Our services and programs are all supervised by Dr. Rebecca Moore, Director of the Kanata Psychology and Counselling Centre. Not only does this mean your child’s progress and program is monitored by our psychologist, it also means that all of our services are claimable under most benefit plans.
We offer education services Mondays through Friday from 4pm - 8 pm as well as all day Saturday.
All of our full services are available as in person sessions, or remote sessions.
Do you need support in navigating the school system and understanding your child’s IEP? Are you wondering whether your child has a learning disability, has significant struggles in reading and writing or just needs extra support?
We can help. At the Kanata Learning Centre, we provide comprehensive and individualized services to help your child thrive and to support you along the way.
Contact us to learn more about how we can help your child.
The Kanata Learning Centre came into existence in response to a growing awareness of the lack of resources within the school system and the community to support children and youth with learning needs.
With extensive experience in school psychology and special education and a passion for helping children, our goal is to bridge that gap, enabling your child to reach his or her potential. We are the only education centre in Ottawa that has a full-time psychologist on staff to assist in the creation and implementation of our education plans.
In contrast to most tutoring programs, our mandate is to create an individualized program for your child based on their profile of learning strengths and needs, which is designed to enhance their development and performance at school and at home. Whether your child comes to us as a supplement to school, or during school hours, our goal is to work collaboratively with you, your child, and your child’s school, to help remove barriers to learning, and to increase your child’s motivation and self-confidence. In addition, many of our services are covered by health insurance plans. Contact us for more information on this.
Unlike other Learning Centres, Kanata Learning Centre provides innovative and evidence-based programming that is tailored and unique, while being overseen by our psychologist, Dr Rebecca Moore, C.Psych.
We understand that children with learning needs often experience challenges with confidence and self-esteem. We consider the whole child in our implementation of their individualized program and provide a safe and nurturing environment in which they can thrive.
We offer services after school, during school hours and on weekends, as a support to the school-provided programming.
We understand that schools are experiencing increasing budgetary restraints and cutbacks. As much as they would like to provide the attention needed to each child, they simply do not have the resources to do so. In addition to helping your child, we can also help you understand your child’s IEP, what it is supposed to ensure and steps you can take to support the implementation of the IEP at school.
Costs vary depending on the specific services provided. Your child may benefit from an initial assessment by our Learning Centre staff. This assessment provides us with an up to date snapshot of your child’s current academic achievement level, as well as insight into their learning styles. Is your child a visual learner or an auditory learner? Perhaps they are a combination of both. Are they part to whole, or whole to part? This is all very important information…for us, for teachers, and for you as parents. That being said, this assessment is optional and not required. Note: If your child has a recent psycho-educational evaluation from any psychologist, this initial assessment will not be necessary.
There are basically two avenues whereby your child might come to attend the Kanata Learning Centre. You may have had your child assessed by Dr Moore and associates, or you may have found us on your own, and are looking for academic and school support services for your child. Regardless of how you found us, we are glad that you did! Give is a call at 613-435-2729, e-mail us at office@kanatalearningcentre.com or fill out the webform below!
Our instructors are carefully chosen to ensure that they are able to understand the needs of each and every child. Prescriptive teachers need not apply. Our instructors need to have instinct, insight, empathy and the knowledge and experience needed to reach your child wherever they are at this moment in their development.
Once your child is registered and has a program with us, it will look like this: Each child has an individualized program. Depending on your child’s needs, it will include, language, math, fine motor skills and ‘fun’ stuff, which is learning material designed as breaks. This could be blocks, flashcards, body breaks, a board game, or a 10-minute talk on any topic (very popular with our adolescent set). The time with us will pass quickly, and your child will not even realize the important academic and social building blocks being achieved.
Contact us at 613-435-2729 or email us at office@kanatalearningcentre.com
300 Terry Fox Drive
Suite #700
Kanata, ON. K2K 0E3
Tel: 613-435-2729
Fax: 613-591-8106
