Collaborative Care Consulting
Thrive Kids connects families with professionals—such as teachers, behaviour consultants, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and school counsellors—to ensure shared, strengths-based goals that respect each child’s identity and neurodiversity. As a school liaison, we help families navigate educational systems and advocate for inclusive, neuroaffirming supports when traditional methods fall short. By promoting open communication and coordinated care, this service fosters consistent, individualized plans that support each child’s growth at home, in school, and in the community.
School Consultation and School Liaison Support
Support for families navigating school-based concerns, IEP planning, accommodations, and collaboration with teachers and school teams to align strategies across home and school.
Thrive Kids will advocate for your child’s needs and ensuring inclusive, strengths-based support every step of the way in some of the following ways:
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Bridges Communication Gaps between families and professionals including teachers, school staff, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and behaviour consultants.
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Aligns Goals Across Environments to ensure consistent, strengths-based strategies are used at home, school, and in therapy.
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Supports Neurodiversity & Identity by advocating for inclusive, neuroaffirming practices that honour each child’s individual needs and differences.
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Acts as a School Liaison to help families navigate education systems, attend school meetings (e.g., IEPs, behaviour plans), and advocate effectively for appropriate supports.
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Encourages Team Collaboration through coordinated care planning, regular updates, and shared strategies among caregivers and professionals.
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Develops Practical, Individualized Plans to address challenges related to learning, regulation, peer interaction, and classroom participation.
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Empowers Families with tools, language, and confidence to advocate for their child’s needs and build positive relationships with schools.
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Focuses on Long-Term Success by promoting sustainable, meaningful progress across environments—not just quick fixes.
- Synergetic Play Therapy Shaista Fatehali is a trained Synergetic Play Therapist, offering developmentally appropriate, nervous-system–informed play therapy for children. This approach integrates play, emotional attunement, regulation, and parent involvement to support children experiencing anxiety, emotional dysregulation, behavioural challenges, trauma, and relational stress. This is particularly helpful for younger children and neurodivergent children.