Always striving for the best possible outcome

The Inspire Centre was established in 1979 as a non-profit organization with charitable status and has grown from 3 to over 40 staff across 6 locations.

We provide specialized programs and services, outpatient clinical treatment, and support to children/youth from birth to 19 (and up to 21 years of age if attending a Ministry of Education sanctioned program) and their families/caregivers. 

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Our professionals are provincially regulated to ensure public trust and high standards

We recognize that each family/caregiver is unique and that they are the experts on the child’s abilities and needs. Each solution implemented considers the strengths and needs of all family/caregiver members.

Mission

To improve the lives of children and youth with special needs and their families/caregivers by delivering quality, timely, and responsive rehabilitation programs and services.

Vision

All children and youth realize their abilities, meet their potential and engage in their community.

Values

Family-centred care

We recognize that each family is unique and that they are the experts on the child’s abilities and needs. Each solution implemented considers the strengths and needs of all family members.

Knowledgeable

We support children and youth by delivering evidence-based services and implementing standards of best practice, driving the best possible outcome.

Collaboration

We partner with families, community service providers and educators to better the lives of children with special needs.

Respect

We understand that all circumstances are unique, and the differences exist in each community across northern Ontario. We consider all perspectives, actively listen, and proceed with decisions together.

Inspire Centre Strategic Plan 2023-2027

Our History

1980

The CT CTC officially opened its doors in April of 1980. The Centre is one of 21 such agencies in the Province of Ontario. CT CTC is funded by the Province of Ontario, Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS). The CT CTC catchment area includes both Districts of Cochrane and Temiskaming – stretching from the Northwest corner of the District of Cochrane in Hearst to the Southeast corner of the District of Temiskaming in Latchford. The CT CTC also covers communities in the James Bay area. Therapists travel on a regular basis to its outreach communities.

1984 & 1985

The CT CTC established satellite offices in 1984 and 1985 in Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard and Kapuskasing.

1998

After operating out of leased quarters in South Porcupine and subsequently in Timmins, in April of 1998, the CT CTC moved into its permanent location. The building is named “Kinross Place” (named in honour of its largest donor). The CT CTC is located on the corner of Ross Avenue and Highway 655.

2000 & 2002

Between 2000 and 2002, the CT CTC Staff planned and raised funds in the Community to build an accessible playground on the site of our new location. The whole community enjoys the park, named “Timmins Kiwanis Funland”, so-named due to our major donor, the Timmins Kiwanis Club.

2009

A fourth office was established in 2009 in Moose Factory.

2015

The CT CTC became a designated public service agency under the French Language Services Act.

2016 - 2017

New location for our Temiskaming Shores office. New locations for our Kapuskasing office. New location for our Kirkland Lake office – collocation within the Timiskaming Best Start Community Hub. The launch of first satellite clinic in northern Ontario for children with complex medical needs and are medically fragile and/or technology dependent. Was made possible through a partnership with Timmins and Area District Hospital, children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario-Ottawa children’s Treatment Centre, local pediatrician Dr. Verbeek, and the North East Local Health Integration Network.

Our Principles

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Family/Caregiver Centered Care is a philosophy of care that has been adopted by Inspire Centre. It emphasizes the partnership of children/youth, families/caregivers and the staff of Inspire Centre to work together in the best interest of children/youth and their families/caregivers to achieve overall health, quality of life and the ability to participate in home and community life. By sharing desires and goals, children/youth, families/caregivers and Inspire Centre staff work towards attaining those goals with the resources each bring.

As the most important member of your child’s team, we want you to know that…

You and your child are actively included in the delivery of service from initial contact, through assessment, goal planning, treatment programming, service transition and discharge. Your team members are dedicated and prepared to help you throughout your involvement with your child and Inspire Centre. Your team members will help you advocate for your child and the services your family/caregiver needs.

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Inspire Centre Six Principles of family/caregiver centered care

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    The family/caregiver is the constant in the child’s life – the Inspire Centre Staff will change. The family/caregiver knows what has happened in the past in the child/youth’s life and has the day-to-day responsibility of caring for their child/youth now and of planning for the future.

  • 2

    Families/caregivers have different cultural traditions and values and the Inspire Centre provides a supportive environment for all families/caregivers.

  • 3

    The family/caregiver has a right to have complete, timely and unbiased information shared with them on an ongoing basis, and all information is considered private.

  • 4

    The family/caregiver has the right to make choices about the care of their child/youth – the treatment, goals and priorities. The Inspire Centre and its staff need to assist families/caregivers in collecting relevant information and providing options so that the family’s decisions can be well informed.

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    A good plan for the child/youth must take into account both the familes/caregivers preferences as to the level and type of their involvement – and Inspire Centre`s abilities to provide the desired service. (i.e. kind of service and frequency of the service.)

  • 6

    Each family/caregiver is unique and has its own strengths, knowledge, experiences and skills, and these factors need to be respected – what works well for one family/caregiver may need to be different for another.