We provide free and immediate assessment and treatment to any child in need and that child’s family. OUR PROGRAMS
The Centre provides three (3) programs for children and adolescents. The First Program – operated by the Centre is for children and adolescents, five (5) to seventeen (17) years who have been physically and/or sexually abused. They receive assessment and counseling services to recover
from the traumatic effects of the abuse they suffered. The goal of our first program is to help children who have been sexually or physically abused overcome the psychologically negative impact of abuse through comprehensive, professional assessment and counseling at the Centre and continue to developmentally progress in a healthy manner, without the effects of abuse impeding this development. The Second Program – at the Centre provides assessment and counseling services to adolescents, twelve (12) to seventeen (17) years who have committed sexual offences against young children. Adolescent males, twelve to seventeen years old, who have committed sexual offences against younger children, will receive comprehensive clinical assessment to determine if they will benefit from treatment to prevent them from committing further sexual offences against young children. If the youth is considered able to benefit from treatment, he will receive counseling to prevent further sexual offending as an adult. The Third Program – is for children ages five (5) to eleven (11) years who are sexually reactive or sexually aggressive towards same age peers. In September 2011, as a result of request from various community agencies, the Centre started an additional service for sexually aggressive/sexually reactive children. This is a prevention program aimed at helping children between the ages of 5 and 11 years who have engaged in sexually aggressive behaviours towards peers.
