Pathways for families who live in Northern Ontario

An 8 session (24 Hour) Curriculum

About the Pathways 2 Training

What are Ontario families saying about Pathways 2? 

• "Pathways' curriculum was excellent - more parents, early on in their parenting journey, need to benefit from it."
• "Pathways training has given me the tools to understand my child."
• "Life-changing skills learned. Wonderful connections made with new friends."

Pathways to Permanence 2 is a 24-hour specialized series of classes designed for foster and adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, and guardians who are parenting children who have experienced trauma and loss as a part of their history.

The course provides tools, techniques and information that empower participants to effectively parent their children.

Detailed Information about Pathways 2

Click here for detailed information on Pathways 2. 

 

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Details: 

The emergence and spread of the COVID-19 virus has rapidly changed the way everyone is operating. Our primary concern is the health and safety of our staff and trainers and everyone who participates in our programs.

As such we have decided to offer Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss © through an online platform.

Location: Online via Zoom (The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants closer to the event date; please see below for technical requirements).

Regions: To find out if this offering is for your region - click here.

Time: Thursday Evenings; 7:00pm to 9:30pm

Dates: 

• Session 1: January 14, 2021
• Session 2: January 21, 2021
• Session 3: January 28, 2021
• Session 4: February 4, 2021
• Session 5: February 11, 2021
• Session 6: February 18, 2021
• Session 7: February 25, 2021
• Session 8: March 4, 2021

Trainer(s): 

• Darby Crosby, MA RMFT CH RP
  darby@darbycrosby.com
  Darby is an adoptive parent, a Registered Psychotherapist and on the Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists. She has a private practice and works part time at Family Services York Region. She has provided counselling to individuals, couples and families who are dealing with various issues such as parenting, adoption, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression and domestic violence for over 20 years. Her experience includes working with all members of the adoption constellation. Darby has been a PRIDE trainer since 2007.

• Melissa Pye
  mfpye@lakeheadu.ca
  Melissa is a Psychological Associate at the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority where she works for the Nodin Mental Health Services department and she has a small private practice. Melissa currently works with individuals across the life span but has spent most of her career working with children and youth in residential mental health placements, and the youth justice system. Melissa is currently completing her PhD in clinical psychology at Lakehead University where she is studying the role of empathy in mental health stigma reduction. Melissa is the adoptive mom of two children and is currently adopting her eldest former foster child through the “Never too late for a family” program.  
  
  
  

Who: This training is for parents and caregivers where a placement has already occurred. 

Cost: This course is being offered at NO cost to participants thanks to funding from the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

Technical & set-up requirement: 

• Laptop or desktop computer with functioning webcam and microphone capabilities.
• Strong/stable internet connection with a speed of at least 10mbps
  
• In order to preserve families' privacy and comfort levels, anyone other than another Pathways participant, should not be in the same room with you while participating in a Pathways Zoom session; this includes children and teens.

Registration: This offering is now FULL.  To sign up for the wait list click here.

To see other Pathways offerings in Ontario, click here to go to our events page.

Would you like to see Pathways 2 come to your region? Click here.

Certificate: A certificate of completion will be provided.

Please note, Ontario's PRIDE curriculum is equivalent to The Kinship Center's Pathways to Permanence 1 curriculum.

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© ACT: An Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals and Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children who have Experienced Trauma and Loss are copyrights of Kinship Center, a member of Seneca Family of Agencies in California. Through a partnership with Seneca Family of Agencies, Adoption Council of Ontario owns the exclusive Ontario license to ACT and Pathways 2.

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