INTERIOR HEALTH CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT NETWORK (IHCAN) |
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| Description & Services | ||||
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| Description | Provides multi-disciplinary assessment services for children with complex developmental conditions. Offers services to children living in the Interior Health Services Area and children who have been referred and waitlisted for Sunny Hill in Vancouver and who have been redirected to IHCAN. Eligibility: 19 years and under. Children being referred must have significant impairment in a number of domains of functioning, including development and learning, mental health, adaptive and social skills, and/or biomarkers such as prenatal substance exposure. Three assessment streams: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Complex Child and Youth (CCY) How to Apply - Referral from a pediatrician or child psychiatrist, however a family practice physician may make a referral to IHCAN in exceptional circumstances where a community has no access to specialists. Please note that this new referral route is specific to the ASD, FASD and CCY assessment only services which are provided through Interior Health under this new integrated initative and does not replace or change other types of referrals to Sunny Hill or BC Children's Hospital, or for children's intervention and support services that you are accustomed to making to local child development centres or other agencies. | |||
| Areas Served | Kootenay Boundary, East Kootenay, Okanagan, Thompson Cariboo, Shuswap. | |||
| Languages | English | |||
| Eligibility | Ages: 19 year(s) and under | |||
| Contact Information | ||||
| Address | 1664 Richter St, Ste 309 Kelowna, BC V1Y 8N3 View MapQuest Map | |||
| Accessibility | Fully Accessible | |||
| Office Phone | 250-763-4122 | |||
| Fax | 250-860-9146 | |||
| Website | www.interiorhealth.ca | |||
| Primary Contact | Vali Hunting, Intake Coordinator; Phone: 250-712-0416; Email: Vali.Hunting@interiorhealth.ca | |||
| Alternate Contact | Germaine Nadon, Office Manager; Phone: 250-860-5731; Email: Germaine.Nadon@interiorhealth.ca | |||
| Subjects | ||||
| Subjects | Autism Spectrum Disorder ; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ; Personalized Support Initiative | |||
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