Child and Adolescent Consultation

Specialized services for children and adolescents are available through Shared Health’s Clinical Health Psychology (CHP) Child and Adolescent Consult Service.

We provide psychological assessments, which include psychodiagnostic, cognitive and specialized neuropsychological testing and evaluation, to help understand how a medical condition or brain injury impacts a child’s learning and behavior, or for the purpose of diagnostic clarification of developmental and mental health concerns.

We provide treatment services focused on the management of health-related problems such as pain, feeding difficulties, and health worries, injury and chronic illness adjustment and coping (including support for treatment adherence), and mental health concerns such as behavior problems or anxiety which are directly related to a medical condition. Treatment may be offered as group-based, individual, parent-mediated, or family-based as appropriate, and is available through virtual or in-person sessions.

The CHP Child and Adolescent Consult Service provides care for children and their families during a hospital inpatient stay and through outpatient clinics.

Key Provider(s)

Dr. Lauren Chance
Dr. Kylee Clayton
Dr. Jona Frohlich
Dr. Jennifer MacMullin
Dr. Sukhpreet Tamana
Dr. Alyse Sukovieff
Dr. Jo Ann Unger
Dr. Michelle Ward
Dr. Alyssia Wilson

Site

Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 204-787-7469
Fax: 204-787-4975

Referral process

Referral from a specialist or primary care physician is required. Click here for referral information. Enquiries may also be directed to our secretary at 204-787-7469.

Psychologists from our program are integral team members and/or partners in a number of other Shared Health and WRHA programs and services for children, including the following:

Specialized Services for Children and Youth (SSCY)

Child Development Clinic (204-258-6621)
Manitoba FASD Centre (204-258-6600 or www.fasdmanitoba.com)

Health Sciences Centre

Child Protection Centre (204-787-2811)
Eating Disorders Service (204-787-7218)

Health Sciences Centre – Manitoba Clinic

Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents (DER-CA; 204-787-3011)
Gender Dysphoria Assessment and Action for Youth (GDAAY; 204-787-7435)

Seven Oaks Hospital

Northern Connections Medical Clinic (NCMC; 204-940-8777)

Psychological services for children are available in the community for concerns that are not medically-related or do not fall under the specialist services described above.

For school-related questions, parents may request a referral to the school psychologist by approaching the principal, resource teacher, or guidance counsellor.
For mental health concerns, health regions have child and youth mental health programs. Parents may contact the centralized intake service for their region or contact the provincial access service Manitoba Mental Health & Addictions Connect (1-877-710-3999)
The names of psychologists in private practice can be found at www.mps.ca under Find a Psychologist.