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CRC Integrative Therapies - Autism Support in Toronto | GTA
- Speech Language Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- ABA
- Psychotherapy
- Tutoring

12/11/2025

🎄December is a month full of joy — but it can also bring routine challenges for families with children with special needs. Social and environmental demands (weather, holiday events, parties, school transitions) can be more intense — and this can affect how a child adapts and interacts.

🪄An integrated approach helps children build real-life strategies, gain confidence, and navigate high-stimulation environments.

✅Therapist Tips for the Holidays:

🧩Predictable plan: Use visual schedules or social stories
🧩Quiet space: A calm area for breaks
🧩Sensory supports: Headphones, fidgets, weighted items
🧩Limit overwhelming stimuli: Adjust lights, sounds, or crowd exposure
🧩Offer choices: Activities, food, or seating
🧩Movement breaks: Short walks or stretches
🧩Maintain routines: Sleep, meals, and bedtime consistency

At CRC, we combine:
🗣️ Speech Therapy – communication & social skills
🎯 Occupational Therapy – sensory, motor, and daily skills
📊 ABA Therapy – behavior and adaptive learning

📞 Contact us to help your child thrive this holiday season!

12/08/2025

📣Attention, families!
Our clinic will be closed on the following dates:

⭐️ December 24-26
⭐️ December 31 - January 2

These days will be dedicated to team rest and preparation for a new year filled with growth, support, and meaningful progress.

Thank you for your understanding!
CRC team

12/05/2025

✨ Integrated Feeding Therapy: OT + SLP✨

Feeding goes far beyond what’s on the plate — it involves sensory experiences, motor skills, communication, and positive interactions.

At CRC our occupational therapist and speech-language pathologist work together in a specialized Feeding Therapy Program designed for autistic children.

🍎 What we focus on:
✔️ Supporting healthier feeding behaviors
✔️ Expanding the child’s accepted food repertoire
✔️ Developing sensory, motor, and oral-motor skills
✔️ Using a play-based, child-centered approach

👶💬 When play meets specialized care, mealtimes become less stressful — and every bite becomes a new achievement.

💡 Program covered by OAP (Ontario Autism Program)

12/03/2025

Today we celebrate the strength, courage, and uniqueness of every person with a disability — and we deeply honor the families who walk alongside them, advocating, supporting, and believing every single day.

Every achievement, no matter how small, carries love, dedication, and persistence.
Every barrier overcome reminds us that inclusion begins with each of us.

💙 May our society continue moving toward a future where:
• Accessibility is a priority.
• Respect is the norm.
• Differences are seen as strengths.
• Families receive the support and recognition they deserve.

Today is not only about raising awareness —
it’s about honoring lives, stories, and rights.

📣 Inclusion is a journey we walk together.

11/25/2025

Echolalia — the automatic repetition of words or phrases — is a common speech challenge in autistic children. Though often mistaken for a “lack of communication,” it’s actually a real attempt to connect, expressed through a brain that processes language differently.

❓How Speech Therapy Can Transform the Picture

✅Turn echolalia into functional language

Using techniques such as:
- Modeling speech
- Expanding the child’s utterances
-Teaching flexible scripts
-Naturalistic reinforcement

✅Support alternative communication pathways

When spontaneous speech takes time to develop, speech therapists introduce tools such as:
- PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)
- AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
- Gestures, pictures, and communication boards

These strategies do NOT delay speech — in fact, they reduce frustration and promote language development.

🗣️CRC team is ready to guide your child toward clearer, more functional communication.
With the right support, progress starts now.

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11/21/2025

Have you ever heard of functional communication?

It’s a core concept in ABA — and one of the areas where therapy truly transforms the lives of children (and their families).

Functional communication is the ability to express needs, feelings, or thoughts clearly and effectively — through speech, pointing, PECS, gestures, or alternative communication devices.

In ABA, we develop functional communication using strategies such as:
✔️ Mand training (requesting)
✔️ Modeling
✔️ Differential reinforcement
✔️ Functional analysis to understand why a behavior occurs

And when we teach a clearer way to communicate, something interesting happens:
➡️ Challenging behaviors often decrease naturally, because the child finally has an effective way to be understood.

🧸Real example (observed in clinical practice):
A 4-year-old who cried every time they wanted a specific toy learned, over a few weeks, to use a PECS card with the toy’s picture.

✅The result?
🔸 Fewer crying episodes
🔸 More intentional approaches to adults to make requests
🔸 Increased social interaction

🪄It’s not magic — just science applied to everyday life.

11/20/2025

🥶For many autistic children, the Canadian winter isn’t just cold — it’s a sensory overload.
Wind can feel painful, snow can be overwhelming, and winter clothing brings textures that are hard to tolerate. Other children may experience the opposite and not feel the cold enough, removing gloves or jackets without realizing the risk.

🔹 Common challenges Refusing hats, gloves, or boots

-Strong reactions to cold wind or wet snow
-Stress with bulky layers
-Trouble with temperature changes indoors/outdoors

🔹 What helps

-Soft, sensory-friendly clothing
-Short practice sessions with winter gear
-Clear visual routines for dressing
-Validating and adapting to the child’s sensory needs

🔹 How OT can help;

-Support sensory integration to reduce hypersensitivity to cold and textures.

-Create personalized strategies to help children tolerate winter clothing.

-Guide families in choosing fabrics, routines, and environmental adaptations.

-Help children recognize body cues (like feeling too cold).

-Use structured play to make snow and winter gear more manageable

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11/18/2025

⚠️ATTENTION PARENTS!
Looking for autism therapies using the government OAP funding⁉️

✅No waitlist!
We have immediate openings for Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and ABA Therapy.

⏰ After-school availability:
👉 4pm to 7pm
(Limited spots – secure yours now!)

A welcoming environment • Specialized team • Evidence-based therapies

📩 Send us a message today to reserve your spot!

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11/10/2025

Does your child have dyslexia? Discover how speech therapy can transform learning!

Did you know that speech therapy is one of the greatest allies for children with dyslexia?

In each session, the speech-language pathologist works on language, reading, and writing skills — helping your child build confidence and joy in learning.

Here’s what happens during the sessions:

🧠 Personalized assessment: the therapist identifies your child’s specific language and reading challenges.

🎵 Phonological awareness: your child learns to recognize and manipulate the sounds in words — a key step toward fluent reading!

📖 Reading and writing practice: fun and interactive exercises strengthen fluency, spelling, and text comprehension.

💬 Oral language: expanding vocabulary and improving pronunciation.

🤝 Family and school support: practical strategies for everyday life and consistent progress tracking.

With the right support, your child will start reading with more confidence, understanding texts more easily, and feeling empowered to face school challenges.

Every small step is a big achievement!

11/07/2025

Brazilian Families in Canada

We know that the journey through an autism diagnosis can be filled with questions, discoveries, and challenges — especially when you’re far from home.

At CRC, you’ll find a space of care, experience, and specialized support for families and children on the spectrum — with or without a formal diagnosis.

Here, we understand the importance of being heard, understood, and supported by people who truly know what they’re doing — and who speak your language.

Whether you’re trying to better understand your child’s development, seeking assessments, or navigating the post-diagnosis path, our team is ready to walk alongside you.

At CRC, every family is unique — and every child has incredible potential to be nurtured with love, knowledge, and the right support.

📍We’re here in Canada, with our hearts dedicated to the Brazilian community.

Get in touch and find out how we can support you and your family on this journey.

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16 Four Seasons Place, Suite 201
Toronto, ON
M9B6H7

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Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm

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http://www.crcrehab.ca/

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