The Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) is a hospital and ambulatory treatment centre in London, Ontario, Canada for children with complex mental health or developmental disability problems. It was formerly known as the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute. Prior to 1996, there was a summer camp program for children with autism and other developmental disabilities which ran from July to late August. This program was based around the Madeline Hardy School between the school year. During the six months of the summer camp program, structured activities taught valuable life lessons. After 3:00 P.M., children who lived outside the London area spent the weekdays at the cottages (numbered 19 through 21) where the campers played with donated video games, mastered simple card games, and watched family movies until curfew at 9:00 P.M. (8:00 P.M. for younger and/or less behaved children). Due to government cutbacks, the camp program eventually became more expensive until it was finally declared to be defunct. Children who use CPRI as a behavior modification program year round are under 18 years of age and the maximum stay for an inpatient is 6 weeks (in order to correct their behavior in a more restrictive environment). Despite popular opinion from parents including those with mentally challenged adults, there is no such thing as a "permanent stay" in any residential unit of CPRI. This statement includes the Eden House (founded 1982) which is designed to be a detention unit. This detention unit merely provides a more structured route to rehabilitation for trouble makers with developmental disabilities. Neither the Eden House nor any other residence within CPRI property is designed to serve as a long-term care unit like a nursing home or a group home.
