Peel Respite Services
What is Respite Care?
Respite care is a family support service that promotes active living and provides temporary relief from the physical and emotional demands involved in caring for a family member who has a disability. Respite creates greater opportunities for all family members to live actively and participate in community activities and allows parents/guardians time for themselves.
The guiding principles of respiteservices.com are:
- To develop a comprehensive respite system in Peel.
- To develop and maintain a coherent access process for families of children and adults requiring respite options.
- To facilitate respite options for individuals that match their identified needs.
What is a Respite Facilitator?
Respite Facilitators activate provider and family profiles, generate matches through the database, and provide resources to families and providers. They also host respite events that help network providers and families, as well as information events.
To contact our team please call 905-890-9432 or email peelrespiteservices@cdrcp.com
Family Supports
Peel Respite Services assists with providing parent/caregiver relief, in the family home or in the community by helping network respite providers and families. This may include one to one support in the community or assisting families to implement recommendations made by qualified therapists (e.g. Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist)
Family Supports
Peel Respite Services assists with providing parent/caregiver relief, in the family home or in the community by helping network respite providers and families. This may include one to one support in the community or assisting families to implement recommendations made by qualified therapists (e.g. Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist)’
Respite Providers
Peel Respite Services is a great way to help a family, gain experience, kick start your career in social services and have a great time doing it! We’re looking for extraordinary people like YOU to join our program!
Registration offers you the opportunity to be connected to families looking for respite support. Our database matches Respite Providers, like yourself, to families supporting individuals with disabilities throughout the Region of Peel.
Interested in joining?
The purpose of the Peel Respite Services is to make the process of recruiting and contracting support workers easier for families and caregivers. If you are still seeking connections outside of your matched profiles please search through our classified ads.
Peel Respite Services are funded in partnership with the Government of Ontario.
Family Supports
Peel Respite Services assists with providing parent/caregiver relief, in the family home or in the community by helping network respite providers and families. This may include one to one support in the community or assisting families to implement recommendations made by qualified therapists (e.g. Speech Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist)
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Additional Family Information
Peel Respite Providers program is a database of qualified, experienced Providers and families seeking support. Respite providers vary in experience, skill sets, and availability, and should not be considered trained therapists.
respiteservices.com assists with providing parent/caregiver relief, in the family home or in the community by helping network respite providers and families. This may include one to one support in the community or assisting families to implement recommendations made by qualified therapists (e.g. Speech Language Pathologists or Occupational Therapist).
Respite providers are not employees of CDRCO- families accessing the database contract respite providers directly. All providers have submitted a profile outlining their experience, interests and availability, as well as a resume which are reviewed by respite facilitators. Each worker also has a Police Reference Check conducted, and has attended an information session; however, it is an expectation that each family does their own screening.
There is no charge for the use of the database. We cannot guarantee that families will always find the support they require. We strongly encourage caregivers to also recruit their own providers through community schools, churches, libraries and community centres.
Legal Guide to Engaging Support Workers
One of those responsibilities can be the hiring of support workers. In Ontario, individualized, direct funding makes this a possibility. Direct funding gives people more control over their day-to-day lives, where they go, what they do and who supports them to do it.
This makes community more accessible, in ways that are suited to each person. But, dealing with the issues associated with hiring support workers, can be complicated. That is why we created this guide. Community Living Ontario believes in people. We believe in families and we believe in people who choose to make supporting people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities their profession.
We hope this guide helps everyone to sort out the issues associated with these interconnnected realtionships in a way that provides education and help in determining which course is right for you.
Click here to access A Legal Guide to Engaging Support Workers for People with Disabilities
Respite Providers
Peel Respite Services is a great way to help a family, gain experience, kick start your career in social services and have a great time doing it! We’re looking for extraordinary people like YOU to join our program!
Registration offers you the opportunity to be connected to families looking for respite support. Our database matches Respite Providers, like yourself, to families supporting individuals with disabilities throughout the Region of Peel.
Interested in joining?
The purpose of the Peel Respite Services is to make the process of recruiting and contracting support workers easier for families and caregivers. If you are still seeking connections outside of your matched profiles please search through our classified ads.
Additional Resources
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Funding Options
Funding Sources available for families:
Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities Program
This program provides assistance to parents with extraordinary costs associated with having a child with serious special needs.
This program provides funding for the personal development and growth of the family member with a disability and secondly for relief and support for the family. Up to age 18.
Passport is a program that helps people with a developmental disability live as independently as possible in their communities. Individuals with a developmental disability (or their families) can apply for funding to support their personal development and growth. They can use the money to pay for activities to help them.
Ontario Disability Support Program
provides income support to people over the age of 18 who meet the following legislated definition of disability and who are in financial need.
Easter Seals
Incontinence Supplies Grant Program For Children and Youth with Disabilities Application Guidelines
Registered Disability Saving Plan
Ontario Health Insurance OHIP
Application for Health Cards
Canada Child Benefit
CCB is a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age.
