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Programs & Services

Child Abuse Services Therapy Stream

Child Abuse Service (CAS) is a multidisciplinary, specialized service that assists children, who have been abused or neglected, in order to enhance their bio-psychosocial health and well-being.

The service offers:

Child Abuse Therapy Stream:

  • assesses the impact of sexual abuse, severe and complex physical abuse and neglect on the referred child
  • provides therapeutic intervention to children and their caregivers to address emotional behavioural and relational challenges associated with the abuse and neglect
  • children who are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour for which clinical assessment or treatment is needed
  • The Child Abuse Service therapy team does not provide emergency services or parenting capacity assessments

Contact Details

Calgary 3820 24 Avenue NW

Location Info
Suite 200 Child Development Centre
Address
3820 24 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta
T3B 2X9
Telephone
403-428-5301 (Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre Reception Desk), 403-428-5320 (Self-referrals - AHS Child Abuse Services Intake Line), 403-297-2995 (Child Abuse concerns Children and Family Services-Child Intervention Intake and Response Team (CIIRT)
Fax
403-476-7750
Accessibility

Barrier free facility. Pay parking available.

Hours of Operation
Days of the Week

Monday
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Tuesday
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Wednesday
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Thursday
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Friday
8:00 am - 4:15 pm

Note

CAS physicians on call 24/7
Access
Service Providers May Include
psychologists, social workers
Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • experienced sexual abuse, and / severe and complex physical abuse and / severe and complex neglect
  • under 18 years of age at the time
  • children between 4 to 17 years of age who are exhibiting problematic sexual behaviour for which clinical assessment or treatment is needed

Exclusion Criteria:

  • assessment / treatment of a youth, 12 years of age or older, who has committed a sexual offence
  • assessment / evaluation of parental capacity to meet the needs of the referred child
  • continues to experience ongoing maltreatment (abuse, neglect, domestic violence, or caregiver substance abuse)
  • investigation, validation or review of allegations of abuse
  • to obtain disclosure of abuse from the referred child
  • investigation by Law Enforcement and / Children’s Services has determined that the child abuse allegations are unfounded / unsubstantiated
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

The program does not provide investigations of abuse. If you have a concern about a child who is being abused or is at risk for abuse, contact Child and Family Services (CFS) - Child Intervention Intake and Response Team (CIIRT)

Self-referrals-please contact the Child Abuse Intake line.

Service Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Partners

Partners/affiliations

Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (Calgary Police Service and Child and Family Services)

Also Known As
Acronym
CAS