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I need support with:
speech sounds
saying words
making sentences
using a communication device
understanding emotions
playing
taking turns
social skills
talking to adults
talking to peers
learning new words
stuttering
picture communication
autism screening
sign language
listening with hearing aides
listening to speech
learning to eat
chewing and swallowing
meal time anxiety
sleep routines
toileting skills
personal hygiene
dressing
medical equipment adherence
school readiness skills
academic skills
life skills
cognitive skills
community participation (employment/volunteer support and adaptations, assistive technologies)
adaptive, mobility and therapeutic equipment
hobby and leisure skills
aggression
personal and family safety
cooperation and following directions
problem behaviour
going in public
daily routine completion
adaptive skills
parent coaching for routines
functional communication
interviewing skills
creating a resume
on-site modifications to work routines
creating supports for work tasks
assisting interactions between employers and employees
body science for sexual health
gender role and identity
puberty
sexuality
pornography
dating and friendships
abuse prevention
low mood/withdrawal from activities
down syndrome regression disorder
depression
obsessive compulsive thinking
anxiety
selective mutism
inter-personal relationship challenges (family dynamics)
parent stress
stress
irritability
fantasy life/ overactive imagination
shortened school day
school not meeting the learning needs of my child
communication break down between school and home
child is excluded from school
child does not have adequate support from school staff
sharing my concerns with the school
making my family's needs clear in a school meeting
alphabet
letter sounds
reading
emergent reader
spelling
reading aloud
reading to children
vocabulary
math
numbers
money
budgeting
shopping
At Home Program
funding
respite
autism funding
crisis support
CLBC
assessment of mental health
psychiatric assessment
prescription of medications
monitor medications for effectiveness
psych ed assessments
anxiety management
referral for autism assessment
referral for ahp program
diagnosis of illness, or medical conditions
medications
surgery consultation
unexplained changes in behaviour
referrals to other medical specialists
gross motor coordination
torticollis
breathing
seating, splints, walking frames and wheelchairs
orthotics
tone management (spasticity, dystonia, brain injury)