Let's Learn Together
Let's Learn Together When September rolls around it is not just the children who 'go back to school'. Education in Ontario is a whole family commitment. Parents and professionals also...
Let's Learn Together When September rolls around it is not just the children who 'go back to school'. Education in Ontario is a whole family commitment. Parents and professionals also...
Simcoe County Adoption Connections Youth/Family Camping Weekend The fifth annual camping weekend took place on June 21-23, 2019 and once again it was a huge success. The idea for a camping weekend...
ACO Report Card - How are we doing? The ACO is interested in receiving feedback and suggestions from our families and the professionals who work with them. We now have over 900 Pathways alumni...
Online Expression of Interest Form (EOI) - Coming Soon! AdoptOntario understands that families want to make the best impression with workers when they are interested in a waiting child or...
Become an ACO Ambassador The ACO is interested in receiving feedback and suggestions from our families and the professionals who work with them. We now have over 900 Pathways alumni and 170 ACT...
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ADOPTION COUNCIL OF ONTARIO The Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO) invites you become a member of our organization. Members play an integral role in the governance of the...
In February 2007, I was hired as the Executive Director of the Adoption Council of Ontario. At the time, the ACO had a staff of one other full-time staff and three contract workers who worked...
Developmental Trauma Action Alliance - 2019 REPORT The Developmental Trauma Action Alliance is proud to release the Report on our Healing Childhood Trauma Together campaign Roundtables. During...
Over the winter, ACO piloted a Pathways training specifically for Kinship caregivers in the Simcoe County area. We often have kin family members in our Pathways trainings. Based on feedback, we...
I had heard the advice around self-care,” you need to take care of yourself first or you wouldn’t be any good to the kids”. I had also heard the analogy of putting your air mask on...