About Autism Services
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services announced changes to the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) as of April 1st, 2019. The new program provides funding directly to families by providing childhood budgets. For more information, visit the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services OAP.
We are committed to working with families during this transition period to help you navigate to the new system.
Diagnosis and Assessment
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental genetic disorder that appears during the first three years of life. It can often be diagnosed before the age of two years. With early identification, parents can help their children receive necessary interventions sooner, leading to better outcomes. If you have questions about your child’s development:
Contact Surrey Place and we will conduct a brief screen with you over the phone.
Psychological Assessment
Surrey Place offers a range of psychological and psychoeducational assessments on a fee for service basis, including ASD assessment for diagnosis. Each assessment described below includes: clinical observation, parent interview, direct assessment, assessment report, and feedback with the child, youth, and family.
Brief ASD Diagnostic Assessment
- Measures developmental/cognitive skills, adaptive skills, and autism symptomatology.
- Assessment may result in diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or both.
- Families of children receiving a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder will be supported to submit a Childhood Budget to receive funding through the Ontario Autism Program.
Brief Cognitive Assessment
- Measure of Cognitive skills.
Psychoeducational assessment
- Measures cognitive skills, academic performance, and adaptive skills.
- This may include assessment of visual-motor functioning, attention and concentration, and other specific areas of functioning.
Complex Assessments
- All components of the psychoeducational assessment with additional assessments of socio-emotional functioning, and mental health.
Early Childhood
The following programs are clinically supervised by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA), delivered by our highly trained therapists and adhere to accepted standards of practice for high quality service provision.
For many of the programs described below, Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language services are available based on the needs of your child.
Daily Applied Behaviour Analysis Therapy for Young ChildrenFocuses on the development of core skills to assist your child in being more independent.
Parenting for SuccessThree different program streams are offered to best meet your needs.
A Focus on Skill BuildingABA program is tailored to assist those who want to focus on skill building in a specific area.
Specialized Assessment and ConsultationHighly individualized service is delivered by Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA)Children & Youth
The following programs are clinically supervised by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA), delivered by our highly trained therapists and adhere to accepted standards of practice for high quality service provision.
For many of the programs described below, Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language services are available based on the needs of your child.
Parenting for SuccessCreate your own learning path by choosing from a range of educational topics supported by individualized consultation.
A Focus on Skill BuildingChoose the intensity of service that is best suited to meet your needs.
Specialized Assessment and ConsultationThis highly individualized service is delivered by Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA)
Summer ABA Camp for Children and YouthSurrey Place ABA summer camps are here to keep your kids and teens engaged in a summer full of exciting new adventures!
Contact Us
We want to support you! If you have thoughts or comments on our autism services we would like to hear from you. You can share your thoughts by contacting us through one of the methods below:
Phone 416-925-5141 ext. 2429
Email autismservices@surreyplace.ca
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