Youth in difficulty

Context

Investing in youth involves the inclusion of children, teenagers, parents and families, social networks and the community. The parent is the expert regarding their child’s development. Intervention aims to support parents in fulfilling their role and supporting young people's development.   

The CISSS des Laurentides provides a vast range of services adapted to the needs of children and adolescents and their families based on their age and situation. Various workers in the youth program collaborate with a variety of community partners (community organizations, youth centres, schools, medical clinics, childcare centres, police services, etc.).

Request for services

Following a request for service, an assessment of the situation is conducted by a caseworker to determine what type of services to provide to the child or teenager and their family.

For the child and their family
Contact Info-Social at 811, option 2.

For partners
Contact the Guichet d'accès jeunesse (Youth Access Point)

Services offered

Psychosocial intervention program

This service is tailored to the situation of the child or teenager and their family and provides the intervention best suited to the needs identified in the request for services. The length and intensity of the service episode varies based on the situation and is always determined within an intervention plan. These meetings with a caseworker are to prevent deterioration of a problematic situation and to reduce the social adaptation problems of young people or the consequences resulting from the difficulties experienced. 

« Semer l’avenir » (Sowing the Future) neglect intervention program

This is a specific component of the psychosocial intervention service offering for families with children between the ages of 0 and 12 who are living in a situation of great vulnerability. This program’s aims are to improve the parents’ knowledge and skills so that they can better respond to the needs of their child. It also leads to improving the child’s adaptation skills to end the intergenerational cycle of neglect. 

Community crisis intervention program

The community crisis intervention program is an immediate, brief and prescriptive intervention. This intervention aims to stabilize the state of the child or teenager and their family in a crisis situation and to prevent removal of the child from the family home.

Addiction services for 12–17-year-olds

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Youth mental health services

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