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Can CPRI help my child?

The Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) is directly operated by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

CPRI provides trauma-informed and highly specialized services for children and youth of Ontario (age 0-18 years) who experience complex and long-standing combinations of mental health and developmental challenges where:

  • These difficulties significantly impact functioning in multiple areas such as home, school and community and;
  • Appropriate community interventions have not produced the desired response.

How do I get help for my child?

Talk to your family doctor and local children’s mental health services first. You may be able to get the help you need through them. Click here for information on finding a family doctor. Before a referral to CPRI is considered, generally, local services available to support a child in their home community are accessed. This may include a local paediatrician, community psychiatry, or a child & youth mental health/developmental agency and/or worker.

Links to Referral Forms 

Outpatient Referral Form 

* Referrals for Inpatient services should be submitted through your county’s Single Point of Access Agency. Visit the Professionals/Referral page for an Inpatient Referral Form.

We recommend that you include past assessments and education information, to help assess appropriate services.

A package must include Part A, B and C to be considered complete. Part B must be completed and signed by a Doctor.

Send your completed intake package by:

Email:             CPRI.Intake@ontario.ca

Fax:                519-858-2115

Mail:               CPRI, Intake Department

 600 Sanatorium Rd, London, ON N6H3W7

Download the CPRI General Information brochure

For additional questions or comments about referrals to CPRI please contact CPRI.Intake@ontario.ca or (519) 858-2774 ext. 2024. 

Will you make my child get treatment?

All of our services are voluntary. This means we have to get informed consent.

The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) says everyone is capable to consent to or refuse a treatment or ask for an alternative, regardless of age, disability, or psychiatric diagnosis. We believe this includes children.

Our clinicians will explain to you and your child:

  • Why the service is being proposed
  • The nature of the service
  • Who will be providing the service
  • What are the expected benefits
  • What are the alternatives to having the service
  • What are the risks and side effects
  • What are the likely consequences of not having the service
  • What are the limits of confidentiality

Our clinicians have lots of experience talking to children and families about our programs.

How can I make a complaint? 

CPRI staff members want children/youth and families to know that they can give feedback or suggestions. Any individual also has the right to make a complaint against CPRI. Making a complaint will not affect the services you or your child/youth receives. To learn about making a complaint, click here.

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