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We are a passionate, dynamic, and energetic group of bilingual interdisciplinary professionals and paraprofessionals who offer assessment, consultation, and intervention services to clients from 0-17. Our professionals offer Occupational Therapy, Parent Coaching, Functional Intervention Programs as well as Social Work. We also train professionals within Canada and internationally on naturalistic approaches. Furthermore, our center regularly accepts and mentors students from various programs such as Occupational Therapist and Special Education programs. We are an Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) inspired center that provides evidence-based interventions that are relationship, developmental, and curriculum-based. Our interventions are individualized to clients’ needs and level of development and include the following models: Pivotal Response Training, Applied Behavioral Analysis, and Early Start Denver Model. Our team strives on continuing education, and professional development, and are highly focused on community outreach through webinars, fundraising, and partnerships with different organization within our community. Emerging Minds Est est un groupe passionné, dynamique et énergique formé de professionnels interdisciplinaires bilingues qui offrent des services d'évaluation, de consultation et d'intervention aux clients de 0 à 17 ans de la grande région d’Ottawa et de l’est ontarien. Nous offrons des services d'ergothérapie, de coaching parental, d'intervention comportementale et fonctionnelle. Nous formons également des professionnels au Canada et à l'étranger sur les approches basées sur l’enseignement naturel. De plus, notre centre encadre régulièrement des étudiants de divers programmes tels que les programmes d'ergothérapie et d'éducation spécialisée. Nous sommes un centre qui fournit des interventions basées sur des données probantes, ancrées sur les approches relationnelles, développementales et comportementales. Nos interventions sont individualisées en fonction des besoins et du niveau de développement de nos clients et incluent les modèles suivants : Enseignement des réponses pivots (PRT), analyse comportementale appliquée (ABA) et le modèle d’intervention précoce de Denver (ESDM). Notre équipe valorise la formation et le développement professionnel continus. Nous sommes ravis de faire partie de l’équipe francophone qui assure la prestation des services pour le partenariat QuickStart Early Years.

26/08/2025

🌞 Meet Josée – Our Parent Coach! 🌞

When she’s not guiding families, you can often find Josée enjoying the simple joys of summer — fishing at her cottage, getting lost in a good book, jogging along the beach, or gathered around a cozy campfire with her friends and family. 🏖️🔥

But beyond her love for cottage life, Josée brings warmth, expertise, and evidence-based practices to her work with families. 💡✨

Josée is now accepting new clients for both virtual and in-person sessions!
She specializes in caregiver & therapist joint sessions using the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) — an engaging, activity-based approach proven to support young children with Autism.

👉 As we turn the page from summer into September, it’s the perfect time for new beginnings and fresh routines. If you’re ready to create meaningful change and support your child’s growth, Josée is here to help.

📩 Send us a message today or tag someone who could benefit from her guidance!

Let’s step into this new season with confidence, connection, and care. 💕

19/08/2025

We want to welcome our newest team memeber!! Join me in welcoming Amanda!! The newest addition to our QSEY team!!

Nous souhaitons la bienvenue à Amanda!! Amanda se joins à nous comme éducatrice pour le programme QSEY!! Aidez-moi à lui souhaiter la bienvenue!!

14/08/2025

📣📣WE WANT TO KNOW📣📣
We are currently working on offering new services as well as renewing some of our previous services!! But we want to hear from you!! What services are you looking for? What services do you need for your family?!

📣📣ON VEUT SAVOIR📣📣

Nous travaillons actuellement à l'offre de nouveaux services ainsi qu'au renouvellement de certains de nos services antérieurs ! Mais nous voulons vous entendre ! Quels sont les services que vous recherchez ? Quels sont les services dont vous avez besoin pour votre famille ?

23/07/2025

OPENINGS in Caregiver & Therapist Joint Sessions with Early Start Denver Model

We offer activity-based joint sessions using the Early Start Denver Model
(ESDM), an evidence-based approach for young children with autism. ESDM blends ABA and developmental strategies to build communication, social, and learning skills in everyday settings. Parent involvement is central to your child's progress.

13/05/2025

Karen Murphy!! You are our Mother’s day gift winner!! We will be in touch soon!!

Thank you to everyone who participated!! We hope you had an amazing Mother’s day!!

