Other Regional Institutions

There are four rehabilitation centres that have a regional mandate to serve the Outaouais population. In order to access the services of a rehabilitation centre you must contact your local CLSC. A CLSC professional will conduct an assessment and refer you to the appropriate service.

Regional Addiction Rehabilitation Services
Centre Jellinek – The Regional Rehabilitation Centre for persons with drug, alcohol or gambling dependencies offers residential and external rehabilitation services for persons with drug, alcohol or gambling problems and their families. Centre Jellinek's services are available in English with the exception of the residential treatment program. An arrangement has been made with the Foster Pavillon, south of Montréal, for English-speaking persons to receive this specific service. Centre Jellinek will look after the referral and the after-care. An individual may be referred to the Centre Jellinek by an institution or a resource person, but it is preferred that individuals request assistance for themselves.

Regional Intellectual Disabilities Services
Pavillon du Parc – The Regional Rehabilitation Centre for persons with an intellectual disability or pervasive development disorders and provides a diversified continuum of adjustment, rehabilitation, and integration services tailored to the specific needs of intellectually disabled persons and their families.

These services include:

• Family support
• Community companionship
• Specialized education
• Lodging
• Socio-professional services and daytime activities
• Psychosocial services, psychological services, physiotherapy, physical rehabilitation, assisted communication, speech therapy

Persons receiving residential services must help pay for their room and board.

Regional Mental Health Services
Pierre-Janet is the regional psychiatric hospital. They offer specialized child, adolescent and adult psychiatry services both at the hospital and through the deployment of its professionals into the territories as consultants to service providers at the local level.

Regional Physical Rehabilitation Services
La RessourSe – The Regional Rehabilitation Centre for persons with a physical handicap offers rehabilitation services for persons with significant, persistent physical handicaps (motor, visual, auditory, speech and language) leading to a notable, permanent functional disability. La Ressourse also offers diagnostic services for young children with delayed development, and administers an orthotic-prosthetic plan on behalf of the Régie de l'assurance-maladie du Québec.

Regional Youth Services
Youth Centres – Centres jeunesse de l'Outaouais offer psychosocial services, including social emergency services, required by a young person by virtue of the Youth Protection Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act. It also offers services for child placement, family mediation, and expertise at the Superior Court on child custody, adoption and biological history.