Peer/Self-Help - Mental Health
HOPE offers support, information, and resources to parents and guardians throughout Ontario who are troubled by the behaviour of their adolescent or young adult children.
HOPE offers the following services to parents/caregivers through an annual membership:
Peer Support Meetings
Peer support meetings for parents/caregivers to address their parenting concerns. HOPE’s parent-to-parent peer support groups provide a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental environment where parents facing similar life events or parenting-related challenges can exchange mutual support and experiential knowledge. These weekly group meetings give parents a regular chance to connect, share practical ideas, learn new and effective parenting techniques, and strategize on ways forward.
Phone and Other Support
Between meetings, parents who attend regularly also have access to member-to-member phone support. When possible, members may be offered in-person moral support over a casual cup of coffee or at important parenting-related meetings and events (e.g. when their young person is in court).
Handbook and Website
HOPE also supports parents by equipping them with knowledge, tools, and resources including a parental guidebook and parents who join also have access to the Members Area of the website, where they will find a curated index of community resources, reference materials, and book recommendations.
Workshops and Annual Conference
In addition to peer support, HOPE periodically engages skilled volunteers and outside experts to conduct workshops and seminars.
Before committing to a membership, parents/caregivers interested in joining HOPE are invited to attend a support group meeting as a guest. Attending this confidential, no-obligation meeting offers parents an opportunity to experience parent-to-parent peer support first-hand, to hear from others about what brought them to HOPE, and to see if HOPE is right for them.
At this meeting, prospective members also receive an orientation session during which they will have a chance to have any questions answered by an experienced parent volunteer. Parents who decide to join are asked to register as a member online prior to their second meeting.
Please call or email for information.
Helping Other Parents Everywhere (HOPE), Inc.
Website
1740 Kingston Road
Pickering
Helping Other Parents Everywhere (HOPE), Inc.
Main Hours: Hours vary based on group meeting times.
Toll Free: 1-866-492-1299