Children · Teens · Families
Understand your child’s needs and explore the next steps
We offer psychological assessments, therapy and academic intervention to help your family understand your child’s strengths and challenges and identify support suited to their needs.
Bright Lights Psychology Clinic
Toronto & Peterborough
Your family’s next step
What brings you here?
You don’t need to have all the answers. Start with what you’ve noticed, and explore how we can help.
Psychological assessments
Understand your child’s learning
Explore strengths and challenges in learning, attention and development. Get a clearer picture of your child’s needs.
Explore assessments
Child & teen therapy
Support emotional wellbeing
Find support for emotional, social or behavioural concerns, with space for children and teens to talk and build skills.
Explore therapy
Academic intervention
Build practical learning skills
One-to-one support with reading, writing, math, study skills and executive functioning, tailored to your child’s learning needs.
Explore learning supportSupport for you, too
Parent consultations offer a place to talk through concerns and your child’s needs.
Psychology and learning, together
A team that sees the whole picture
Led by Dr. Todd Cunningham, Bright Lights brings together experience in psychology and education. We support children and teens with their mental health and the practical skills they use to learn.
Todd is a school and clinical psychologist whose work includes learning disabilities and assistive technology—tools that can make learning more accessible.
Watch Todd’s TEDx talkLearning differentlyAn educational talk on YouTubeA clear place to begin
What to expect
From your first question to your next step, here’s how to get started.
Connect
Explore a service or contact the clinic. We can help if you’re unsure where to start.
Talk it through
Initial parent consultations are with a registered psychologist. Academic intervention starts with the Academic Intervention Coordinator.
Plan the next step
Talk with the clinic about services that fit your child’s needs and what happens next.
Helpful resources
Ideas for your family
At home
Reading, homework and routines
Practical resources for learning and organization from the clinic’s library.
Browse parent resourcesAt school
Preparing for high school
Explore the clinic’s guide to the move to high school and the questions it can bring.
Explore the guideWatch & learn
Different ways to learn
Talks and ideas about learning, mental health and assistive technology.
Explore talks & mediaLet’s take the next step
You don’t have to figure it all out alone
Tell us what you’re looking for. We can help you understand where to start.