Program & Services
Individual Counselling
Counselling is provided to individuals and families experiencing personal, social or familial difficulties. Through a research-based approach, the primary focus is on improving the quality of an individual's or family's functioning and life satisfaction. This service may involve enhancing established coping skills, learning new ones, or even coaching an individual through difficult times.
Social Skills Enrichment Training
This program is offered to children ages 4-14. In small interactive group sessions, children will learn many essential pro-social skills such as understanding and expressing feelings, conflict resolution and problem solving. Using a pro-active and cognitive-behavioural approach to learning, the sessions will enable children to build self confidence and develop satisfying relationships by enhancing skill proficiency in areas that foster social competency.
Overnight Respite
Main Street Community Services provides 5 unique developmental respite homes (a home away from home) for children between the ages of 5-18 with special needs. The goal is to provide parents with a much needed break from their child. Respite, as the word implies, is truly an interval of rest. Our goal is support renewed energies and a new perspective for families. In a safe and nurturing home environment, children will have the opportunity to grow emotionally, socially and cognitively. More specifically, our program will include a therapeutic component designed to develop proficiency in: communication, play behaviour (including independent, spontaneous, and social components), as well as decrease challenging behaviours and increasing tolerance for sensory stimuli. Our program can also include an extended respite program where children can be provided respite for longer periods of time. During this longer term stay, an individual treatment plan will be designed and implemented. An integration plan will also be designed for the child and families for re-integration back to the family home.
Developmental Playgroup
This program is designed for children ages 2.5-5 years of age with developmental, communication and or social difficulties. In a supportive environment, children will have the opportunity to develop qualitative play skills by enhancing communication, socialization and decreasing challenging behaviours.
After School Social Skills Program
Main Street Community Services is offering an after school program for children who could benefit from social skills enrichment. In a fun, safe and therapeutic environment where their individuality and uniqueness is respected and nurtured, children will have the opportunity to develop satisfying interpersonal relationships by enhancing skill proficiency in a variety of areas that foster social competency. Each child and youth will be provided opportunities for sports, recreation, arts and crafts, relaxation, yoga, martial arts and much more. Services will be provided on site and are available from 2:00-6:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Martial Arts
Since September, 2007, Main Street Community Services has been running in-house evening Martial Arts programs provided byFocus Martial Arts. We believe that there are numerous and therapeutic benefits from martial arts. One reason martial arts may now be used for exceptional children is because its popularity is rising and many are becoming aware of its benefits including self discipline and control, faster thought processes, personal development, fitness, confidence, relief from stress, self-defence, and fun. For more information about Martial Arts, please contact Focus Martial Arts.
Summer & March Break Camps
At Main Street Community Services, we run two camps throughout the year. First is our larger Discovered Treasures Day Camp which runs for 6 weeks in the summer and serves over 200 children each year. Our Discovered Treasures Summer Camp offers children a chance to enjoy a number of sports; recreation and liesure activities; Martial Arts; arts and crafts; as well as relaxation training to help the children improve skills in related areas such as mental imagery, focus and shifting focus. All elements of the program are inclusive of the cost of registration and are made available to every child over the course of the summer. Second is our March Break Camp, which has limited enrollment. This camp offers the same opportunites as the Discovered Treasures Summer Camp, including sports and recreation, leisure activities, Martial Arts, and relaxation training to help improvie social skills. Registration for March Break Camp begins starting in January of the new year.
Developmental Day Program
Our Developmental Day Program was created to service children with higher complex needs such as non verbal children with Autism, Acquired Brain Injury and Developmental Disabilities. This program focuses on identifying the individual child’s needs and strengths. In a highly structured, supportive and predictable environment, children will have opportunities to develop qualitative play skills and daily living skills by enhancing communication, socialization and decreasing challenging behaviours. This program involves a 2:1 ratio, child to staff.
Camp Staff
All staff are university/college educated and trained (including dedicated Developmental Service workers, Social workers and Teachers) with several years of direct experience in this field. The Executive Director, a clinical counsellor and a behavioural specialist are on hand at all times and have a Master’s level of education.
