Focus training through play.

No — Open Tabs is an educational skills program, not treatment, assessment or diagnosis. We practise five focus and executive-function skills through games and activities. It does not replace any treatment, medication or specialist program your child has, and we make no treatment promises.

The courses are open to all children — no diagnosis is needed. The structure (small groups, active game-based 60-minute sessions, a timer with a known end, clear rules) is designed so children who struggle with focus and starting tasks feel comfortable. Just remember: this is skills practice, not a treatment for ADHD.

No — none of those. In Session 1 we do a simple educational observation so we know each child’s starting point, and at the end of the term you receive a before/after report on the same five skills. That observation is educational only — it is not diagnostic or medical.

Groups are capped at 8 children — small enough for individual practice, big enough for group energy. There are two separate age bands: Focus Kids (ages 7–9) and Focus Lab (ages 10–12), because the methods and language differ by age.

A short weekly update, a before/after report at term’s end, and the planner system your child brings home — planner, reminder wall, two-minute morning ritual. Parents don’t sit in: the practice space stays the children’s.

We don’t promise grades — no honest program can. What we teach are the underneath skills school depends on: starting work, staying with it, remembering steps, planning and managing time. Families usually see the change first at home: fewer “I forgot”s, calmer homework, tasks actually finished.

That week’s update includes a summary of the skill and the home mission, so your child can practise at home and keep up with the group’s rhythm. Because each session is a live group activity, there are no group make-up sessions.

Each term runs at a partner school, centre or library in Toronto & York Region. Dates, venues and fees for the next term are announced to the registration list first — join the list below and everything lands in your inbox as soon as a term opens.

Missed sessions can’t be made up in a group program, but your child won’t lose the thread: you will receive that week’s home-practice sheet through Parent Companion. If a session is cancelled (weather, a centre closure, or our side), it moves to the term’s built-in buffer week — and if no buffer week remains, that session is credited.