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Families in Transition (FIT)
Specialized services for separating, divorcing and remarrying families
FIT provides specialized services for separating, divorcing and remarrying families that focus on supporting children. Separation and divorce are family transitions that challenge children and parents. Moving forward involves dealing with grief, anger, disappointment, and fear. Learn more about FIT programs and schedule of seminars .
Learning about the process of divorce helps parents reduce conflict, provides a foundation for building parenting partnerships, and creates an opportunity to strengthen relationships with children.
Blending families and remarriage requires children and parents to build new relationships, define roles and boundaries, establish parenting styles and discipline strategies, and develop stepfamily routines and traditions.
Our seminars and groups bring together individuals with similar experiences. Listening, learning and sharing ideas with others provide children and parents with support. The professional leadership of our programs offers participants up-to-date information and practical skills for coping with the challenges of transition. Parents learn ways of supporting their child’s adjustment to the changing family circumstances.
FIT staff are social workers or psychotherapists. They have post-graduate education at the Master’s or Doctoral level. In addition to extensive experience in working with changing families, the staff have training in child development, grief work, and conflict resolution. FIT programs and research have an international reputation.
Contacting FIT:
Families in Transition
Family Service Association of Toronto
420A-700 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto , ON M6A 3B4
Telephone: 416.585.9151 • Fax: 416.595.0242 • E-mail: fit@fsatoronto.com
FSA also offers support groups and legal clinics for widowed, separated or divorced women. Learn more >>
To arrange for counselling, please call our Service Access Unit, Tel: 416.595.9618
