The Kinnect Family Program provides Behaviour Development Support (BDS) coaching to parents and caregivers who want to be better equipped in managing the behaviours of their high-needs child.

BDS Parent Coaching Highlights:
Program elements:
• Intake assessment to determine family’s needs and behaviour goals;
• Customized family program plan developed by a behavior specialist;
• Personalized one-on-one coaching sessions with a behavior specialist;

The Kinnect Intensive service is a 9-month program that targets both parents/guardians and youth through its specialized support system. The youth receives a part-time out-of-home living arrangement at our Kinenct House, which provides a break that may have become part of the family dynamic. Youths will be taught trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate life skills, emotional regulation strategies, and conflict resolution tools.
Additionally, parents/guardians receive interventions to strengthen parent-child relationships, attend weekly training sessions, and collaborate with the team on goal setting for your family.

The Kinnections Community Wellness Program program connects families with high-needs children to trained hourly respite caregivers to give guardians a break. We offer both hourly & overnight (24-hour) respite supports.

Kinnections provides:
• Recruitment, screening, and training of respite caregivers;
• Careful matching process between client family and respite caregiver;
• Ongoing support to the client family and respite provider;
• Assistance accessing and navigating FSCD funding for client families;
• Direct billing to FSCD;

Kinnections Caregivers provide:
• Hourly respite services;
• Healthy connection with a safe adult;
• Support for daily routines;
• Behaviour management;
• In-home support for child;
• Community outings;