The Little Red Playhouse serves as the flagship demonstration site for Coco's Place Foundation's evidence- informed model of inclusive early childhood education and intervention services, translating research, practice and lived experience into real world learning environments.

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As a community partner, we offer resources to help you find other professional services, navigate financial and benefit forms, and support applications for federal funding through Jordan’s Principle for Indigenous families and caregivers. Learn more about Jordan’s Principle and understand your rights and responsibilities.  Parent Coaching Launch: Bright Coaching:Approximately 1 in 50 Canadian children have Autism². Additionally, 10 - 17% (3)  have a neurodevelopmetal disorder.² Parents reduce work hours, leave employment, or pay privately for services while waiting for public supports. The impact is greatest for low-income, rural, and underserved families. Delayed developmental support can increase long-term demand on education, health, and social services. Embedding caregiver coaching within publicly funded pathways would strengthen family capacity, improve outcomes, and create a more sustainable and equitable service system. Virtual evidence based parent coaching is a response to the gap in services we are going to deliver alongside our partners at the Child-Bright Research Network.

For 15 years, our team at the Little Red Playhouse has supported internships and specialized training programs in Montreal. Our partnerships include training students from McGill University, supporting McBain Scholarship recipients, Concordia University, Champlain College, Vanier College, and TAV College. In Winter 2027, our members of our team will be developing curriculum of McGill University's Inclusive Design Certificate program.

Since 2010, our team members have been sought out to help develop programs and policies at municipal, provincial, and national levels for the Autism, neurodiverse, and larger disability communities. 

Coco’s Place has contributed to:

• Intervention support services consultations

• Advocacy projects with community and national organizations, like The National Autism Strategy and The National Autism Network - Economic Inclusion Committee.

• Inclusive transportation and housing development projects

• Curriculum development for professional orders

• Research projects on Autism and support for families and caregivers nationwide

Our Executive Director has contributed to significant changes in the further development of lived experience governance , policy and representation in national research with the Canadian Institute of Health Research funded projects and the CIHR engagement tools. She was a member of the Disability Advisory Committee of the CRA, co-chaired the committee throughout the 4 years of her tenure, and contributed to 4 reports for the National Minister of Revenue.  She continues to work on changing the inclusion landscape all.

Thanks to a grant throughThe Canada Summer Jobs Program, our team hired a writer to finalized the  development of out curriculum manual.  This will become a resource for other    institutions and policy-makers. The curriculum contains detailed, professional education programming and strategies for elementary schools, daycares and early intervention clinics and providers  to create truly inclusive and supportive spaces for children with Autism, ADHD, Language Delay, Global Developmental Delay, and other disabilities. The goal is to support for those working in inclusive settings, families  and service providers to share our philosophy, and tips on how to improve integration of children with disabilities into programming and daily life of community programs. In Fall 2027, a mixed methods research project conducted by McGill University with support from the Azreili Foundation and Mitacs will delivery the results of our program evaluation project, which will support the curriculum resource sharing our 18 years of experience.