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Interior Health Public Health 

Kamloops Public Health Services - 519 Clumbia Street Kamloops BC V2C 2T8 - Phone: 250-851-7300
Kamloops Downtown Health Centre - #36- 450 Landsdowne Street Kamloops BC V2C 1Y3 - Phone: 250-851-7954
www.interiorhealth.ca

1. Public Health Nursing - Serving ages 0-6

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Early Intervention

Children's Therapy and Family Resource Centre
(CTFRC) Phone: 250-371-4100

The Children's Therapy and Family Resource Centre provides therapy and support services to
children who require extra support, birth to 19 years, using a community based, outreach model.
Programs for Children 1 to 6 include:

Early Intervention Program

  • Physiotherapy promotes physical development and movement.
  • Occupational Therapy helps children to be successful in daily functional activities such as toileting, dressing, eating, sleeping, school readiness, attention and play
  • Speech and Language Services improves understanding and listening skill, as well as talking.
  • Family Resources services include identifying community and provincial resources, workshops, counselling, lending cupboard of equipment, adaptive living devices, library of books and videos.
  • Supported Child Development works with community care providers to support the involvement of children in their neighborhood early childhood setting.

Early Intensive Behaviour Intervention Program (EIBI)

  • Provides intensive one-on-one intervention and therapy services for pre-school children, diagnosed with Autism.


Autism Diagnostic Clinic

  • Provides diagnostic and referral services




White Buffalo Aboriginal Health Society and Resource Centre
#211 - 750 Cottonwood Ave.
Kamloops, BC
p: (250) 554-1176  f:(250) 554-1157


We are family-centered and Services offered may include:

  • Identify Aboriginal infants and children who have development delays or a disability.
  • To provide support, consultation and provide training opportunities for families, with special needs children.
  • Information classes for parents to participate in such as music and ways of enhancing early brain development.
  • We make referrals to specialized services such as Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Therapy
  • The Baby Eagle Program is designed to support children from birth to 12, who require extra supports, for inclusive child care.
  • In partnership with the family, child care settings, and communities to determine the extra support needed to successfully include a child in a child care setting chosen by the parents, within their community.