2024/2025 Highlights

At ErinoakKids, it is our mission to help children and youth with physical, developmental and communication disabilities achieve optimal levels of independence, learning, health and wellbeing. 

Our innovative approach to clinical services, featuring tiered interventions and integrated care models, is led by a dedicated and skilled team of clinicians who centre the needs of children and families in their work every day. 

Check out some of our 2024/2025 highlights below! 

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Making a Difference for Families

The new ErinoakKids Family Engagement team is bringing a new model of family engagement to life, creating regular opportunites for connection, listening and learning. Through their facilitation of the first CARES program at ErinoakKids, the team supported caregiver wellness and wellbeing. 

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Autism ABA Services

The first sessions of our new 1:1 Applied Behaviour Analysis program launched in September, leveraging ErinoakKids’ ABA expertise to support families and offer continuity of care for clients transitioning from funded services. 

Entry to School (ETS) continues to support successful transitions to school, expanding to Halton this year and launching a a pilot program offering full-day sessions, responding to the needs of families. 

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National Recognition

Alongside Peel Police and our partners, ErinoakKids was thrilled to be recognized with a national award for the Peel Autism Collaborative (PAC) from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP). 

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Building Stronger Community Ties

New community connections with Peel CAS and SMILE Canada support services through the Leading Innovation for Transformation (LIFT) Action Plan and SmartStart Hub initiatives are helping us to better support vulnerable and hard to reach families. 

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Strengthening Medical Partnerships

Through our partnership with the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) School of Medicine, ErinoakKids is creating opportunities for new physicians to better understand the needs of our client families. 

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Fundraising and Development

In December we hosted the first Marketplace on Main Street holiday event, to celebrate community donors and partners at our Mississauga site. The event was filled with fun and featured a memorable performance from one of our former clients. 

The year-end holiday campaign was certainly A December to Remember, raising $36,000 in support of our highest priority needs.

A corporate donor staff volunteering program allows organizations like RBC and Holman to give of their time to support our programs. 

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Securing Resources for Growth

ErinoakKids actively pursues new and renewable funding opportunities for vital programs. The Finance team once again achieved a balanced budget and a clean audit for 2024/2025 through careful budgeting, in-year monitoring of expenses and strategic purchasing. 

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Building Better Spaces

The Facilities team continues to keep our spaces safe and welcoming for client families. This year they completed the build of a beautiful new pavilion at ErinoakKids Halton site. It has since been sponsored by the Kaitting Family, and aims to provide shade for sunny summer days.

Our Facilities team also reconfigured treatment rooms to create more classrooms for the expansion of the Entry To School program and successfully completed a major public tender process to secure reliable multi-year cleaning and porter services.

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People and Culture

Human Resources (HR) has a new name, to better reflect their important role at ErinoakKids. The People and Culture team has had a busy year, streamlining hiring through a user-friendly applicant tracking system and updating the compensation and job evaluation system 

The launch of "Treehouse Talks" give staff regular opportunities to provide input on important program decisions, and staff provided essential feedback on culture and direction through an Employee Opinion Survey. 

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Moving our Digital Health Strategy Forward

In year two of our ambitious three-year Digital Health Strategy, we launched the first ErinoakKids intranet: “MyErinoakKids”, a central hub for staff to access the latest news, find important resources and quickly access the tools they need most.   

The launch of text message appointment notifications and reminders help families stay informed and on track with timely updates delivered right to their phone. 

Refreshed caseload reporting provides valuable insights to support teams across the organization, and new program reporting has been created to empower clinical leadership in monitoring ministry program deliverables and targets effectively. 

As with everything we do at ErinoakKids, the Digital Health Strategy keeps clients and families at the core, enabling us to strengthen our client/provider relationship through improved access and convenience in managing care and a reduced burden to transfer health information. 

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Updated Values

After careful thought, consideration and conversation, we have updated our Values to reflect the present and future of ErinoakKids! Our new values are: 

• Excellence
• Collaboration
• Inclusion
• Integrity

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Highlighting our Board’s support

Thank you to our Board of Directors for their dedication to ErinoakKids! Your support, guidance and commitment makes this organization a better place. 

Board of Directors - Cycle 2024/2025

• Stephen Bishop (Board Chair) 
• Matthew Horan (Vice Chair)
• Nancy Anderson 
• Patrick Bartlett 
• Carolyn Bell
• Dr. Susan Bookey-Bassett 
• Paul Kelly 
• James Sutherland
• Sana Worley
• Scott Sullivan
• Liana Hart

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