Adopt4Life Resource Library

This presentation from researchers with the University of Ottawa is shedding light on parents’ perspectives and actions related to upholding children’s rights to treatment, health care, support and protection (CRC Articles 3, 18, 40), as well as to their rights to express their views, to be heard and to seek information (CRC Articles 12 and 13). These issues are considered within the context of AFCCA, particularly within adoptive, kinship and customary care settings.

This summary research poster highlights the findings of the study “Young Persons’ Reflections on their Rights as Children in the Context of AFCCA”, by DeCarlo-Slobodnik, D., and Gervais, C. University of Ottawa, September 2022.

Informed by the National Consortium on AFCCA and Adopt4Life, and in consultation with young people and invested parties, this study centres youth voices and sheds light on their experiences of AFCCA, both as demonstrators and siblings of demonstrators who had rights as children to expression and protection. DeCarlo-Slobodnik, D., and Gervais, C. University of Ottawa, September 2022.

Caring for a child or adolescent who shows violence or aggression towards you or other family members can be an impossibly lonely and frightening place to be. If you are struggling with such a situation, this webinar is for you.

Parenting Children Who Can Cause Harm Caring for a child or adolescent who shows aggression towards you or other family members can be an impossibly lonely and frightening place to be. If you are struggling with such a situation, this webinar is for you.

When we hear the words “aggression” and “violence”, we can feel the negativity in our body. The words create images that elicit memories from experiences that directly relate to pain and suffering.

The Post Institute provides proven effective solutions, education, and support to parents and professionals involved in the lives of our most vulnerable and challenging children. This website includes blogs, books, webinars and many more resources.

The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development strives to help children suffering from the effects of early trauma, abuse and/or neglect.

Published by Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute on February 2016.

Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss © in an 8-session (24 hour) Curriculum designed for: Adoptive and Foster parents, Kinship and Customary Care Families and Legal Guardians who are parenting children who have experienced Trauma and Loss as part of their history.

Learn more about what Blocked care is and how to know if you have it. Article published by The Child Psychology Service.

Sadly, the world is full of children who have been hurt by someone they should have been able to trust. If you’ve chosen to bring one of these children into your family, you likely have hopes, dreams, and images of success—dreams and images that might now look dark and hopeless. In this updated and revised sequel to Adopting the Hurt Child, authors Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky share valuable suggestions to help your hurt child heal, grow, and develop. You’ll learn what works and what doesn’t, as well as hear stories from those who have been there. The best hope for parenting a hurt child is knowledge. Get started here.

This classic text provides practical parenting strategies designed to enhance children's happiness and emotional health. It explains what attachment is, how grief and trauma can affect children's emotional development, and how to improve attachment, respect, cooperation and trust. Parenting techniques are matched to children's emotional needs and stages, and checklists are included to help parents assess how their child is doing at each developmental stage. The book covers a wide range of issues including international adoption, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and learning disabilities, and combines sound theory and direct advice with case examples throughout.

The Connected Child will help you build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child, effectively deal with and learning or behavioural disorders, discipline your child with love without making them feel threatened. Book written by Karyn B. Purvis, Ph.D., David R. Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine, published March 2007.

Raising Adopted Children [...] draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development. Book written by Lois Ruskai Melina, published September 2010.

The Post Institute provides proven effective solutions, education, and support to parents and professionals involved in the lives of our most vulnerable and challenging children. This website includes blogs, books, webinars and many more resources.

The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development strives to help children suffering from the effects of early trauma, abuse and/or neglect.

Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss © in an 8-session (24 hour) Curriculum designed for: Adoptive and Foster parents, Kinship and Customary Care Families and Legal Guardians who are parenting children who have experienced Trauma and Loss as part of their history.

Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the I.D.E.A.L. response for parents when dealing with their children in various situations, especially those involving poor choices or misbehavior by a child.

Heart of the Matter Education provides online coursework for adoptive parents and the professionals that serve them.

Website with various resources for parents raising children with special needs who display violent or aggressive challenging behaviours.

Informed by research, this resource outline how we can create trauma-informed classrooms and how we can create them. Created by the National Council For Adoption (US), published September 2014.

Neurobehavioral Support Coach for Parents. Website includes a blog, educational offerings, support group, and more.

This website is full of self-regulation resources for parents, leaders, educators and everyone else. The centre is located in Peterborough, ON.