Physiotherapy – Early Years

Early Years Program Birth to School Entry

Our Early Years Program focuses on children from birth to school entry and emphasizes parent as therapy partners.

Our services may include:

Early identification and Parent support/education
Assessment, treatment and consultation to improve functional gross motor skills for home and community settings
Prescription of therapeutic equipment for positioning and mobility i.e. standers & walkers
Individual or group therapy with focus on parent education and coaching for home
Information sharing to support transition to school

We use the Skyview Early Years Services model. This model has a strong focus on parents as therapy partners. The Skyview model may include:

Assessment & Service Planning to support co-design of therapy goals
Intervention to work towards achieving identified therapy goals
Therapy breaks to allow for practice of skills learned
Completion of therapy with referral or transition to other programs, if needed.

Families and caregivers of children aged 0- school entry can make a referral directly to KidsAbility.

The referral process is different depending on where you live:

Waterloo Region – all referrals for children from birth – 21 (or completion of high school) are made directly to KidsAbility through the Intake Team (519-886-8886 ex. 1214 or 1-888-372-2259) or by filling in the online referral form.

Guelph-Wellington – referrals differ by age:
- Ages 0-4: Contact Here4Kids at 1-844-454-3711 (or by fax: 1-844-454-3739) through Growing Great Generations, a collaboration of organizations including KidsAbility.