"Connect helped me to see things from my kid's perspective and ways that her past shapes her behaviors. I can now see what I can do differently to hopefully prevent things from getting out of control."

—A parent who attended Connect
"Connect kept my attention! I didn't want to miss a session even when I had a lot going on at home. The facilitators were really supportive and 'real' with us. Normally I just sit back in training sessions, but in Connect, the facilitators were really engaging and it was easy to participate."

—A parent who attended Connect
"Connect really brought it into 'I hear you, I'm listening and I'm sitting in it with you'. As foster parents, I think that is probably the biggest key of all when these kiddos come into your home. Connect has been such a benefit to us and if I could become an advocate for foster parents, this course was so vital and should be introduced to all foster parents."

—A Connect for Kinship and Foster Parents group facilitator

The Connect Parent Group focuses on strengthening the building blocks of attachment security. This means enhancing:

caregivers’ understanding of adolescent development and the relational meaning of behaviour
caregivers’ sensitivity
caregivers’ reflective functioning
caregivers’ ability to manage difficult emotional states in themselves and their children (dyadic affect regulation)
shared partnership and mutuality in the caregiver-child relationship

"Connect helped me to see things from my kid's perspective and ways that her past shapes her behaviors. I can now see what I can do differently to hopefully prevent things from getting out of control."

"Connect kept my attention! I didn't want to miss a session even when I had a lot going on at home. The facilitators were really supportive and 'real' with us. Normally I just sit back in training sessions, but in Connect, the facilitators were really engaging and it was easy to participate."