2024–2025 Services delivered: Pathways
Component: provincial initiatives
Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA)
Service objectives
To provide post-adoption training to children’s aid society (society) adoptive parents to develop the knowledge and skills they need to respond to the challenges related to the development, psychological, emotional or behavioral issues presented by their adopted children as a result of early trauma, loss, deprivation, maltreatment, or multiple placements as part of their history.
Service description
Pathways to Parenting 2: Parenting Children who have Experienced Trauma and Loss Curriculum (Pathways) is a formal post-adoption family support training program for adoptive families who are parenting children from care who have experienced trauma and loss. The program builds on the pre-adoption training received during the adoption process. Pathways is aimed at providing adoptive parents with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to recognize, identify, and address challenges and behaviours of their children that often emerge after the finalization of the legal process.
The Pathways program is a comprehensive curriculum that consists of eight modules delivered in a classroom setting or online. To complete the curriculum, participants need to take all eight modules over the course of eight days for a total of 24 hours (i.e., 3 hours per module over 8 days). Parents who adopt children and youth in extended society care (i.e., formerly Crown wards) through societies are eligible to register for Pathways training. Parents are eligible for training from the point of adoption placement of the child in the home (i.e., also referred to as the start of the adoption probationary period). This includes kin and foster parents from the point at which they transition from kinship or foster placement to adoption placement of the child in the home.
Program/service features
Post-adoption training are directed at families who adopt children and youth in extended society care through societies.
The program will:
- provide post-adoption training to adoptive families
- provide information to adoptive parents on how to establish parent support groups and
- provide a learning environment for adoptive parents to acquire knowledge, share information and learn about resources to assist them in caring for their children
The program/services contracted by the ministry will reflect the following features.
Program goals
- provide specialized knowledge to adoptive parents to help them develop their capacity and skills to meet the needs of their children
- increase the number of adoptive parents trained to meet the needs of their children
Services will be
- Reflective and responsive to child/youth, family and community strengths and needs
- Accountable to the child/youth, family and community
- Sensitive to the social, linguistic and cultural diversity of families and Indigenous communities
- Staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to effectively develop and deliver training to meet the needs of children, youth and families
Ministry expectations
The transfer payment recipient must
- manage and promote the Pathways program as a post-adoption training curriculum for parents who adopt through children’s aid societies (societies)
- recruit and deliver post-adoption training to adoptive parents
- deliver the modernized Pathways curriculum to adoptive parents in all five regions of the province through at least 30 Pathways offerings in-person or online and/or as agreed with the ministry
- as part of the 8th Pathways training session, provide information to adoptive parents, including Francophones, on how to create adoptive parent groups, and inform adoptive parents about post-adoption supports available through Adopt4Life to help them respond to the challenges of their adoptive families
- direct Pathways participants to Adopt4Life for support with parent support groups and other supports (e.g., one-to-one supports)
Services excluded
The transfer payment recipient will not: Use ministry funding approved for the Pathways program to: deliver additional training to develop leadership capacity of parent support group leaders; create parent support groups, including for kinship parents who have not adopted children in society care; and host or facilitate parent support group meetings.
Reporting requirements
The transfer payment recipient is expected to monitor and evaluate program performance and to confirm that program objectives and deliverables are being met.
At each reporting period, a service data report on the project objectives, services, and targeted outcomes.
The following service data will be reported on at an Interim and Final stage. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates and targets.
