Sam, age 16, Red Deer

You don't need to act on any of this today.

This is the long view. It is here if you want it, and quiet if you don't.

Provincial supports

  1. Family Support for Children with Disabilities application

    Now

  2. First meeting with a regional worker

    Weeks after applying

  3. Service plan in place

    First year

  4. Service plan renewal (you are here)

    Each year

Federal tax and savings

  1. Disability tax credit application

    Any time

  2. Prior tax years reviewed

    After approval

  3. Registered disability savings plan opened (you are here)

    After approval

  4. Grants added to the plan

    Over many years

Education

  1. Preschool supports

    Ages three to five

  2. School support plan

    Each school year

  3. Support plan review

    Each spring

  4. High school planning (you are here)

    Ages fourteen and up

Transition to adulthood

  1. Supported decision making conversation (you are here)

    Ages sixteen to eighteen

  2. Adult income support paperwork

    From seventeen and a half

  3. Children's supports end

    At eighteen

  4. Adult services in place

    From eighteen

Come back when you're ready.

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