Provides assessment, case planning and individualized support for youth with significant psychiatric and behavioural difficulties who need help with managing school, work, health, peer relationships, and family life. The program is offered to youth who are living onsite and to some who live in the Greater Vancouver area who can visit the campus for meetings or tasks.

Provides home-based, intensive intervention for youth and their family to help them explore different ways of relating to one another and increasing their problem-solving skills. The program is offered to families and caregivers on week days for about three months.

Offers group sessions where parents and caregivers of young people with a lot of mental health concerns or troubling behaviour, can meet together in small groups to learn new skills. The group sessions focus on areas such as recognizing and managing feelings or reactions, setting limits, communication, and strengthening relationships with their teen.

Provides online information and access to specialized support for youth, young adults and their families. See the website to learn more about what family and youth supports are available, how to engage with youth, find specialized support for important transitions, and how to access useful services to help keep the family together during challenging times.

Provides an online listing of mental health resources for youth in grades seven to twelve. Information, support, tips and techniques can be found on many BC websites, and free mental health and relaxation apps can also be downloaded for phones and mobile devices.

Provides an online search listing of private practice professionals for families to find services for their child. Listed professionals must meet education, training and experience requirements which demonstrate that they are qualified to provide effective treatment programs for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Families receiving funding through the Autism Funding Under Age 6 Program must select professionals from this registry.

Provides information and supports for autism and related disorders to families, service providers, and community professionals across BC. Staff are available by phone, in person, or by email to explain the range of treatment options available, help navigate the BC service system, and as well provide information, resources and training opportunities.

Provides Indigenous people in BC access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry through video conferencing or in a health centre or client's home.

Clients work with their care providers to choose a location for the appointments. Referral providers are encouraged to attend appointments to provide local knowledge for care planning and continued client support.

Provides diagnostic assessment for children and youth who may have autism spectrum disorder. The assessment includes a detailed parent interview and interactive observation session that uses toys and games appropriate to the child's age or level of development.

The program at Sunny Hill Health Centre also receives complex, tertiary level referrals through regional service teams throughout the province.

Provides short-stay crisis care for children and youth from BC and the Yukon Territories, who are experiencing acute mental health challenges. An interdisciplinary team provides emergency assessments and stabilization, diagnostic tests and procedures, and treatment planning.

The CAPE unit accepts patients by direct physician-to-physician referral only. If a child is in crisis, please access your closest local emergency department by presenting directly to hospital or calling 9-1-1.