National Directory for Canadian Families

counselling

Provides one-on-one short term, supportive counselling for those experiencing challenges in their lives, including but not limited to: A new diagnosis Disclosure Illness Grief and loss Difficulty managing life situations and relationships Referrals can be provided for long-term counselling Friends, family, loved ones, and caregivers of those living with HIV/AIDS can also access supportive sessions. Assistance can be provided in person or over the phone.

counselling

Offers confidential and non-judgmental telephone and email support to family and friend caregivers. Staff can help steer caregivers in the right direction, answer questions, and offer support and encouragement.

addiction-support-groups & support-groups

Provides online support for gambling issues through: Live chat • Community wall • Stories of hope

support-groups

Offers online support groups to individuals with kidney disease and caregivers.

support-groups

A peer support program funded jointly by the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada. Supports serving members of the Canadian Forces, Veterans, and their families who suffer from an operational stress injury, such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, and/or addiction.

addiction-treatment

A community-based opioid treatment program.

counselling

Provides programming that helps community members to develop and maintain a healthy and violence-free lifestyle, using a whole-family approach. Examples of programming include: Support and information Individual and group counselling Men"s intervention program Information and referral to other social services programs Families can receive programming within their own communities with outreach workers who are knowledgeable of their language, values and lifestyle.

addiction-support-groups & support-groups

• COVID-19 UPDATE: Some meetings are held online via Zoom, please visit website for Zoom link • Some meetings are held in-person, please visit website to confirm Provides support to individuals who experience compulsive eating.

youth-programming

Provides an online directory of overnight summer camps.

support-groups

Meets the needs of the grieving families and friends of patients referred to palliative care. Offers a number of resources for friends and family members who have lost a loved one or are caring for a person with a life threatening illness including: One-on-one counselling for grief and loss Grief and bereavement groups Thoughtful letters to families of the deceased Opportunities for volunteering Memorial services Phone support Home visits Pamphlets Education Translation is available upon request. Please note that this program is for the grieving families and friends of patients referred to palliative care. They cannot provide grief services for people outside of palliative care.

youth-programming

As part of the SchoolsPlus team, the parent navigator assists in navigating children, youth, and their families to services and resources in their school, Regional Centre for Education and their communities. Parent navigators work collaboratively with other schools and agency staff to ensure students and their families have timely support to understand the appropriate services available, the processes to access them and effective assistance as needed throughout the process. This includes services beyond education, such as health, justice, and other community services.

support-groups

Holds monthly support meetings for parents and caregivers.

counselling

Helps caregivers learn to deal with common childhood behaviour problems such as temper outbursts, not listening, verbal and physical aggression and difficulties paying attention. Caregivers will learn how to manage challenging behaviours and situations and will receive a full toolkit including a parent handbook and DVD and/or login to a secure website, behaviour chart for home, a daily report card for school and weekly sessions with a coach. Program can be delivered through one-on-one coaching or in a group with other parents dealing with similar challenges.

counselling

Promotes positive parenting skills. The goal of the program is to help prevent behavioural challenges in early childhood.

support-groups

Provides support and advocacy to individuals with Parkinson"s, their care partners and families. Provides educational materials to medical practitioners, health care workers and anyone else interested.