Equipment Loan Program

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The Equipment Loan Program (ELP) provides families with access to specialized recreation, therapy and clinical equipment so kids and youth with disabilities and developmental needs can participate with their family and friends at home and in the community.

What We do

CTN supports kids, youth and families by focusing on the F-words for Child Development. Every child with varying abilities has the right to have fun, enjoy friends, function as they are, access fitness, plan for their future and join in family activities like hiking, sledge hockey and biking.

With the F-words in mind, the ELP offers three categories of equipment for loan:

1. Recreation Equipment
Adapted recreation equipment provides a way for kids and youth to join in on fun family and community activities. Recreation equipment can be borrowed for up to two weeks.

Recreation equipment is stored and may be picked up at our Barrie and Richmond Hill sites. If your child is involved with an Occupational Therapist (OT) or Physiotherapist (PT), we recommend that you speak to them first about what equipment might work best for your child.

To read more and watch videos about CTN’s recreation equipment, click on the links below:

Hippocampe
Snow Coach
Sledges for Adapted Skating and Hockey
Polar Ski Sets
Adapted Bikes and Adult Trikes
Stab Fixe Bike Wheel Stabilizer
Freewheel for Manual Wheelchairs
We Carry Kevan Backpack
The Overcomer
GRIT Freedom Chair
Mobi-Chair Floating Wheelchair
Indigo Love of Reading Book Library - email us to borrow any of these books in Simcoe County or York Region

2. Therapy Equipment
Small therapy equipment is available to support your child’s daily living activities. All therapy equipment is stored at CTN sites. Families can try equipment with their child before deciding to purchase their own.

Your child’s therapist has access to a large database of loanable therapy equipment such as:

Adapted bath seats (like the Splashy Multipurpose Bath Seat)
Therapy balls for gross motor skills development
GoTo Vinyl Seat
Movin’ sit cushions
Hokki stools
Other equipment for mobility, positioning and seating

3. Complex Clinical Equipment
If your child has a physical disability, their therapist may decide that your child would benefit from complex clinical equipment. This equipment is mainly stored at our Barrie and Richmond Hill sites.Speak to your child’s therapist about what equipment might benefit your child and family.

Complex clinical equipment includes items such as:

Walkers
Wheelchairs
Standers
Adapted chairs

View the Equipment Loan Program Family Guide to learn more about equipment suggestions and inventory.

Eligibility and Referrals

Recreation Equipment
Recreation equipment can be borrowed for two weeks by families living in Simcoe County or York Region who have kids and youth with disabilities or developmental needs, regardless of CTN status.

To request recreation equipment, please email equipment@ctnsy.ca or speak to your OT/PT.

Therapy Equipment
Therapy equipment can be borrowed for up to 12 weeks by families who are actively receiving OT/PT services through CTN. Speak to your child’s therapist for more information.

Complex Clinical Equipment
Complex clinical equipment can be borrowed for long periods of time (up to one year) by families of kids and youth who receive OT/PT services through CTN. Speak to your child’s therapist for more information.

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