Professional Development: Introducing the new LEAP (Learning for Everyone in Adoption and Permanency) program
The Adoption Education Program (AEP) has been updated and now it’s called LEAP (Learning for Everyone in Adoption and Permanency). This program gives prospective adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, Indigenous caregivers, relatives raising relatives, foster parents, and guardians a strong foundation of knowledge for caring for children and youth. In this one-hour workshop, we'll go over […]
Professional Development: Promoting adoption stability
Placement stability means ensuring a child stays in a consistent, secure, and supportive living environment, whether it's kinship care or an adoptive home. It’s about minimizing disruptions and moves so that children can build lasting relationships and feel a true sense of belonging and security. In this one-hour workshop, we'll cover essential topics and effective […]
Trauma-Informed Parenting online workshop spring 2025
Parents will learn about the different types of trauma, how they manifest in the developing child and strategies for parenting with a trauma-informed approach. Workshop outline: Session 1 – Trauma and the adopted child 1. Understanding trauma 2. Children in care 3. Child/adolescent development 4. Attachment 5. Trauma storms Session 2 – Core principles of […]
Trauma-Informed Parenting online workshop fall 2024
Parents will learn about the different types of trauma, how they manifest in the developing child and strategies for parenting with a trauma-informed approach. Workshop outline: Session 1 – Trauma and the adopted child 1. Understanding trauma 2. Children in care 3. Child/adolescent development 4. Attachment 5. Trauma storms Session 2 – Core principles of […]
Safe Babies spring/summer 2024
This course covers: • Building compassion and empathy for birth parents • Understanding addiction and the impacts of prenatal drug and alcohol exposure on the infant • What to expect when bringing baby home • Infant development and mental health • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Format: This online course […]
Professional Development: Relational Permanency
Are you a professional supporting adoptive and permanency parents? Would you like to learn more about relational permanency and what that looks like for families? Join our new professional development workshop series! We’ll share valuable information about the journey of adoptive parents and how you can support them in the permanency planning stage of their […]
Trauma-Informed Parenting online workshop – spring 2024
Parents will learn about the different types of trauma, how they manifest in the developing child and strategies for parenting with a trauma-informed approach. Workshop outline: Session 1 – Trauma and the adopted child Understanding trauma Children in care Child/adolescent development Attachment Trauma storms Session 2 – Core principles of trauma-informed parenting Safety Relationships Communication […]
Surviving & Thriving – WAITLIST
This workshop is designed to prepare adoptive and permanency families as they navigate the critical and often challenging first two years of placement. It covers topics such as transitions, behaviour, attachment, and openness. Our interactive format provides a toolkit of practical strategies to help families develop realistic expectations, gain knowledge, and build specific skills. Format: […]
Trauma-Informed Parenting – WAITLIST
Parenting kids with trauma can be challenging at any stage of their development. This online workshop is designed to provide tips and tools for trauma-informed parenting and to help parents understand the relationship between trauma and adoption. Parents will learn about the different types of trauma, how they manifest in the developing child, and strategies […]
Parenting Teens & Tweens – WAITLIST
Our Parenting Teens & Tweens workshop provides an introduction to the joys, challenges, and typical behaviours associated with parenting a teen or tween in or from care. This three-part online workshop will help parents understand teen development and offer practical tips and tools to support their parenting journey. Format: The course consists of three online […]
Raising Relatives – WAITLIST
Many Canadians, particularly grandparents, are becoming “parents for the second time around” when relatives experience difficulties and their children need care. Those raising relatives face unique challenges that may require support and parenting strategies for themselves and the children in their care. This three-part online workshop provides a safe environment to discuss feelings about caregiving […]
