Monarch House offers:
- Developmental Screenings
- Autism Diagnostic Services
- Speech-Language Pathology (SLP)
- Occupational Therapy (OT)
- Mental Health Services/Psychotherapy
- Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) services: in both individual and group settings with registered and credentialed professionals who are committed to evidence-based treatment.
Monarch House strives to reduce wait times for service across all disciplines offered. Waitlist times can vary across different disciplines, but on average, a spot for treatment should be offered within 2 weeks, if not sooner.
A diagnosis is not required to access services through Monarch House. Monarch House does offer diagnostic services should your family be seeking a private assessment.
Service length will vary by child and need. Your clinical team will be open and honest with you about the need to continue services or discuss discharge when appropriate.
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) studies behaviour and learning and seeks to understand how behaviour impacts the environment, how the environment impacts behaviour, and how learning takes place.
ABA Therapy focuses on teaching skills and reducing barriers to learning (e.g., effectively reducing any challenging behaviour or barriers that are impacting an individual's ability to function independently and successfully).
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) is the study of speech, fluency, swallowing and feeding, and all of the mechanisms of speech and language with therapeutic applications and augmentative measures to help people with speech disorders speak and communicate better.
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a form of therapy for those recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life.
Psychotherapy is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so a person can function better and can increase well-being and healing.
Problems helped by psychotherapy include:
- difficulties in coping with daily life
- the impact of trauma
- medical illness or loss (like the death of a loved one)
- and specific mental disorders, like depression or anxiety
- gender identity issues.