| Service Data Name | Definition |
|---|---|
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Children’s mental health professional | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Children’s mental health professional. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: ACO staff | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: ACO Staff. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Children’s aid society | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Children’s aid society. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Colleague | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Colleague. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Court | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Court. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Family members | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Family members. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Medical/family doctor | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Medical/family doctor. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Other (please specify) | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Other (please specify). |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Parent support group | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Parent support group. |
| Of the total number of registered adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Self- referral | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Self-referral. |
| # of adopt. parent particip. in train. of total numbers not complete, the numbers that completed 6 or 7 modules | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants that did not complete the full training, the numbers that: Completed 6 or 7 of the 8 modules. |
| # of adopt. parents participants in train.: Reason didn’t complete all sessions (number): Sickness/health | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Reasons participants didn’t complete all 8 sessions of the training program (provide number): Sickness/health issues. |
| # of adopt. parents particip. in train.: Reasons didn’t complete all sessions (number): Childcare issues | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Reasons participants didn’t complete all 8 sessions of the training program (provide number): Childcare issues. |
| # of adopt. parents particip. in train.: Reasons didn’t complete all sessions (number): Family crisis | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Reasons participants didn’t complete all 8 sessions of the training program (provide number): Family crisis (related to child). |
| # of adopt. parents particip. in train.: Reasons didn’t complete all sessions (number): Other Events | See Service Objectives for full definition -Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Reasons participants didn’t complete all 8 sessions of the training program (provide number): Other events (e.g. death in family, vacation). |
| # of adopt. parents particip. in train.: Reasons didn’t complete all sessions (number): Work schedules | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Reasons participants didn’t complete all 8 sessions of the training program (provide number): Work schedules. |
| # of adopt. parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by type: Two-parent | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by parent type: Two- parent. |
| # of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by region: East | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by region: East. |
| #of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by region: North | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by region: North. |
| # of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by region: Central | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by region: Central. |
| # of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by region: Toronto | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by region: Toronto. |
| # of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total number, the numbers by region: West | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by region: West. |
| # of adoptive parents participating in training: Of the total, the numbers that Completed the training | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the numbers that Completed the training program (all 8 modules). |
| # of adoptive parents registered for training | Total number of adoptive parents registered for training. |
| # of child. in adopt. families particip. in training: category Special needs emotion/psychological | Totally number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – emotional/psychological. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Racial/cultural minority | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Racial or cultural minority. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Special needs – behavioural | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – behavioural. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Special needs – social | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – social. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Special needs-cognitive | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – cognitive. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Special needs/develop. delays | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – developmental delays. |
| # of child. in adopt. families participating in training: category Special needs/medical diagnosis | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by type: Special needs – medical diagnosis. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 0- 2 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 0-2 years. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 10-14 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 10-14 years. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 19-21 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 19-21 years. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 21 and older | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 21 and older. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 3- 5 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 3-5 years. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessions by age group: 6- 9 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 6-9 years. |
| # of children in adoptive families participating in training sessionsby age group: 15- 18 years | Total number of children in adoptive families participating in training session by age of child by age group: 15-18 years. |
| # of information/awareness sessions by location (i.e., by MCCSS region) or online: Central | Total number of information/awareness sessions by location or online: Central. |
| # of information/awareness sessions by location (i.e., by MCCSS region) or online: East | Total number of information/awareness sessions by location or online: East. |
| # of information/awareness sessions by location (i.e., by MCCSS region) or online: North | Total number of information/awareness sessions by location or online: North. |
| # of information/awareness sessions by location (i.e., by MCCSS region) or online: West | Total number of information/awareness sessions by location or online: West. |
| # of information/awareness sessions by location or online: Electronic (online) | Total number of information/awareness sessions by location or online: Electronic (online). |
| # of training enquiries on the ACO website | Total number of training enquiries on the ACO website. |
| # of training sessions delivered | Total number of training sessions delivered. |
| # of adopt. parent particip. in train. of total numbers not complete full train., numbers that complete<6 modules | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants that did not complete the full training, the numbers that: Completed less than 6 modules. |
| # of adopt. parents participating in training: Of the total Number of participants, by type: Single-parent | Total number of adoptive parents participating in training by type: Of the total Number of participants, the Number of participants by parent type: Single-parent. |
| Of the total Number of regist. adoptive parents, the number referred by type: Parent Associations (A4L, CANGRANDS) | Total number of newly registered adoptive parents by referral source: Parent Associations (A4L, CANGRANDS). |
| Pathways to Parenting 2: Ministry-funded agency expenditures | Total ministry-funded expenses for the transfer payment recipient to administer and/or deliver this service in the reporting year (cumulative). |
Updated: June 27, 2024
Published: May 30, 2024