About This Funding Program
The Nova Scotia Tuition Support Program provides partial tuition funding for eligible students attending designated special education private schools. It supports students with diagnosed ADHD, autism or learning disabilities who meet additional program requirements, including relevant educational history, program planning and school placement criteria. For 2026–27, the published basic funding unit is $15,900, paid directly to the designated school; income-based supplements may apply. Funding typically covers up to three years, with a possible additional fourth year in defined circumstances. This is a school tuition program, not a direct private therapy reimbursement program.
How Allied Therapy Can Help
Allied Therapy may support families with speech and language, functional communication, AAC, executive functioning strategies, sensory and daily living skills, behaviour support and emotional well-being. With appropriate consent, clinicians can collaborate with the student’s caregivers and education team. Clinical services and reports are separate from Tuition Support Program school funding and require their own payment arrangements.
How Funding Works
Families apply to the Nova Scotia Tuition Support Program and separately arrange admission to a designated school. Check the official program eligibility and documentation requirements, including diagnosis and prior school-based planning. The program pays approved tuition funding directly to the designated school.
If families want additional Allied Therapy services, they may contact Allied for service options and separate insurance or funding arrangements. Allied Therapy does not determine Tuition Support Program eligibility.
Who Can Access or Refer
Parents, guardians, caregivers, schools, school-based support teams, physicians, psychologists and community partners may contact Allied Therapy about clinical services. Tuition Support Program applications are submitted by eligible families under provincial procedures.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Does the Tuition Support Program pay for Allied Therapy appointments?
A: No, the program is designed to provide partial tuition funding to designated special education private schools. Private therapy requires a separate payment or funding pathway.
Q: Which students may qualify?
A: Students with eligible diagnoses of ADHD, autism or learning disabilities who meet all provincial criteria, including accepted school placement and educational planning requirements.
Q: How much funding is available?
A: For 2026–27, the published base funding unit is $15,900, paid to the school. Individual supplements may vary.
Q: Can Allied collaborate with my child’s school?
A: Yes, with appropriate consent and subject to the clinical service arrangement.
Q: Does Allied Therapy diagnose ADHD or autism for this program?
A: Allied Therapy’s non-diagnostic ADHD screening and therapy services do not replace the diagnosis documentation required by the Tuition Support Program. Consult the program’s accepted professional criteria.
Q: How do we apply?
A: Use the Province’s Tuition Support Program website and the designated school’s own admission process.
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