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Respite Services
Respite services provide family members with a short-term, positive break from the day-today care of a challenging child/youth.
Respite is a safe and enjoyable experience that builds on the strengths of the child and the family. Respite is not a treatment program: Children will not have access to clinical resources such as family therapy, psychological or psychiatric assessment.
Respite is only offered on a planned basis.
Free Respite Services
Craigwood Youth Services, Vanier, and Western Area Youth Services all provide day and weekend overnight respite for children and youth age 6 to 18 years who live in London-Middlesex.
Day respite -- Saturdays and Sundays and some school holidays for 6 hours per day.
Overnight respite -- Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon in 2, 24-hour blocks.
Eligible children/youth are:
- currently receiving services from a Children's Mental Health Centre
- on a waiting list for Mental Health Services (including residential)
- involved in Wraparound
How do I apply?
Call 519-433-0334 to request either day or overnight respite services.
Fee-for-Service Specialized Respite Services
Vanier offers an overnight respite service at our residential units for children with mental health issues. It is available in 24 or 48-hour blocks from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon on a fee-for-service basis.
Eligible children/youth are:
- age 6 to 14 and have exceptional behavioural and emotional needs
- not developmentally handicapped, not actively suicidal or not currently "out-of-control"
- currently live in Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Huron-Perth counties
How do I apply?
Contact Deb Timmermans.
Community-based Respite
Community-based Respite offers specialized one-to-one support by a qualified and experienced Child & Youth Counsellor for a child within your home and community.
This service has an hourly fee. Typically, service is offered for 6 to 35 hours per week.
Eligible children/youth are:
- up to age 14 who are experiencing significant mental health challenges
- currently living within a family setting in Middlesex, Oxford, and Elgin counties
How do I apply?
Contact Judy Jones.
