Services & supports for families with a special need or disability
Find free activities and workshops hosted by a wide range of experts including Speech Language Pathologists (SLP), Occupational Therapists, Psychoeducators, and more! We also offer mental health and wellbeing check-ins for adults who need a listening ear, as well as an information and referral service for families who need help accessing health and social services within the Outaouais.
Information Services for Families with Special Needs
You can now borrow one of our Let’s Play & Talk Kits from from four of our partners in the MRC des Collines and at our Connexions office in Aylmer (Gatineau).
The Kits include speech & language resources, games and children’s books.
Find out how to borrow a Let’s Play & Talk Kit for your child!
Our Family Resources Series offers a wide range of topics for families with children, and the professionals who work with them. Special guests include professionals from the CISSS de l’Outaouais, school staff at the Western Quebec School Board, social workers and Speech-Language Pathologists. Find out more!
Our series of Parent-Child Workshops are facilitated by Speech Language Pathologists who offer hands-on support for families whose child may have a speech or communication delay or disability. This series of workshops is based on CHEO’s First Words program.
Find out more about these workshops and how to register!
Community Resources
Financial Supports for Children, Youth and Adults with Special Needs
Find various financial supports available from different levels of government and non-profit organizations.
Daycare Services
Quebec has established its own unique approach to daycare for children 0-4, with subsidized and recognized Child Care Centres (CPEs) and Subsidized Family Home Daycares where spaces are offered at reduced contribution for infants through school-age children.
Explaining the Law in Plain Language
Find a list of legal information resources, including community organizations
