NEW Connections Adoptee Community
Connections creates a safe space and community for adoptees to reach out to other adoptees.
ConnectionsAdoptees
@connected.adoptees
Adoption Council of Ontario
Provides info on programs and services across Ontario
Adoption Hotline: 416-482-0021
Toll Free Hotline: 1-877-ADOPT-20
www.adoptontario.ca
The Adoption Council of Canada
Provides info on programs and services across Canada
www.adoption.ca
Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
Provides a listing of all CAS’s in Ontario & much more
www.oacas.org
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario -International Adoption Clinic
CHEO
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
- Adoption
- Adoption/Resource/Exchange/ ARE
- Adoption Disclosure: Site 1 | Site 2
Canada Adopts
A site where prospective adoptive families & birth families connect
www.canadaadopts.com
Family Helper
Many useful links for adoption resources & Adoption Helper magazine
www.familyhelper.net
Family Help On-Line
www.familyhelponline.ca
Adoptive Families
The How-to-Adopt and Adoption Parenting Network
www.adoptivefamilies.com
The Centre for Adoption Support & Education
The national leader in mental health services for the Foster Care & Adoption Community
www.adoptionsupport.org
Adopting
Adoption Questions & Answers Community
adopting.org
Adoption Today
Online magazine | Adoption Today & Fostering Families Today
Parent Books
Serving families and professionals in Canada and around the world since 1986
www.parentbooks.ca
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Go-to source for advice on parenting children in adoption and foster care, information on adoption assistance and the US adoption tax credit, enhancing adoption practice, training for parents and professionals, and more.
www.nacac.org
Empowered to Connect
A resource for adoptive & foster families that builds upon the principles of the book, The Connected Child, by Dr. Karyn Purvis.
empoweredtoconnect.org
Transracial Adoption
- Building Adoption
- Family Helper
- Pact: An Adoption Alliance
- Adoption.com
- Empowering Adopted Children of Color in the Face of Racism and Discrimination (article)
Single-Parent Adoption
- Adopting.org: Single-Parent Adoption
- Parents without Partners
- Family Helper: Single-Parent Adoption
- ACO Pathways to Permanency for Singles
- Adopt4Life Resource List
Same-Sex Couple Adoption
- PFLAG Canada
- Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition
- Families Like Mine
- Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
Gender and Sexual Identity
- CHEO Genetics Clinic | Gender Identity & Diversity Resource Sheet
- Gender Spectrum
- Caring for Kids Resource Sheet
- Ontario Mental Health Services for Gender-Diverse and Sexual Minority Youth
Special Needs
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) & Prenatal Exposure to Substances
- The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Group of Ottawa
613-737-1122 or 446-4144
rosse@ncf.ca - FASworld Canada
- March of Dimes
- AdoptOntario Webinars – Intro to FASD
- Adoptive Families Association of BC – Are You up for Parenting a Child with FASD?
- Adopt4Life Resources and Supports
- Canada FASD Research Network
- CHEO – FASD Resources and Support
- FASD Ontario – Supports and Services
- FASD ONE
Attention Deficit Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder
Learning Disabilities
Ontario Early Years Centres
Speech, Language, and Hearing
Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorders/POD/Aspergers Syndrome
- Autism Treatment Services of Canada
- The Geneva Centre for Autism (Toronto)
Adoption Resource Central
Resources on a vast array of topics including web sites, articles, books, email lists, newsletters and videotapes.
Attach-China/International
A website devoted to educating parents of internationally adopted children about post-adoption issues, esecially those related to Reactive Attachment Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Waiting kids websites:
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program):
Youth Mental Health:
- ementalhealth.ca
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario: Youth Resources
- Starts with Me
- Youth Mental Health Canada
Attachment
- Neufeld Institute
- A4everFamily
- Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children
- Attachment Association of Canada
Online Courses / Webinars
Adoption Support Groups