07/05/2025

🎀 MOTHER’S DAY CONTEST 🎀

Mother’s day is just around the corner!! We want to meet your mom!! Who deserve this set to get her started with summer weather? It includes body and face sunscreen, after-sun replenishing gel and a hand cream!!

TO PARTICIPATE
1️⃣ Like this post
2️⃣ Tag a special mom (it can be yourself!)
3️⃣ You can participate as many time as you would like.
1 mom taged = 1 participation
4️⃣ Share it = 1 participation
Tu as jusqu’au 10 mai à 23h59 pour participer.
The draw will take place May 11th!
This contest is not affiliated to Facebook or Instagram.

Good luck!!

28/04/2025

Please join me in wishing our super Parent Coach and Clinical Supervisor, Josée Massé a Happy Birthday!! We wish you a great day full of surprises, love, laughs and maybe a piece of cake!!

26/04/2025

Heavy work as a calming and regulating tool can be incorporated into chores. This might look like breaking down tasks for kids to do parts of the chore, like carrying the laundry basket to the laundry area. Adding feedback through the muscles and joints to calm and regulate the sensory system can be done with just parts of a task.
https://www.theottoolbox.com/heavy-work-activities/

The sensory system that is activated during heavy work activities is called the proprioceptive system. The proprioceptive system receives messages when the muscles move to do work. These messages flow back and forth to the brain. The brain decides how much force a muscle should use based on the task at hand.

This allows children to use the correct amount of force when they need to hold something gently or when they need to lift something heavy.

It’s a complex system that is constantly adjusting to make sure the brain is getting the right information from all the joints and muscles in the body and as well as making sure the muscle output is appropriate to the task. This concept is also known as body awareness and allows us to know where our body is in space and how to move our body.

Resources:
💪https://www.theottoolbox.com/heavy-work-activities/
🗣https://www.theottoolbox.com/proprioception-activities-improves-body-awareness/
🏋️‍♀️https://www.theottoolbox.com/proprioception-sensory-activities/
🧦https://www.theottoolbox.com/laundry-skills/

23/04/2025

We take this opportunity on Admin Day to express our gratitude to Catherine, a truly exceptional administrator, whose organizational expertise is a vital asset. She is the brains behind many of the great things we bring to you !

Thank you Catherine!

04/04/2025

Join us in wishing Meghan an amazing Birthday!!

Meghan is an amazing EIP who brings so much to our team!! She is calm and thoughtful as well as fun and outgoing! A great balance that fits perfectly within our team!!

Happy Birthday Meghan Grimsley!! Enjoy this beautiful day and let yourself be spoiled!!

02/04/2025

Today is World Autism Awareness Day

Inclusion and acceptance is still something we need to talk about for neurodivergent people. Autism is different in each person, which is why we have to continue to raise awareness.

Don’t forget that a developmental delay screening should occur at nine months. ASD screening should be at 18 months and you may consult a child psychologist to help detect autism.

If you have any concerns or questions, do not hesitate to contact us or your health professional

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Monday	08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday	08:30 - 16:30
Wednesday	08:30 - 16:30
Thursday	08:30 - 16:30
Friday	08:30 - 16:30

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https://www.emergingmindsest.ca/

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Our Story

As a leading paediatric intervention center in the Ottawa Region, we have a strong purpose.

WHY we exist: To give each child the chance to connect and learn in their unique way. ESPECIALLY children with differing abilities.

HOW we do it:

By helping parents apply, discover and create strategies to engage and connect with their child, resulting in improved quality of life.

By using the best practices in Occupational Therapy, Speech and Langage Pathology, Behavioural Interventions, Parent Coaching, Training and Supervision of professionals AND Outstanding Client Service.

By working as a team, growing and learning together to ensure each family gets the services they need.

WHAT we do:

Assess, consult and intervene with children with developmental difficulties from the ages of 0 to 18.

Our team thrives on the progress we see in the chlldren, in the hope that parents and caregivers experience. We take pride in reaching out and working with teachers and interventionists helping them become motivated to deeply connect with the children in their care.

We like to stay informed on what is going on that might be of interest to our clients and their families. This page is for them and for the professionals accompanying them. I hope that this page can help and inform a few and inspire even more!

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