Early Identification and Intervention

For referrals involving speech and language, visit:

• Avon Maitland District School Board
• Huron Perth Catholic District School Board
• School Health Support Services | Home and Community Care Support Services
• smallTALK Huron-Perth Preschool Speech Language Initiative (birth-junior kindergarten)
• Speech/Language Therapy | Thames Valley Children's Centre

For referrals involving vision and/or hearing, visit:

• Blind-Low Vision Early Intervention Program | Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
• Elgin Audiology (funding for infants under 8 weeks of age)
• Southwest Region Infant Hearing Program
• Vision/Hearing | Thames Valley Children's Centre

For referrals involving motor sensory skills, visit:

• Children's Resource Consultant Program | Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County
• Developmental Resource for Infants (DRI) (children 2 years of age or younger) | Thames Valley Children's Centre
• Early Years | Thames Valley Children's Centre
• Growing Together Early Learning Resource Program | Huron County
• Outpatient Physiotherapy (by physician referral) | Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
• School Health Support Services | Home and Community Care Support Services

For referrals involving relationships, attachment, and social emotional learning, visit:

• Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) | Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services 
• Children's Resource Consultant Program | Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County
• Family Services Perth-Huron
• Growing Together Early Learning Resource Program | Huron County
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program | Huron Perth Public Health
• Huron-Perth Centre for Children and Youth
• Rural Response for Healthy Children

For referrals involving feeding skills and/or nutrition, visit:

• Developmental Resource for Infants (DRI) (children 2 years of age or younger) | Thames Valley Children's Centre
• Early Years | Thames Valley Children's Centre
• Family Health Team dietitian, if applicable (by physician referral)
• Health811 (formerly Telehealth)
• Huron Perth Public Health - ask for a registered dietitian
• School Health Support Services | Home and Community Care Support Services
• smallTALK Huron-Perth Preschool Speech Language Initiative (birth-junior kindergarten)

For referrals involving oral health, visit:

• Canada Dental Benefit
• Healthy Smiles Ontario

For referrals involving social services and financial assistance, visit:

• Child Care Subsidy | Huron County
• Child Care Subsidy | Stratford, St. Marys, and Perth County
• Housing | Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County
• Housing Services | Huron County
• Ontario Works | Huron County
• Ontario Works | Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County

For referrals involving respite, visit:

• Assistance for Children with Special Needs
• Community Support For Families (including respite) | Community Living Central Huron
• Emily Murphy Centre (second stage housing) | Perth County
• Family Services Perth-Huron (respite care)
• Huron Perth Addiction and Mental Health Services | Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
• Huron Perth Helpline and Crisis Response Team | Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
  • 1-888-829-7484
• Huron Women's Shelter Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services | Huron County
• Optimism Place Women's Shelter and Support Services | Perth County

For referrals involving child protection, visit:

• Huron-Perth Children's Aid Society

For referrals involving parent resources, visit:

• EarlyON Child and Family Centres Programs | Huron County
• EarlyON Child and Family Centres Programs | Perth County
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program | Huron Perth Public Health
• Multicultural Association of Perth Huron
• Ontario 211
• Rural Response for Healthy Children

For referrals involving child care, visit:

• Huron County Child Care Registry and Waitlist | Huron County
• Licensed Child Care | Huron County
• Licensed Child Care | Stratford, St. Marys, Perth County
• Stratford, St. Marys, Perth County Child Care Registry and Waitlist | Perth County