The Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario (CPA Ont), Eastern Region serves Ottawa Carleton, Renfrew, Leeds Grenville, Stormont Dundas & Glengarry, Prescott Russell, Kingston Frontenac, Lennox & Addington.

Rehabilitation Services
Rehabilitation Services provides services to clients and their families from time of injury to community reintegration and beyond. The Rehabilitation Program consists
of six key service areas:

• Service Coordination provides overall coordination for the rehabilitation
  process, from injury to community reintegration and beyond. Professional
  staff work with clients to ensure adequate services and supports are in
  place to enable the individual to live in the community with independence
  and dignity.
  
  
• Rehabilitation Counselling utilizes client centered counselling to assist clients
  in coping with the overall impact of the disability including physical and psychosocial issues. Counselling focuses on health care, active living, physical fitness, rebuilding identity and positive self-esteem through life transitions.
  
  
• Peer Support links people who have a new spinal cord injury with trained volunteers who have lived with a spinal cord injury for some time. Ideally,
  this connection is made in the hospital after diagnosis, so help and information are available immediately. The relationships forged at this early stage often
  continue for many months or years after. Peer Support can be activated at
  any time in the rehabilitation process.
  
  
• Information Services provides comprehensive and relevant information about spinal cord injury and disabilities for clients, families, staff, volunteers, health care professionals, employers, community agencies and government
  
  
• Community Advocacy provides assistance to individual and communities to reduce barriers for people with mobility impairments.

Member Services
Our Resources Program and Information Services focus on gathering and disseminating comprehensive and relevant information for clients, their families, employers, community agencies and governments. The program focuses the
following methods to achieve this:

• The production and distribution of an easy-to-read series of brochures
  covering all aspects of spinal cord injuries called "Life after a Spinal Cord Injury".
  
• A provincially distributed quarterly magazine
  
• An up-to-date and interactive website at: www.cpaont.org