OK, in most provinces in Canada they’re known as social workers. But in Ontario, where they’re often self-employed, they’re known as private adoption practitioners.
Private adoption practitioners are provincially-licensed specialists who provide a variety of pre- and post-adoption services to both prospective adoptive parents and birth parents in a private adoption. If you’re a hopeful adoptive parent, they can help you with things like your home study, which is the first step in the adoption process.
And if you’re a would-be birth parent, they can help you make sense of the process through free counselling and support and put you in touch with waiting parents. And remember, as a prospective birth parent, all of the assistance you receive is free, whether or not you go through with your adoption plan.
To find out more about what private adoption practitioners can offer you, feel free to contact them directly.
Ajax
MICHAEL TAYLOR
360 Bayly Street West
Suite 201
Ajax, ON L1S 1P1
Tel: (289) 200-4144
Fax: (905) 427-0817
E-mail: mikeluztaylor@hotmail.com
Barrie
JANE JONES
45 Oakridge Drive
Barrie, ON L4N 5N6
Tel: (705) 734-9259
E-mail: janejones07@gmail.com
Cookstown
MARIE MCCALLUM
16 Cloverhill Cres
Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0
Tel: (705) 722-4163
E-Mail: mccallumfamily@hotmail.com
Guelph
MARY HOWLETT-NERO
33 McTague Street
Guelph, ON N1H 2A7
Tel: (519) 763-1520
Fax: (519)-763-3752
E-Mail: howlettnero@gmail.com
Website: www.PathsToAdoption.com
KERRY VANDERGRIFT
71 White Pine Way
Guelph, ON N1G 4X7
Tel: (519) 823-0632
Fax: (905) 528-6589
E-Mail: kerryjvandergrift@gmail.com
Hamilton
TECLA JENNISKENS
175 Beach Blvd.
Hamilton, ON L8H 6V8
Tel: (905) 870-8003
Fax: (888) 708-5715
E-mail: teclaj1@yahoo.ca
Website: teclajenniskens.com
(restricted to applicants residing outside Waterloo region)
Kingston
JENNIE PAINTER
162 Phillips Street
Kingston, ON K7M 2Z8
Tel: (613) 542-0275
Fax: (613) 542-2933
E-Mail: jennie@openadoption.ca
Website: www.openadoption.ca
Kitchener-Waterloo
BERYL MERCER
8 Shirefield Lane
New Hamburg, ON N3A 4L9
Tel: (519) 662-3836
Fax: (519) 662-2071
E-Mail: b_mercer@bell.net
Markham
THERESA MILLS
9 Stollery Pond Crescent, Suite 611
Markham, Ontario, L6C 0Y1
Tel: (416) 371-3133
Theresa.mills@rogers.com
https://theresamillsadoption.ca
Oakville
JULIE THOMPSON
Oakville, ON
Tel: (905) 808-1101
Fax: (905) 847-2313
Email: julie.thompson@cogeco.ca
Ottawa
LINDA CORSINI, M.S.W, R.S.W
54 Patterson Ave.
Ottawa, Ont K1S 1Y1
Tel/Fax:: (613) 233-7108
E-mail: ljcorsini@rogers.com
(English – French – Italian)
HELEN DAWKES-BROWN
29 Cherry Avenue
PO Box 200
Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0
Tel: (613) 534-8505
E-Mail: adoption@cogeco.ca
(English & French)
SANDRA FORBES
300 March Road
Suite # 446
Kanata, ON K2K 2E2
Tel: (613) 314-5952
Fax: (613) 599-8067
E-mail: Sjforbes111@me.com
MARYANNE KING
458 Maclaren Street
Unit B, 2nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1R 5K6
Tel: (613) 276-1525
Fax: (613) 736-9677
E-Mail: maryanne.king@sympatico.ca
(English – some French)
STEPHANIE PARKER
1554 Carling Avenue
Suite # 105
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7M4
Tel: (613) 614-1384
Fax: (613) 435-1932
E-Mail: stephparker@rogers.com
(English – French)
Owen Sound
DEBORAH REESOR
313 Telford Trail
Kemble, ON N0H 1S0
Tel: (226) 664-0331
E-Mail: reesordeb@gmail.com
Paris
GLORY TO
52 Banfield Street
Paris, ON N3L 2Y8
Tel: (519) 577-0735
Fax: (519) 884-3909
E-Mail: gloryto@rogers.com
(English-Chinese)
Pickering
PAT CONVERY
1897 Sprucehill Road
Pickering, ON L1V 1S6
Tel: (416) 579-0472
Fax: 1-866-216-4582
E-Mail: patconvery@sympatico.ca
Sarnia
DR. ANNE TOTH
265 North Front Street, Suite 411-L
Sarnia, ON N7T 7X1
Tel/TTY: (519) 337-3357
Fax: (519) 337-0315
Cell: (519) 330-3357
E-Mail: DrAnneToth@rogers.com
(English, French & American Sign Language)
Sault Ste. Marie
LINDA SCHRAEDER
Adoption Counselling Algoma
359 River Road
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K9
