Child Abuse Services Therapy Stream

In order to enhance the bio-psycho-social health and well-being of clients, the service offers:

Child Abuse Therapy Stream:

• assesses the impact of abuse and neglect on the referred child
• provides therapeutic intervention to children and their caregivers to address emotional
• behavioural and relational challenges associated with the abuse and neglect
• children between 6 to 11 years of age who are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour for
  which clinical assessment or treatment is needed
• The Child Abuse Service therapy team does not provide emergency services.

• experienced sexual abuse, and / severe and complex physical abuse and / severe and complex neglect
• under 18 years of age at the time
• children between 6 to 11 years of age who are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour for which clinical assessment or treatment is needed

• assessment / treatment of a youth, 12 years of age or older, who has committed a sexual offence
• assessment / evaluation of parental capacity to meet the needs of the referred child
• continues to experience ongoing maltreatment (abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or caregiver substance abuse)
• investigation, validation or review of allegations of abuse
• to obtain disclosure of abuse from the referred child
• investigation by Law Enforcement and / Children’s Services has determined that the child abuse allegations are unfounded/unsubstantiated

• Children / Families - Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
• Crisis Resources - Crisis Lines
• Legal - Family Law
• Violence / Abuse - Child Abuse
• Violence / Abuse - Crisis Lines
• Violence / Abuse - Outreach / Prevention

CAS physicians on call 24/7