Child and Parent Resource Institute
Child and Parent Resource Institute is a provincially operated regional resource centre located in London, Ontario, Canada. CPRI provides highly specialized (tertiary) diagnostic assessment, consultation, education, research, and short term treatment services for children/youth (0–18 years) with complex emotional and behavioural disorders, and mental health issues for families who require an integrated, clinical, highly specialized interdisciplinary approach. CPRI services a 17 county catchment area.
Services Provided by CPRI
| Clinical Services | CPRI accepts referrals for assessment, consultation, and treatment for children and youth (and families) with complex emotional and behavioural disorders. We serve children on a residential and community basis. |
| Attachment Consultation and Education Services (ACES) | Consultation, assessment, treatment and education for children and youth (birth to 18 years) with a focus on disturbance of attachment, attachment disorders, or a history of traumatic and/or disruptive life events. The child or youth may also be experience difficulty in relationships, behaviours, and emotions requiring extensive management to the child/youth home/living environment. |
| Mood Disorders Clinic | Consultation, assessment, treatment and education services for children and youth (6–18 years) who are referred by a physician and who are suspected of having early onset mood disorders. |
| Brake Shop | Specialized assessment, treatment, consultation and community education for children and youth (6 to 18 years) with severe behavioural concerns or intermittent Explosive Disorder, with a diagnosed tic disorder. |
| Dual Diagnosis | Assessment, consultation, and treatment on a community and residential services basis for children and youth (2-18 years) with a developmental disability and psychiatric or behavioural disorder. |
| IDEAS Clinic | The IDEAS team accepts referrals for children and youth aged 2 to 18 who have been diagnosed, or are strongly suspected to have, a developmental disability and one or more of the following diagnosed or suspected disorders as a primary presenting problem: Anxiety Disorders (e.g. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social or Specific Phobia) or Mood Disorders (e.g. Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder) |
| Home Visiting Program for Infants | Early intervention program (for the counties of Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Perth, and Huron only) for infants (up to 5 years) and their families who are at risk for or have developmental or physical disabilities. |
| Homeshare | Specialized placement program in which children and youth who have a developmental disability, medically fragile/technological dependence and/or dual diagnosis, are placed with families on a full-time and long-term basis in the city of London and surrounding counties. |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinic | Assessment, treatment, consultation, education and support for children and youth up to the age of 18 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, their families, caregivers and the community. |
| ASD2 Clinic | A new, province wide service offered by CPRI. This enhanced program will provide service for children and youth across the ASD spectrum who are presenting with high levels of challenging behaviour in all settings, including home, school and the community. The program will target children and youth who have not demonstrated significant behavioural improvements despite services provided in their local communities and who continue to be at risk. |
| Selective Mutism | For children and youth (3–18 years) who have restricted speech in one or more settings for at least two months and have demonstrated capacity for speech and intellectual ability above IQ 55. |
| Sexual Behaviours | Comprehensive assessment and consultation for children and youth (age 6-18) concerning sexual behaviours (can include trauma assessment and sexuality education). |
| Residential Services | Interdisciplinary residential assessment and treatment based on the individualized needs and identified goals of children or youth with complex multiple needs. The average length of stay is 3 months for all residential units. However, they can stay for as little as 2 weeks. Those receiving residential/inpatient treatment, stay at CPRI during the week, Sunday evening to Friday afternoon, and they go home during the weekends. While receiving treatment, the clients attend school at either Madeline Hardy Public School or St. Thomas Aquanis Catholic School. The units each include bedrooms (one for each client), bathrooms, "chill rooms", laundry facilities, a dining area (the food comes up on trays from the central kitchen), meeting rooms, a nursing station, and living rooms. CPRI clients who are able to perform basic chores, receive a dollar a day as an allowance. On Wednesdays, clients go out on outings, whether that is to the mall, to the movies, or to the library. During the summer, CPRI has 2 swimming pools that are open with life guards present. CPRI has beautiful grounds with bike paths, gazebos and playgrounds. All of the units except Pratten One accommodate children and youth with externalizing and aggressive behaviours. The bedrooms each have alarms on them, as well.
Age ranges for each unit are a general guideline: Pratten 2 South – 8 spaces for males/females ages 6-18 (2 for males, 6 for females) Unit 4 – 12 spaces for males ages 13 – 18 Unit 5 – 10 spaces for males/females ages 6 – 12 Unit 6 – 9 spaces for males/females ages 6 – 13 with a developmental disability Thameswood – 8 spaces for males/females ages 13 – 18 with a developmental disability Pratten – 12 bed short-term (average length of stay from a few days to two weeks) residential unit for males/females ages 0 – 18 with a variety of complex medical (including technologically dependent clients) and developmental needs. Services include palliative care and “step down” services from acute hospital admissions. This space is like a hospital ward with specialized medical equipment, access to oxygen, etc. |
| Urgent Response Intervention | Short term, urgent admissions of clients in the CPRI catchment area. |
External links
References
- Information London: Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
- Children's Mental Health Ontario: Child and Parent Resource Institute
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