Resources
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Medical - Greenwood - Children & Youth
Valley Autism Support Team (V.A.S.T.)
Phone: (902) 765-242-2287
Web: www.annapolisvast.ca/
The Valley Autism Support Team provides support, education, advocacy and networking for families and others involved with children with Autism and related disorders.
IWK Autism Team
Phone: (902) 470-8885
Web: www.iwk.nshealth.ca/index.cfm
The IWK Autism Team provides diagnostic and assessment services, consultations, and intervention services to children suspected to have, or who have, Autistic Spectrum Disorders. This includes Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome.
Autism is a complex developmental brain disorder that appears in early childhood, although it is sometimes diagnosed much later. It affects a child’s normal development of social and communication skills. Autism is a spectrum that encompasses a wide range of behavior. The common features include impaired social interactions, impaired verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior. The symptoms may vary from moderate to severe. Two related, but milder conditions, are Asperger’s Syndrome and Pervasive Development Disorder.
Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) Program
Phone: 902- 457-5020
Web: www.iwk.nshealth.ca/index.cfm
The Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) Program is a treatment program for children with autism. Autism is a complex developmental brain disorder that appears in early childhood, although it is sometimes diagnosed much later. It affects the child’s normal development of social and communication skills. Autism is a spectrum that encompasses a wide range of behavior. The common features include impaired social interactions, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior. The symptoms may vary from moderate to severe.
The EIBI Treatment Program focuses on the child’s development of communication skills and social-emotional areas in a natural setting. EIBI Support Workers work with the child and family in the child’s home or at their pre-school or daycare.
Valley Child Development Association
Phone: (902) 678-6111
Web: www.nsnet.org/vcda/
Specialized services and support for children with developmental needs. Available for children between the ages of birth and five years who reside in Kings County and West Hants.
Bright Beginnings Early Intervention Program
Phone: (902) 584-2000
Web: www.nsnet.org/bbeip
Provides free early interventions services to families with children who have special needs.. These services are avai9lable to children between the ages of birth and five years who reside in Annapolis County.
IWK Health Centre
Web: www.iwk.nshealth.ca/
The IWK Health Centre provides quality care to women, children, youth and families in the Maritime provinces and beyond.
Caring
The IWK is structured around a Program-Based Care Model. Program-based care puts people first by organizing interdisciplinary care teams around the needs of patients and families. Services provided by the Health Centre are delivered through three programs: Children’s Health; Mental Health and Addictions; and Women’s and Newborn Health.
Care Provided at the IWK Health Centre
Tertiary Care
A form of care that is highly specialized and complex.
Primary Care
Care to which users have direct access. This type of care can include diagnosis and treatment; referral to secondary health care services; prevention care; and heath promotion and education. Primary health care might involve visiting your family doctor or nurse practitioner, talking to a dietician or a pharmacist, or calling a toll-free health advice line to talk to a health professional.
Secondary Care
Care for which patients do not have direct access and for which they must be referred from some other part of the health system. This category includes most Health Centre specialist services.
Teaching and Research
The IWK is a respected centre for its world-class research into disorders and diseases affecting children and women. As a teaching institution, the IWK is affiliated with Dalhousie University and serves as a primary clinical resource for pediatric and obstetric teaching of a broad range of health professions including medicine, nursing, other allied health services and child life.
Reaching Maritime communities
Specialists from the IWK take their expertise to Maritime communities in the form of traveling clinics, particularly in the areas of pediatric neurology, orthopaedics, cardiology and respiratory medicine.
In addition, using computer-based videoconferencing technology, the IWK provides specialized care to Maritime families through the Children’s TeleHealth NetworkTM.
As well, a team of specially trained nurses and respiratory therapists from the IWK travels by air and ground ambulance to outlying Maritime communities to stabilize and transfer critically ill newborns, older children and mothers with high-risk pregnancy situations.
Nova Scotia Health Network
Web: http://www.nshealthnetwork.ca/
This health and wellness directory is provided to support Nova Scotia’s health care system. This site provides access to a province wide health and wellness directory that is created and maintained using the best available technology and common standards.
Provincial Autism Centre
Phone: (902) 446-4995
Toll Free (within NS) 1-877-544-4495
Web: www.provincialautismcentre.ca/
The Provincial Autism Centre aids parents and professionals to find the information and support for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Special Needs Information Service Online
Web: www.snis.ca
This is a online resource and information service for families with children with special needs and for professionals. This service is provided to residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labador and Prince Edward Island.
Intraspec
Web: http://intraspec.ca/find-a-doctor.php
The Intraspec website provides a free provincial listing of health lines and doctor availability for each province to assist you in your search for finding quality health care.
Public Health - Middleton Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 825-3385
Web: http://www.avdha.nshealth.ca/programs/publichealth.asp
Public Health Nova Scotia is a team of health professionals who work together with the community, families and individuals to precent illness, protect and promote health and achieve overall wellbeing. Some of the services and programs they offer include prenatal classes, healthy beginnings, baby café and much more. Go to their website for more information on their services and programs.
Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia- Valley Chapter
Phone: (902) 582-7443
Web: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bians1/
The Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia is a non-profit organization which provides support for people with brain injuries and their families. This organization serves as an advocacy group with the government, the public and the health care system
