Interior Health Authority

Children's Assessment Network

[  Suggest an Update |  Suggest Volunteer Opportunity |  Print Version (New Window) ]

Record #: KNA0700 Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 Last Full Update: 30 Nov 2011
Special Information
Former NameIHAAN - Interior Health Autism Assessment Network
Location, Telephone & Internet
Address & Map
Continental Bank Building
1664 Richter St, 309
Kelowna, BC V1Y 8N3
 
View MapQuest Map
Located In CommunitySouth - Downtown (Kelowna)
Major IntersectionRichter Street & Hwy 97
Office Phone250.763.4122
Fax250.860.9146
Websitewww.interiorhealth.ca
Contact Information
Primary ContactVali Hunting, Intake Coordinator; Phone: 250.712.0416; Email: Vali.Hunting@interiorhealth.ca
Alternate ContactGermaine Nadon, Office Manager; Phone: 250.860.5731; Email: Germaine.Nadon@interiorhealth.ca
Description & Services
Organization TypesGovernment
Service DetailsProvides multi-disciplinary assessment services for children with complex developmental conditions * offers services to children living in the Interior Health Service Area and children who have been referred and waitlisted for Sunny Hill in Vancouver and who have been redirected to IHCAN
HoursMon-Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Eligibility19 years and under * Children being referred must have significant impairment in a number of domains of functioning, including development and learning, mental health, adaptive and social skills, and/or biomarkers such as prenatal substance exposure * Three assessment streams: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Complex Child and Youth (CCY)
How to ApplyReferral from a pediatrician or child psychiatrist is preferred, however a family practice physician may make a referral to IHCAN in exceptional circumstances where a community has no access to specialists * Please note that this new referral route is specific to the ASD, FASD and CCY assessment-only services which are provided through Interior Health under this new integrated initiative and does not replace or change other types of referrals to SunnyHill or BC Children’s Hospital, or for children’s intervention and support services that you are accustomed to making to local child development centres or other agencies
LanguagesEnglish