Welcome to

The National Child and Family Advocacy Council 
of
Canada 
A non-profit organization providing support, advocacy and conflict resolution services to families in the community through collaborative community-based approaches

Family Conflict Resolution Services 
A participating member agency of the NCFACC

 Information & Services

• Welcome message

• To contact us by E mail with your comments or suggestions

• List of the services available in support of children and families

• Information about how to become a  member of our Board of Directors.

• How to become a member of a community-based public review committee or to start a committee in your community

• Brochures relating to parenting issues and services provided 

• Referrals and Testimonials

• Family Co-ordinator Services

• The Oath of a family co-ordinator to act in the best interest of children and families.

• Family Support Persons - their purpose and function

• Sensitivity training for day care providers relating to children of separation or divorce

• How to help support our work helping children and families by making a donation. 

• Introducing our program in your community.

• How to file a public complaint against any person working under the Family Assistance & Parent Support Program

• Addressing the problems with families in conflict from the school's perspective - a short training program for educators

• What to include in a comprehensive parenting responsibility document (agreement or Court Order)

• How to prepare a comprehensive parenting plan and parental responsibility document.

• Sample parenting responsibility documents based on equal, shared and sole parenting/custody arrangements

• Parenting plan proposal review by community-based family support committee

• Review and analysis of assessment and parenting capacity reports from private and government sources.

• Contacts

• Questions & Answers for social workers and child welfare protection agencies.

• Support and assistance for Children's Aid Agencies.

• Children's Videotaped Interview Services (brochure - pdf format)

• Community-based Supervised Parenting Support/Transition Program

• Children's court advocacy services

• Assessing the assessors: Child Custody Assessment Report Evaluation Workshop. (One day workshop)

• Protecting yourself from lawsuit - tips for social workers and health care professionals.

The Family Assistance and Parent Support Program 

• Help children and families by providing your endorsement of our program

• How to become a member of our national/international professional advisory body

Our Program Manual

 Part One
Introduction & Outline of Program

• Preface

• Professional Advisory Group

• Corporate Sponsors from the Community

• Support from other community groups or agencies

• Goals

• Background

• Application and effectiveness

• National/International Participation invited

• Founding Principles

• The Rights of Children of Separation and Divorce

• The Best Interest of the Child

• Support Persons and their roles

• Process and Implementation

• Court documents

• Funding

• Supplemental Programs

• Training of Family Support Workers

• Complaint Process

• Organizational Structure

Part Two 
Family Conflict and its causes

• Family Conflict - its Causes and Solutions 

Part Three
Program Benefits

• Benefits of the Family Assistance and Parent Support Program

Part Four

Legal Documents

Index to selected documents

Part Five

Appendix

• Frequently Asked Questions & Answers (General)

• Questions & Answers for Police Services

• Questions & Answers for Lawyers

• Recommendations of the Joint Senate and House of Commons Report on Custody and Access.

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Comparison of services through the Family Assistance and Parent Support Program and other child custody and evaluation agencies (available in pdf format only)

• Rights of Children of Separation and Divorce - formatted into an 8.5" X 11.5"certificate format

word format

pdf format

General Information about children and families

• Types of custody & parenting arrangements 

• Suggested books for parents and family members affected by separation and divorce.

• Information and articles relating to the benefits of Shared/Joint Parenting

• The adversarial system of divorce and separation from the child's perspective

• Helpful suggestions and advice for separated or divorced parents.

• Family Mediation

• Experiences of others with the adversarial court system involving custody and access.

• Useful Guidelines when Preparing for a Custody and Access Evaluation

• Guidelines and procedures for police services in custody and access disputes.

• School policies involving children of divorce

• Hostile-Aggressive Parenting - it will adversely affect your children.

• Anti-Social behaviours exhibited by parents which alienate children from another parent

(document in pdf format)

Research Studies and Papers

• Effectively dealing with Hostile-Aggressive Parenting (HAP) - information for court, legal and health care professionals - January 2006 (pdf format)

• Risk of harm to a child Assessment Protocol for evaluating the extent and severity of Hostile-Aggressive Parenting (HAP) including recommended intervention strategies. (July 1, 2005 - Public comment invited)

• Involvement of non-custodial parents at their children's school and its effect on their children's  performance. (Link to The National Center for Education Statistics)

• Joint Senate/House of Commons report on Custody and Access.  (Link to Senate/House of Commons Website)

• Child Maltreatment 1999 - 10 years of reporting. (Direct link to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - in pdf format)

• School Based collaboration model for children with behavioural problems

• Dating during divorce

• Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales of Parent Evaluation of Custody Test (ASPECT Test)

Worldwide Links to other information

• Other Links

• Issues related to  interference of parenting of children.

• Issues related to child support.

General Interest

• Priorities - What are they in YOUR life?

• Collection of various other articles and stories of relating to children and families

“The most important job you’ll ever have is to love your children”

 President George Bush Dec. 4, 2001 at a town hall meeting in Orlando, Florida U.S.A.