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Parenting & Family Support
Positive Parenting - did you know?
Positive parenting of teens includes these five aspects:
- ensuring a safe, engaging environment
- creating a positive learning environment
- using assertive discipline
- having realistic expectations
- taking care of yourself as a parent/caregiver
Our Positive Parenting Program will help you develop new skills to create a positive family setting for your adolescents, understand how your behaviour and beliefs affect your parenting style and develop ways to cope with outside influences including school, friends, media and technology. Read more >
A positive home environment makes a critical difference in the well-being of our youth and YouthLink seeks to involve family and/or care-givers wherever possible in working with youth.
We have three specialized programs that offer support to parents and care-givers:
Positive Parenting Program
This program helps parents and care-givers understand and support adolescent development, provide a positive family setting and connect with other services in their community...Read more >
Support to Families of Youth who have an Intellectual Disability
Our Family Support Workers help parents and caregivers access appropriate services for youth with an intellectual disability, provide individual support to families and lead monthly parent support groups...Read more >
WrapAround Family Services
Our program puts families with multiple needs in charge of their lives by working with them on a plan and support team to help them achieve their goals. Families are referred through child welfare services...Read more >
