Catherine M. Lee University of Ottawa

IPS Australia 14 Canadian investigators 29 partner agencies 1938 parents uOttawa report team

 IPS  IPS comes to Canada  Key findings from Hastings and Prince Edward  Lessons learned

 Websites  messages  Electronic newsletters  Posters  At events and activities

 Available online at: ◦ cts_ipsc_partners.asp cts_ipsc_partners.asp  Full sample and separate reports divided by : ◦ Child age ◦ Parent age ◦ Parent gender ◦ Marital status ◦ Parental employment ◦ Adequacy of income ◦ Family type

Child Disability by Type (%) 1

Family Type (%) 1 Original Step Single parent Other Respondent Relationship to Child (%) 1 Biological or Adoptive Parent Step Parent Foster Parent Other Number of Children in Household 2 Mean Range

Parent CharacteristicsParent Gender Male 1 Female 2 Age (in years) Mean SD Range Marital Status (%) Married or Cohabiting Single Divorced/Separated Widow/er

* Respondents could endorse more than one type of professional 33.0% of respondents consulted a professional about their children’s behaviour in the last 12 months 1

* Respondents could endorse more than one program

* Respondents could endorse more than one reason

Not at all useful Extremely Useful

 Need: ◦ More funding ◦ To abbreviate and simplify questionnaire ◦ To collaborate on survey for First Nations, Métis and Inuit ◦ To translate to other languages.

The IPS-C team would like to express its gratitude to the partner agencies for your tireless efforts in recruiting parents for this study! The success of this project would not have been possible without all of your hard work.