Family Compass: Guiding Care & Connection
Family Compass: Guiding Care & Connection
Future planning for a family member with a disability can often feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate the journey alone. Thanks to a generous grant from the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation, P4P’s Family Compass: Guiding Care and Connection Program is designed to walk alongside families and caregivers, helping to transform your ideas into actionable steps toward a meaningful and inclusive life rooted in community.
Family Compass Workshop Series
Start your journey with our free 3-part interactive virtual workshop series designed to empower families and caregivers by providing practical guidance and support, helping to envision what’s possible as you take actionable steps toward creating a full life with and for your family member with a disability.
The workshop is divided into three 2-hour sessions as follows:
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Part 1: Crafting a Future Vision
This session will help you clarify your vision and values, imagine a “good ordinary day,” and draft your first vision statement. We’ll help you translate your vision into concrete goals for home, relationships, and supports, strengthen and sustain the plan, while mapping out allies and resources.
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Part 2: Discovering Purpose and Valued Roles
In this session, we’ll explore what gives your family member meaning and purpose. We’ll identify their unique gifts, interests, and strengths, and identify opportunities where they can contribute, belong, and be known for who they are.
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Part 3: Building Relationships and Creating Connections
This final session will wrap up by helping you strengthen the relationships and networks that bring your vision to life. We’ll explore how you can build circles of support and cultivate a community where your family member is truly known, valued, and included.
Additional workshop dates will be released regularly until December 2026. Keep an eye out for emails from us as new sessions and cohorts become available for registration.
Family Compass Calls: One-to-One Support
Ready for your next step after the workshops? Let’s connect one-to-one!
Once you’ve completed the 3-week Family Compass Workshop Series, the best way to continue your progress and deepen the work you’ve started is by joining our free Family Compass Calls. These personalized, one-to-one support calls are designed to meet you where you are at and help you build on the foundation laid in the workshop sessions. Our dedicated team is eager to provide high-level guidance tailored to your family's unique goals and help you turn your ideas into manageable steps forward. If you're ready to take those next steps, sign up for a call today!
Areas We Can Help With
Our team is ready to support you in the following key areas:
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Federal Financial Benefits: Assistance with the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), or the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB).
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Provincial Funding & Government Programs: Guidance on navigating provincial systems like the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Developmental Services Ontario (DSO), Passport Funding, or Special Services at Home (SSAH).
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Planning for the Future: Strategies for moving forward in areas other than financial programs—such as building relationships and community, trying something new, or navigating life changes. This is also where you can discuss the topics presented in the Family Compass Workshops if you have already benefitted from that program.
Sign up below. We look forward to connecting with you!
SIGN UP FOR A FAMILY COMPASS CALL
Please note that space is limited: Registration for Family Compass Calls will be capped at 150 families on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration for Family Compass Workshops is capped at 40 participants per cohort.
Workshop registration is for the entire 3-part series. Individual session registration is not available. Please make sure you are available for all three workshop dates and can attend each session, as each session builds on the others.
Family Compass Calls will be operating from a waitlist to ensure every family receives dedicated time and support, and will wrap up by the end of December 2026. Be sure to sign up for our emails so you can be notified should we reopen the program in the new year.
Family Compass Calls are short-term, time-limited, and intended for families and caregivers in Ontario who are supporting someone with an intellectual or developmental disability.
Family Compass Calls are intended to help you build momentum on goals you feel ready to work on today. These calls are not for ongoing long-term support, nor for emergency or crisis requests.