Pediatric Rehabilitation Community Connection
What is Pediatric Rehabilitation?
Pediatric Rehabilitation helps children and youth live well, build resiliency and take part in activities meaningful to them and their families. Rehabilitation professionals:
- Work with families to understand their priorities and provide the support their child needs.
- Help children develop the skills they need to take part in activities, connect, and play.
Provincial Virtual Children’s Rehabilitation
This team is part of AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation and offers:
- Live webinars, video series, and written materials
- Free resources, information, and strategies on various developmental topics
- Community presentations to increase service awareness and reduce barriers
Resources are developed and delivered by occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language pathologists. A referral is not needed to access these resources. Learn more here: Community Catalogue.
Contact us if you would like to host a presentation for your organization to learn more about our services. ChildrenYouthHealth@ahs.ca
Go to What's New for our latest update.
What is Pediatric Rehabilitation?
Pediatric Rehabilitation helps children and youth live well, build resiliency and take part in activities meaningful to them and their families. Rehabilitation professionals:
- Work with families to understand their priorities and provide the support their child needs.
- Help children develop the skills they need to take part in activities, connect, and play.
Provincial Virtual Children’s Rehabilitation
This team is part of AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation and offers:
- Live webinars, video series, and written materials
- Free resources, information, and strategies on various developmental topics
- Community presentations to increase service awareness and reduce barriers
Resources are developed and delivered by occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and speech and language pathologists. A referral is not needed to access these resources. Learn more here: Community Catalogue.
Contact us if you would like to host a presentation for your organization to learn more about our services. ChildrenYouthHealth@ahs.ca
Go to What's New for our latest update.
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March 2025 Update
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- The Supports for mobility and positioning page has been updated! See new resources for children who use bath seats and standing frames.
- Activities have been added to the Talk Box. Get ideas for supporting your child’s communication while playing with toys.
Feature Videos
- Speech sound activities: After watching the Supporting your child's speech video series, learn about individual speech sounds and ways to support your child’s sound development. New videos for the F, SH, R and TH sounds.
- Sensory processing in children: Learn how your child’s brain processes sensory input and how to support their sensory preferences.
Raise Awareness
- Community Catalogue: Explore our updated posters and promotional materials. They are organized by age and topic to help you support your community.
- Webinar snapshot-April 2025: Easily find dates for our free live webinars in April.
- Let us know: What other promotional materials do you need? Where would you like us to promote our free resources?
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- Have a look at our Newsletter & social media content.
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February 2025 Update
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- We've re-organized our posters and flyers. Check out the section called Raise Awareness.
Feature Resource
- We have a new webinar for parents and caregivers of young children: Building early social interactions.
Raise Awareness
- Community Catalogue: Explore our updated posters and promotional materials. They are organized by age and topic to help you support your community.
- Webinar snapshot: March 2025. Easily find dates for our free live webinars in March.
Spotlight on
- Poster: Webinars organized by age groups.
- Poster: Child and youth resources to display on-site to inform families about the pediatric rehabilitation webpage and advice line.
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Raise Awareness
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General promotional material
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Monthly snapshot
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Special feature posters
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Age groups
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Categories
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Behaviours emotions and social skills (185 KB) (pdf)
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Communication (171 KB) (pdf)
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Daily living skills (153 KB) (pdf)
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Eating, feeding & swallowing (206 KB) (pdf)
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Finding help and caring for yourself (168 KB) (pdf)
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Fine motor skills (129 KB) (pdf)
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Gross motor skills (144 KB) (pdf)
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Infant head and neck (151 KB) (pdf)
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Play and activity (187 KB) (pdf)
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Webpage Tour Video
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Click here to play video Tour of AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation Webpage Discover live webinars, on demand videos, written resources, information about Rehabilitation Advice Line and how to find services near you. Topics covered include: Communication; Developmental milestones; Eating, feeding, and swallowing; Daily living skills; Behaviours, emotions, and social skills; Hearing; Gross motor skills; Supports for mobility and positioning; Play and activity; Fine motor skills; Infant head and neck; Injuries and pain; Breathing
Newsletters
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Newsletters
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Transitions (903 KB) (pdf)
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Learning more than one language (1.53 MB) (pdf)
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Outdoors in the summer (1.05 MB) (pdf)
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Get ready for school (1.44 MB) (pdf)
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Social skills (1.05 MB) (pdf)
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Balancing screen time (784 KB) (pdf)
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Sleep (431 KB) (pdf)
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Year-end Q&A (506 KB) (pdf)
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Active play in winter (621 KB) (pdf)
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Birth to 2 years
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2 to 5 years
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5 to 10 years
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10 to 18 years
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Transitions (563 KB) (pdf)
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Learning more than one language (1.33 MB) (pdf)
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Outdoors in the summer (542 KB) (pdf)
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Get ready for school (601 KB) (pdf)
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Social skills (550 KB) (pdf)
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Balancing screen time (183 KB) (pdf)
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Sleep (146 KB) (pdf)
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Year-end Q&A (114 KB) (pdf)
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Active play in winter (109 KB) (pdf)
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Parents and caregivers