Community Services
Renfrew’s Community Services department is a leader in community-based intervention services for children. Programs include professional development workshops, specialized programs for children in one-to-one or group settings.
A wide range of therapy programs are also available, including:
- Speech-Language Therapy
Assessment, treatment and consultation for children with language delays, phonological disorders, developmental dyspraxia, articulation difficulties and social communication difficulties. Special treatment plans are developed for children with Autism, syndromes, Apraxia, Cerebral Palsy and other neurogenic disorders and Developmental Delays. - Occupational Therapy
Training for fine motor skills, printing, handwriting and keyboarding; strategies for organization and attention; functional play and social skill development, and help with adaptive environment. A sensory integrative approach is provided when appropriate. - Physical Therapy
Assessment, individual exercise programs and gross motor group activities for physically challenged children. Alberta Aids to Daily Living equipment authorization is also available.
Renfrew and Student Health Partnership
Renfrew Community Services works with Student Health Partnership to provide contracted services to schools in Calgary and the surrounding region.
Professional Development Workshops
A comprehensive range of professional development workshops, designed to meet the challenges of today’s classrooms and the needs of today’s students are available for educators, clinicians, classroom aides and parents.
Renfrew presenters share their professional knowledge and extensive experience in working with all kinds of learning differences. Participants will take away from each workshop a deeper understanding of the topic and many practical ideas that can be immediately implemented.
Workshop listing and Registration Form
Testimonials
To Vanessa Lanoue, Community Services S-LP, from Karen Smithers, teacher with the CCSC:
"Your assessments and reports are so very thorough! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing the very best job possible by integrating information from every possible source in Edwin’s report!! You are a credit to your profession! Please give my gratitude to Joyce who made the gift of her second language available for Edwin’s assessment."
This came from the ES1 teacher at St. Thomas Moore:
“If you have anything to do with the Speech Therapists from Renfrew, I have a request. I would like to have Kimberly Assie back and her assistant Andrea. They are awesome to work with and they both have commented they love our school and our program. They are hoping they get us again next year too. They work well with our students and have great ideas for me to carry on with my students after they leave.”