Starfish Parent Support Program
At Starfish Parent Support Program, we specialize in providing hands-on coaching and support tailored to enhance daily living skills and routines in children, catering to their age and development level.
Parent Coaching and Support
We provide hands on coaching and support to identify, develop and implement daily living skills and routines appropriate to the age and development of children.
Working with families through family-centered goal planning we identify the unique needs, wishes and desires of each family member individually and then as a family unit.
Using parent modeling, tracking and evaluation, we strive to foster stable relationships between parents and children by guiding and encouraging appropriate interactions and where necessary, assist families to access appropriate community resources and implement recommendations of other professionals
Outreach
We work tirelessly to partner with organizations, businesses and the community to assist our families to maintain a healthy, safe and happy home.
We are extremely thankful to our partners who provide social and recreational opportunities for our children, assist them through donations of clothing, household items and Christmas baskets. We are very fortunate to live in Durham Region where community support and generosity is plentiful!
Support Groups
For many of our parents, alienation and loneliness can be a realistic fact of life. We offer facilitated peer support groups to assist parents to help and support each other. Of course, a supportive group wouldn't be nearly as welcoming without some delicious munchies, which are always a huge part of our meetings!
Education and Skills Development
Starfish Parent Support Program recognizes that people learn in various ways. For many of our clients, learning requires a modified approach. We offer individual and small group formats which address specific skill development areas including parenting, life and social skill training.
