Kim and Randy

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About Us:

I have been a Parent Therapist with Quinte Children’s Homes since October 2004 and Randy since the summer of 2009. We purchased our first home together in September of 2010. We are both very family oriented and active within our community by playing sports and volunteering for charity events. Randy plays professional hockey and is away 6 to 8 months of the year, but travels home as frequent as he can and trips are planned to visit him as well. We both maintain healthy lifestyles and make physical fitness part of our daily routine. We encourage this with our two foster children as well.

Management Style

We create a family atmosphere and encourage mutual respect in the home. We implement daily routines and structure into our day. We ensure that quality time is spent with each member of the home. Any issues within the home are looked at as learning opportunities to develop new skills and grow as individuals.

Description of Home

Our home is just two years old on a quiet subdivision, just minutes from the new YMCA in Trenton. It is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. We also have a playroom and large rec room area. We have a fair size backyard with deck and hot tub. We have also ensured that we are equipped with lots of outdoor toys such as hockey and basketball nets. There is also a small park on our street.

Pets

We have a very friendly 8 year old black lab named Cassie that loves to play catch and go for walks.

Kim: Primary Parent Therapist

Experience:

Over 10 years experience working with children in group home, school and residential settings.

Training:

  • Standard First Aid with CPR
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training
  • Attachment, Early Intervention and the Circle of Security
  • “Mean Girls” Seminar. Strategies and Resources in Identifying and Helping Relationally Aggressive Girls and Empowering their Victims
  • Workshop on Attachment and the Brain
  • Understanding and Treating Children and Youth
  • WHMIS training
  • Training on the AAR-C2 form (Ontario Looking After Children)
  • Fire and Safety training
  • Suicide Intervention training
  • Youth Criminal Justice Act training

Randy: Secondary Parent Therapist

Randy spent his teen years playing hockey for the Belleville Bulls for 4 years. Randy then went on to play professional hockey in the US. Randy has several years experience working with youth throughout his hockey career with coaching and volunteer work. He is very hands on and likes to be active with children.

Interests:

We both enjoy the outdoors and keeping active. With Randy’s career, Hockey is a very big part of our lives. We utilize any free time to spend with family and friends and be involved in community events.