Office phone: 416-968-0650
Fax: 416-968-6463
Email:
Website: www.communitylivingtoronto.ca
Address: 20 Spadina Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 2S7


Location (Intersection): Toronto North (Spadina Rd and Bloor St W)
Contact: Angela Bradley, Director Public Relations and Fundraising
Executive: Bruce Rivers, Chief Executive Officer, ph:416-968-0650 ext 2233
Hours: Monday to Friday 9-4:30
Area served: City of Toronto
Languages of service: English; interpreters for other languages (arrange in advance)
Eligibility: Children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities
How to apply: Call 647-426-3220 for intake
Physical access: Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washroom
Service description: Advocates for and provides wide range of supports and services to children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities
ConnectABILITY, www.connectability.ca -- virtual community with tools focused on lifelong learning and support, enabling user to connect, share, research and advocate
Community Support Coordination:

• Information and intake
• coordination of services
• family support workers -- case management for individuals living with their families
• Adult Protective Service Worker Program (APSW) -- centralized intake for voluntary supportive services for developmentally disabled adults 18 years and over living or planning to live independently in the community
• case management, counselling, advocacy

Pilot Parents: Experienced parents provide support and program information to parents of children newly diagnosed as developmentally disabled
Early Childhood Services Serves children birth-12 years

• Consultant and Resource Teacher Services -- consultation services to community early childhood settings

Foster's Place: Drop-in centre for adults with a developmental disability

• recreational activities
• club members share responsibility for the club's operations, learn self-direction and social skills development

Day Supports: Adult Development Programs -- day programs for adults with severe developmental disabilities including multiple disabilities

• therapeutic intervention and support, life skills training, community integration
• Employment Training Services -- individual employment preparation and skills training
• facilitates access to competitive employment or to community activities
• Youth To Work -- support for youth transitioning from school to community activities
• career planning, work experiences, training and skills development

Residential Services: Community residences and supervised apartments for adults 18 years and over, including seniors and persons with multiple disabilities

• Supportive Home Share -- matches adults with appropriate family or individual to share accommodation

Respite Services:

• 18 spaces for children and youth 2-21 years, wheelchair accessible
• respite places for children and adults at community residences, 1 residence wheelchair accessible
• Supportive Home Share respite care service -- children and adults with developmental disabilities stay with a host family on short term basis
• see also Shadow Lake Centre below

Employment Supports 416-750-0666: -- planning, coaching, travel training, job trials, on-the-job training and job maintenance

• for persons receiving Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

Home Management: Home-based community support program for children and youth, and their families

• training programs and information for parents requiring assistance in teaching their children
• community consultation

Shadow Lake Centre 905-640-6432: - Year round outdoor recreation centre located near Stouffville

• coeducational, residential camp for children and adults, June to August
• available for rental to community groups, September to May

Volunteer Services -- apply at appropriate regional office
Organization type: Non Profit; Registered Charity; United Way


Last modified date: 24-Aug-2010
Subjects: Group Residences for Adults with Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities; Group Residences for Adults with Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities; Supported Living Services for Adults with Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities; Residential Placement Services for People with Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities; School Readiness Programs, Intellectual Disabilities; Transition Services for Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities; Day Treatment for Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Day Treatment for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities; Adult Development Centres; Developmental Disabilities Activity Centres; Career Counselling, Intellectual Disabilities; Career Counselling, Young Adults, Intellectual Disabilities; Career Counselling, Adolescents, Intellectual Disabilities; On the Job Training, Intellectual Disabilities; Work Experience, Young Adults, Intellectual Disabilities; Work Experience, Adolescents, Intellectual Disabilities; Supported Employment, Intellectual Disabilities; Vocational Rehabilitation, Intellectual Disabilities; Case/Care Management, Intellectual Disabilities; Case/Care Management, Children, Intellectual Disabilities; Client to Client Networking, Intellectual Disabilities, Parents of Children with Disabilities; Disability Related Counselling, Intellectual Disabilities; Disability Rights Groups, Intellectual Disabilities; Drop In Centres, Intellectual Disabilities; Internet Information Resources, Intellectual Disabilities; Specialized Information and Referral, Intellectual Disabilities; Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities; Home Management Instruction, Intellectual Disabilities; Home Management Instruction, Intellectual Disabilities, Parents of Children with Disabilities; Life Skills Education, Intellectual Disabilities; Social Skills Training, Intellectual Disabilities; Adult Respite Care, Intellectual Disabilities; Children's Respite Care, Intellectual Disabilities; Camps, Intellectual Disabilities; Recreational Activities/Sports, Intellectual Disabilities