their home, at school, or in both settings. LHIN care coordinators, with specialized knowledge and skills related to child and family services will assess the child to determine how urgently services are needed. In addition to nursing services, depending on their needs, children may receive other services including: care coordination, clinical nutrition, social work and information and referral services. |
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| Autism Ontario | Autism Ontario is playing a key role in offering orientation and system navigation supports to families who are accessing or interested in accessing the new Ontario Autism Program (OAP). Autism Ontario will offer direct supports to families through the OAP Service Navigation Program to:
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