There are a number of things.
Assessments for kids with learning problems, psycho-educational assessments, cost about four to five thousand dollars. They're done privately, so most people can't afford them.
Now, there was a “right to read” inquiry in Ontario, and those psychological assessments have now been identified as a barrier to learning to read, because often an individual education plan in school is not enacted until they have that assessment, which for a publicly funded assessment in a school may mean being on a two-year wait list. Assessments are one thing.
Another thing is the learning and educational issues that Dr. Roy spoke so articulately about.
Another thing is therapy. For kids with anxiety or depression, the first line of therapy is a type of talk therapy called cognitive behavioural therapy. Cognitive behavioural therapy is an evidence-based, proven, effective strategy. Psychological services that deliver CBT, again, cost big money and they are private. They're not publicly funded or available, and so often kids are put on medication—which is a second line of therapy—first for their anxiety or depression.
I'm sorry. Go ahead.