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Infant and Early Mental Health Care Pathway (0 – 6 years)

The IEMH Care Pathways were developed in collaboration with community organizations/partners who support children birth to six in your community.

As part of the IEMH Care Pathways initiative, organizations have committed to:

  • Following the IEMH Care Pathways maps
  • Utilizing the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQs) in their practice to screen children
  • Contributing anonymized ASQ data to the Canadian Database of Development, Infancy to Six (CanDDIS), the first Canadian database of child development for children from birth to six
  • What is the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)?

    A set of reliable and valid developmental (ASQ-3) and social-emotional (ASQ:SE-2) screening tools developed by Brookes Publishing for children between birth to 6 years of age. These tools are used to track children’s development, identify risk for developmental delays, and help identify next steps for support and/or follow-up actions. Caregivers respond to the questions, and trained practitioners score the responses to identify areas of developmental and/or social-emotional need. ASQs are not diagnostic tools.

  • What is a Developmental Support Plan (DSP)?

    A strength-based resource developed by Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion, a program of The Hospital for Sick Children that identifies a developmental goal for the child according to the five developmental domains identified in the ASQ-3, provides multiple tailored strategies caregivers can implement in their day-to-day life with their child, and an explanation as to the significance of achieving the developmental goal. DSPs can only be created by individuals who are trained in DSP development and administration; it is not a treatment plan or a replacement for intensive services or supports.

  • Where can the ASQ screener be completed in KFLA?

    A Great Start for Families: Kahwà:tsire Ronwatiyenawá:se Centre
    4-263 Weller Ave, Kingston, ON, K7K 6W9
    Phone: 343-477-0229
    Email: [email protected]
    Call or e-mail to book an appointment.

    Healthy Babies Healthy Children
    Southeast Public Health – Kingston Office
    221 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, ON, K7M 1V5
    Phone: 613-549-1232
    Website: www.southeastph.ca/
    Reach out for more information

    Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (ALCDSB)
    151 Dairy Avenue, Napanee, ON, K7R 4B2
    Phone: 613-354-2255
    Email: [email protected]
    Contact your child’s school to schedule

    Limestone District School Board (LDSB)
    Educational Services
    164 Van Order Drive, Kingston, ON, K7M 1C1
    Email: [email protected]
    Contact your child’s school to schedule

    Maltby Centre
    Suite 100, 31 Hyperion Ct, Kingston, ON, K7K 7G3
    Phone: 613-546-8535
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.maltbycentre.ca
    Call, E-mail or use website link to book an appointment or attend our Walk-In Clinic.

    Lennox & Addington Resources For Children (LARC)
    465 Advance Ave. Napanee, ON, K7R 4A7
    Phone: 613-354-6318 ext. 147
    Email: [email protected]
    Call or e-mail to book an appointment.

    Rural Frontenac Community Services
    1004 Art Duffy Road, Sharbot Lake, ON, K0H 1P0
    Susan Wilby – Licensed daycare
    Phone: 613-279-3151 ext. 308
    or
    Amanda Evaristo – EarlyON Supervisor
    Phone: 613-279-3151 ext. 307
    Website: www.rfcs.ca
    Call or e-mail to book an appointment.

    Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IIPCT)Tyendinaga Main Clinic
    45 Meadow Drive, Deseronto, ON, K0K 1X0
    or
    Allied Health Team (Mental Health, Community Development, Traditional Healing and Palliative Care)
    Shannonville Clinic
    14 York Road, Unit 3 & 4, Shannonville, ON, K0K 3A0
    or
    Kingston Clinic
    730 Front Road, Kingston, ON, K7M 6P7
    or
    Bancroft Clinic
    69 Cleak Avenue, Bancroft, ON, K0L 1C0
    Contact your physician or nurse practitioner to schedule
    Phone: 343-478-0196 (press 1 for Tyendinaga Clinic, 2 for Kingston Clinic and 3 for Bancroft Clinic)

Other Resources:

IEMH CAre Pathway map KFLA