Respite Options
For additional Respite options via community agencies please click here
Leisure and Recreation Programming
Brampton:
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| City of Brampton’s parks and recreation program; offering information on Brampton parks, summer and March break programs, various recreational activities. Provides opportunity to make new friends, develop skills and have fun. | |||
| https://www.brampton.ca/en/pages/welcome.aspx | Contact : 905-874-2000 | ||
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| City of Brampton offers multiple library locations offering a collection of sources of information and similar resources. There is a variety of programs, activities, and classes that are also accessible through these libraries. Check out a location today and you are sure to find something fun and new that appeals to you. | |||
| http://www.bramlib.on.ca/ | Contact : 905-793-4636 | ||
Caledon
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| Town of Caledon’s parks and recreational programs; offering information on Caledon’s parks, summer and March break programs, varies recreational activities. Provides opportunity to make new friends, develop skills and have fun. | |||
| https://www.caledon.ca/en/living-here/recreation–leisure.aspx | Contact : 905-584-2272 | ||
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| Town of Caledon offers multiple library locations offering a collection of sources of information and similar resources. There is a variety of programs, activities, and classes that are also accessible through these libraries. Check out a location today and you are sure to find something fun and new that appeals to you. | |||
| http://www.caledon.library.on.ca/default.aspx | Contact : 905-857-1400 | ||
Mississauga
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| City of Mississauga’s parks and recreation program; offering information on Mississauga parks, summer and March break programs, various recreational activities. Provides opportunity to make new friends, develop skills and have fun. | |||
| http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/recreationandparks | Contact : 905-615-4311 | ||
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| City of Mississauga offers multiple library locations offering a collection of sources of information and similar resources. There is a variety of programs, activities, and classes that are also accessible through these libraries. Check out a location today and you are sure to find something fun and new that appeals to you. | |||
| http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/library | |||
Transportation
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| Brampton Transit is a pay-as-you-board transit system. They are committed to the citizens of Brampton. All their buses (conventional and Züm) are equipped with accessibility features, including lift or ramp, kneeling feature at front doors, two wheelchair/scooter areas, and blue international wheelchair symbol displayed on front passenger side. | |||
| http://www.brampton.ca/en/residents/transit/Pages/Home.aspx | Contact : 905-874-2000 | ||
| Kids Limo | |||
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| Kids Limo are a well-established door-to-door transportation company offering personalized service. Now successfully operating for more than 20 years, they are committed to making the lives of families like yours easier by ensuring that your children are transported to and from school and other activities safely, conveniently, efficiently and comfortably. | |||
| http://www.kidslimo.com/ | Contact : 416-368-KIDS (5437) | ||
| Let’s Buggy Inc. | |||
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| Do you require daily pick and drop services from school, daycare, or after-school programs in extreme weather conditions? You don’t want children to walk home from a bus stop in cold? Need a drop to the karate practice or dance rehearsal class once a week? Weekend music lessons or swim practice anyone? Scheduled charter trips to the community centres, senior citizen programs, or birthday parties? We have you covered. Say hello to convenience and peace of mind. | |||
| https://www.letsbuggy.ca/ | Contact : 1-855-442-8449 | ||
| Mississauga Transit | |||
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Mississauga Transit, MiWay, is a pay-as-you-board transit system. They are committed to the citizens of Mississauga. MiWay routes create economical and efficient transportation connections between popular destinations throughout the city and our services connect with neighbouring transit systems including GO Transit, TTC, Brampton Transit and Oakville Transit. MiWay provides customers with two types of service: MiExpress for express travel on blue buses servicing limited-stop routes, and MiLocal for local travel on orange buses along regular and school routes. All MiWay buses are fully accessible. |
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| http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/miway | Contact : 905-615-4636 | ||
| Smart Commute (Brampton-Caledon) | |||
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| Smart Commute Brampton-Caledon is a program dedicated to enhancing the mobility of the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon’s workforce. They are a non-profit organization funded by key stakeholders from the area. | |||
| http://smartcommute.ca/brampton-caledon/commuter-zone/transit-zone/ | Contact : 905-813-2173 | ||
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| TransHelp is a shared ride service, the same as a public transportation, for the citizens of Peel region. It provides accessible transportation for residents with a disability who experience a barrier to using conventional transportation some or all of the time. | |||
| https://www.peelregion.ca/transhelp | Contact : 905-791-1015 | ||
| Wheel Chair Accessible Transit Inc. | |||
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| Wheel Chair Accessible Transit offers accessible transportation solutions throughout the Peel Region, City of Toronto, Halton Region, York Region, Durham Region and destinations across Southern Ontario. | |||
| http://www.wheelchairtransit.com/ | Contact : 416‑884‑9898 | ||
Printable Activities
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| This is a great resource for parents, educators and kids looking for creative ideas and activities. | |||
| http://www.crayola.ca/ | |||
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| Do2learn provides thousands of free pages with social skills and behavioural regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills. In addition, it offers premier products including View2do, JobTIPS, FACELAND, books, and apps for purchase. | |||
| http://www.do2learn.com/ | |||
| Education.com | |||
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| Education.com is a website that has a variety of printable worksheets. These worksheets help kids explore topics, practice skills, and build knowledge. The worksheets address skills in a variety of ways, from puzzles to mazes to letter and picture matching. Download and print any worksheet for free. | |||
| https://www.education.com/ | |||
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| An excellent resource for all parents. There are ready-made worksheets as well as ones that you can customize. This gives parents the flexibility to choose the kind of problems they want to include based on the child’s age and level of skill. | |||
| https://www.jumpstart.com/parents/worksheets | |||
Partners
Peel Respite Services are funded in partnership with the Government of Ontario.
Partners
Peel Respite Services are funded in partnership with the Government of Ontario.