As an approved Adoption Practitioner through the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Donna offers:

• SAFE Adoption Homestudies for international, domestic private and domestic child welfare adoptions;

• Support and assistance to review a proposed child's medical and social background history for a domestic or international adoption. When needed, Donna will help you to contact medical professionals with expertise in international adoption medicine. Donna will help you to realistically determine your comfort and acceptance of the child proposal and she will write the acceptance/refusal report for government authorities or liaise with the Children's Aid Society involved;

• After the adoption, Donna will keep in periodic contact with you, and she will conduct any post-placement home visits and follow-up reports required by the child's country of origin or the Children's Aid Society. If the child's adoption will finalize in Ontario, she will visit with you during the required timeframe, generally six months to one year, and then, she will complete the paperwork to assist with the adoption finalization.

As a PRIDE Lead-Trainer approved by the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, Donna offers:

• PRIDE Training for people considering adoption, people currently participating in a SAFE Adoption Homestudy and people waiting to adopt a child;

Please note: If you are working with Donna as an Approved Adoption Practitioner to undertake a SAFE Adoption Homestudy, you are not required to attend the PRIDE Training that she offers. Likewise, if attending the PRIDE Training offered by Donna and her adoptive parent co-trainer, Kelly, you are not required to have Donna complete your SAFE Adoption Homestudy.

How do I contact Donna?

Donna Durant
Approved Adoption Practitioner & PRIDE Lead-Trainer
donna@familyfocusadoption.com
905-627-9883

14 Sunrise Crescent
Dundas, ON  L9H 3R9