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June 13, 2017 - June 13, 2017
join Joyelle Brandt & Dawn Daum for this live chat event in the Parenting with ACEs Group /ACEs Connection.
Dawn Daum & Joyelle Brandt are parents, writers, advocates and trauma survivors. Together, they edited the forthcoming Parenting with PTSD anthology and created an online...
June 28, 2017 - June 28, 2017
KPMG, Bay Adelaide Centre
You are cordially invited to join the Board, staff and friends of the Adoption Council of Ontario (ACO) as we celebrate our successes of 2016, and plan for 2017/2018.
NEVER TOO LATE FOR A FAMILY A youth-led panel presentation
YOUTH and PARENTS will speak about our new ACO programs and why it...
July 04, 2017 - July 04, 2017
Ryerson Student Centre
The province of Ontario is committed to improving services for young people through integrated youth service hubs. These hubs will be places where young people aged 12-25 can receive walk-in, one-stop access to mental health and addictions services, as well as other social and employment...
July 19, 2017 - July 22, 2017
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel
The NACAC conference is the most comprehensive adoption conference in North America! The conference will be in Atlanta, Georgia, from July 20–22, 2017 (pre-conference session July 19).
If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, you will want to attend this conference!
This...
July 30, 2017 - July 30, 2017
Members of ACO's Youth Network will be attending the Children's Aid Foundation Free Self-Care Wellness Day. For more information about ACO's Youth Network or this activity please contact youthnetwork@adoptontario.ca. We hope to see you there.
Health benefits...
October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2017
An Education Seminar for Extended Family and Friends
This seminar is for
Parents & in-laws
Siblings
Older children in the family
Nannies
Other family members
Friends
The seminar will help involve family and friends and will provide education about the...
October 28, 2017
Speakers
Sylvia Gibbons
Sylvia founded and runs a Support Group for Adoptive Families and founded and runs an Adopted Youth Group, both of which are in Simcoe County. She is the ACO's PACT Parent Liaison. In this newly created role she will assist and guide Pathways...
January 10, 2018
Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions
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...
January 11, 2018
Children’s Aid Society of Brant
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...
January 11, 2018
"THE KIDS COME TO US WITH BAGS WE HAVE NOT PACKED."
- veteran adoptive parent JoAnne Dumaresq.
Adoptive parents, especially those who are raising children who have experienced significant loss and trauma, tell us over and over again that they are surprised and sometimes at a loss as to how...
