School Referrals

The Referral Process

How to Apply

• KidsAbility therapists who work with the child initiate the referral and complete the application, in consultation with the child’s parents. 
• Applications are submitted to the Principal of KidsAbility School in February. 
• The application does not guarantee acceptance into KidsAbility School. 
• The school selection committee, in consultation with KidsAbility therapists, reviews all applications and makes placement decisions. All parents are informed of placement decisions in the spring.

Eligibility

• The child has moderate to severe special needs in some or all of the following areas:
  • Learning or applied knowledge 
  • Motor skills 
  • Self-care skills 
  • Communication skills 
  • Sensory
• The child has limited initial strategies and equipment to support first steps toward successful functioning within a classroom and/or 
• The child has limited determination, persistence, confidence and/or resiliency 
• The child is registered as a client at KidsAbility Centre for Child Development, and 
• The child must be 4 years of age by December 31 of the year in which he/she begins Junior Kindergarten