Child and Adolescent Protection Centre
A healthcare team that offers care to children who have been or are at risk for physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect.Offers care to children who have been or are at risk for physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect. Services include:
- consults
- diagnosis and treatments
- healthcare team assessment of the child who has been abused and his or her family
- medical evaluation, intervention, and collection of forensic evidence (if needed)
- phone consults with other healthcare providers (regarding abuse or suspected abuse
- referrals to other healthcare providers or agencies (as needed)
- education to healthcare providers about child abuse
- community child abuse prevention activities (e.g., resource development and distribution)
Access
Service Providers May Include
child and family services assessors, child life specialists, doctors, registered nurses (RNs)
EligibilityChildren 17 years and younger from central and northern Alberta. Based on medical and forensic assessments.
Service AccessHealthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
Referrals are accepted from Child and Family Services, the police, doctors, and Alberta Health Services.
Partners
Partners/affiliations
Children's Services - Edmonton and area, Edmonton Police Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service Locations
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