Res: (705) 759-6146
Fax: (705) 759-6013
E-mail: adoptionalgoma@shaw.ca
Website: www.adoptionalgoma.ca
St. Catharines
LINDA REID
6 Blue Spruce Court
St. Catharines, ON L2N 4E7
Tel: (905) 935-2568
Fax: (905) 935-2568
E-Mail: lreid2@cogeco.ca
Sudbury
JUDITH KRASUSKI
349 Albinson Street
Sudbury, ON P3C 3W4
Tel: (705) 673-2942
Fax: (705) 675-7091
E-mail: judith.krasuski@gmail.com
Thornhill
SHEILA NEUBURGER
#612 – 1 Clark Avenue West
Thornhill, ON L4J 7Y6
Tel: (905) 886-4262
Fax: (905) 886-8787
E-Mail: sheilaneuburger@rogers.com
KAREN RYBKO
129 Gailcrest Circle
Thornhill, ON L4J 5V8
Tel: (905) 886-8475
Fax: (905) 513-6306
E-Mail: karenrybko@hotmail.com
Thunder Bay
DEANNA WARD
221 Fairbank Crescent
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5M1
Tel: (807) 621-8966
Fax: (807) 701-5955
E-mail: deannaward@tbaytel.net
Toronto
ANDREA GORDON ABRAHAMS
388 Bloor Street East
Suite # 1101
Toronto, Ontario M4W 3W9
Cell: (416) 576-8208
Fax: (416) 364-7826
E-Mail: andrea@adoptionpractitioner.com
ANGELA AL-HILLAL
2320 Gerrard Street East, Unit # 122
Toronto, ON M4E 2E1
Tel: (416) 466-1046
Fax: 466-9725
E-Mail: angela.alhillal095@sympatico.ca
MARY ALLAN
25 Tanager Avenue
Toronto, ON M4G 3P9
Tel: 416-458-7161
Fax: 647-438-5084
E-Mail: meabest@rogers.com
MARIE ARTT
40 Riverdale Avenue
Toronto, ON M4K 1C3
Tel: (416) 469-2424
Fax: (416) 469-1095
E-Mail: clinicaladoption@primus.ca
ANN BERNARDO
#2 – 82 Cassandra Boulevard
Toronto, ON M3A 1S6
Tel: 416-826-4595
E-mail: annbernardo100@gmail.com
MICHAEL BLUGERMAN
Children’s Resource Centre
100 St. Clair Street West
Toronto, ON M4V 1N3
Tel: (416) 923-7771
Fax: (416) 923-1260
E-Mail: michael@ontarioadoptions.com
PATRICIA FENTON
10 Delisle Avenue, Suite # 606
Toronto, ON M4V 3C6
Tel: (416) 271-3432
E-Mail: pfenton@mandt.ca
Website: www.milestonesandtransitions.com
SHARON GOLLERT
6 Garamond Court, Suite # 230
Toronto, ON M3C 1Z5
Tel: (416) 694-7568
Email: sgollert1@bell.net
SUZANNE GRI
15 Burnt Log Crescent
Etobicoke, ON M9C 2J7
Tel: (416) 915-7155
Fax: (416) 915-7158
E-mail: sgri@rogers.com
RAMANI R. JAYAKUMAR
130 Westmore Drive, Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M9V 5E2
Tel: 416-305-5974
Fax: 905-497-2599
E-mail: rjayakumar@rogers.com
MARY ANN KENNEDY
75 Wynford Heights Crescent
Suite #401
Toronto, ON M3C 3H9
Tel: (416) 446-6040
E-Mail: maryannkennedy@rogers.com
LISA KREINDLER
164 Eglinton Avenue East
Suite #202
Toronto, ON M4P 1G4
Tel: (647) 289-4509
Email: lisa.kreindler@gmail.com
Website: www.adoptioncounsellingassociates.com
DAGMAR NIFFELER
174 Angus Drive
Toronto ON M2J 2Z1
Tel/Fax: (416) 493-5150
E-mail: dagmarniffeler@yahoo.com
(English & French)
MAUREEN O’DELL
67 Kennedy Park Road
Toronto, ON m6p 3H2
Tel: (416) 762-1999
E-Mail: maureenodell@hotmail.com
JACKIE POPLACK
65 Wembley Road
Toronto, ON M6C 2G1
Tel: (416) 782-5354
Fax: (416) 781-5678
E-Mail: jpoplack@sympatico.ca
Website: www.adoptioncounsellingassociates.com
ANNE SHEEHAN
130 Carlton Street
Suite #711
Toronto, ON M5A 4K3
Tel/Fax: (416) 922-0207
E-mail: annsheehan@rogers.com
(English & French)
SOFIE STERGIANIS
105 Belsize Drive
Suite # 2
Toronto, ON M4S 1L3
Tel: (416) 825-0093
E-Mail: adoption@rogers.com
Website: www.adoptioneducation.ca
BETTY ANN STREETER
60 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON M4V 1M1
Tel: (416) 969-7930
E-mail: bastreeter@mandt.ca
Website: www.milestonesandtransitions.com
KAREN TURNER
150 St. Helen’s Avenue
Toronto, ON M6H 4A1
Tel: (416) 516-1577
Fax: (416) 516-9043
E-mail: karenturner@sympatico.ca
Uxbridge
PETER CALLENS
16 Turner Drive
Uxbridge, ON L9P 1V4
Tel: (905) 862-2518
Fax: (905) 862-3054
E-Mail: pcallens@sympatico.ca
Whitby
SALVATORE GAROFALO
27 Jacob Drive
Whitby, ON LIP 1A9
Tel: (905) 668-2768
Fax: (905) 668-8252
(English-Italian)
E-Mail: sal_garofalo@sympatico.ca
Website: www.SalGarofalo.com
Windsor
JANICE CONGRAM
393 Pinehurst
Belle River, ON N0R 1A0
Tel: 519-727-6705
Fax: 519-979-8084
E-Mail: jscongram@sympatico.ca