Counselling is provided to individuals and families experiencing personal, social or familial difficulties. Through a research-based approach, the primary focus is on improving the quality of an individual's or family's functioning and life satisfaction. This service may involve enhancing established coping skills, learning new ones, or even coaching an individual through difficult times.
Social Skills Enrichment Training
This program is offered to children ages 4-14. In small interactive group sessions, children will learn many essential pro-social skills such as understanding and expressing feelings, conflict resolution and problem solving. Using a pro-active and cognitive-behavioural approach to learning, the sessions will enable children to build self confidence and develop satisfying relationships by enhancing skill proficiency in areas that foster social competency.
Overnight Respite
Main Street Community Services provides 5 unique developmental respite homes (a home away from home) for children between the ages of 5-18 with special needs. The goal is to provide parents with a much needed break from their child. Respite, as the word implies, is truly an interval of rest. Our goal is support renewed energies and a new perspective for families. In a safe and nurturing home environment, children will have the opportunity to grow emotionally, socially and cognitively. More specifically, our program will include a therapeutic component designed to develop proficiency in: communication, play behaviour (including independent, spontaneous, and social components), as well as decrease challenging behaviours and increasing tolerance for sensory stimuli. Our program can also include an extended respite program where children can be provided respite for longer periods of time. During this longer term stay, an individual treatment plan will be designed and implemented. An integration plan will also be designed for the child and families for re-integration back to the family home.
Developmental Playgroup
This program is designed for children ages 2.5-5 years of age with developmental, communication and or social difficulties. In a supportive environment, children will have the opportunity to develop qualitative play skills by enhancing communication, socialization and decreasing challenging behaviours.
After School Social Skills Program
Main Street Community Services is offering an after school program for children who could benefit from social skills enrichment. In a fun, safe and therapeutic environment where their individuality and uniqueness is respected and nurtured, children will have the opportunity to develop satisfying interpersonal relationships by enhancing skill proficiency in a variety of areas that foster social competency. Each child and youth will be provided opportunities for sports, recreation, arts and crafts, relaxation, yoga, martial arts and much more. Services will be provided on site and are available from 2:00-6:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Martial Arts
Since September, 2007, Main Street Community Services has been running in-house evening Martial Arts programs provided byFocus Martial Arts. We believe that there are numerous and therapeutic benefits from martial arts. One reason martial arts may now be used for exceptional children is because its popularity is rising and many are becoming aware of its benefits including self discipline and control, faster thought processes, personal development, fitness, confidence, relief from stress, self-defence, and fun. For more information about Martial Arts, please contact Focus Martial Arts.
Summer & March Break Camps
At Main Street Community Services, we run two camps throughout the year. First is our larger Discovered Treasures Day Camp which runs for 6 weeks in the summer and serves over 200 children each year. Our Discovered Treasures Summer Camp offers children a chance to enjoy a number of sports; recreation and liesure activities; Martial Arts; arts and crafts; as well as relaxation training to help the children improve skills in related areas such as mental imagery, focus and shifting focus. All elements of the program are inclusive of the cost of registration and are made available to every child over the course of the summer. Second is our March Break Camp, which has limited enrollment. This camp offers the same opportunites as the Discovered Treasures Summer Camp, including sports and recreation, leisure activities, Martial Arts, and relaxation training to help improvie social skills. Registration for March Break Camp begins starting in January of the new year.
Developmental Day Program
Our Developmental Day Program was created to service children with higher complex needs such as non verbal children with Autism, Acquired Brain Injury and Developmental Disabilities. This program focuses on identifying the individual child’s needs and strengths. In a highly structured, supportive and predictable environment, children will have opportunities to develop qualitative play skills and daily living skills by enhancing communication, socialization and decreasing challenging behaviours. This program involves a 2:1 ratio, child to staff.
Camp Staff
All staff are university/college educated and trained (including dedicated Developmental Service workers, Social workers and Teachers) with several years of direct experience in this field. The Executive Director, a clinical counsellor and a behavioural specialist are on hand at all times and have a Master’s level of education.