Toronto: 

Children:

•  Early Abilities (for children younger than 6 years old living in Greater Toronto Area) - You can add yourself to the waitlist for public speech therapy, and access private services through us while you wait (current waitlist averages 8 months)

Adults: (programs have minimal waitlists)

• Sunnybrook Hospital Assistive Technology Clinic

• Aphasia Institute 

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St. Catharines:

Children:

Niagara Children’s Centre (Speech Therapy, OT)

Referrals: Families, physicians, and professionals can make referrals by completing an online referral form 

• Preschool Speech and Language Program - provides assessment and intervention for children who require speech and language intervention 

• Occupational Therapy for children

 

EarlyON Child and Family Centres (Literacy, Child Care)

Referrals: No referral required

• Provides free drop-in programs for children from birth to six years of age

 

Pathstone Mental Health (Psychology)

Referrals: No referral required

• Walk-in clinic for mental health services (in-person, online, and phone call options)

 

Adults:

Niagara Health (Speech Therapy)

Referrals: Medical referral required for all adult services

• Swallowing Clinics - includes diagnostic assessment and treatment for adults

• Outpatient Communication/Cognitive Communications - provides assessment and treatment for adults 

• Occupational Therapy for adults

 

Hotel Dieu Shaver (Speech Therapy)

• Rehabilitation hospital with outpatient AAC clinic for adults

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Sudbury: 

Children:

Children’s Treatment Centre (Speech Therapy, OT)

Referrals: Must be referred by a physician or nurse practitioner

• PATH (ages 24mo - 4yrs) - for children with motor and communication delays; parents must submit an application for this program and a meeting will be held to review all potential candidates (limited spots available)

• SPOT (Speech, Physio, Occupational Therapy) - provides assessment, consultation, and programming for children having physically based difficulties

• Assistive Communications Clinic, AAC (ages 0 - 21yrs) - provides assessment, consultation, and intervention and training to assist clients in developing functional face to face and written communication

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Wordplay (Speech Therapy)

Referrals: Can be referred by family or agency/professional 

• Preschool Speech and Language Services Sudbury Manitoulin (ages birth - Pre-K) - provides a full range of accessible speech and language services till the time the child starts school

 

Child + Youth Mental Health Services (Psychology)

Referrals: No referral required

• MindSPACE Sudbury (children and youth under 18) - offer free and confidential mental health services without an appointment (sessions are typically an hour long, accessible whenever you need)

 

Adults:

North East Local Health Integration Network (Speech Therapy, OT, Psychology)

• Public community care with Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Social Workers

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