Community Resources List

STAR Institute is the premier treatment, research and education center for children and adults with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). This includes feeding disorders and other disorders with sensory issues such as autism and ADHD.

Play Therapy is an approach to mental health counselling that uses play as the method of communication and relationship between the child and the therapist. Play Therapy is not the same as Play-Based Learning, which is an educational method used in schools. Play Therapy is different from the kind of play that children naturally engage in.

The Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia offers a network of Caregiver Support Groups.