The Ontario Intensive Treatment Pathway was announced earlier this year and represents an incredible opportunity to redefine and redesign intensive treatment across the province. This significant transformational initiative, with a focus on live in treatment, also has the potential to lay a foundation for a new, collaborative and innovative system. To do so, those working to develop and implement the OITP are tasked with considering a wide range of factors and perspectives. The challenges and considerations are big; the solutions are not small, simple or fast.
This session is an opportunity to seek input and advice to inform the next stages of the work, beginning with live in treatment. The hour session will be segmented with a brief topic introduction followed by a preliminary panel response and opportunity for audience engagement on critical questions that need answers, such as:
- What are the most pressing system issues in LIT that need to be urgently addressed through this opportunity?
- What are the most important opportunities this model offers to Ontario kids and families? To providers? To our partners?
- What are the most significant barriers and challenges you anticipate to success? How can we mitigate them?
Presenters:
A panel presentation of representatives of the Ontario Intensive Treatment Program’s System Planning Group
Kristen Dougherty (ROCK)
Kirsten Dougherty brings over two decades of non-profit sector experience, starting as a Business Development Officer at The Children’s Assessment and Treatment Centre in 1999 until 2005. Joining ROCK Reach Out Centre for Kids in 2005, Kirsten held roles such as Director of Foundation Operations and Director of People, Culture, and Sustainability. Appointed Vice President in 2017 and subsequently Chief Executive Officer in 2020, Kirsten excels in forging partnerships, overseeing operations, and guiding teams within the non-profit industry.
Zoja Holman (ZRH Consulting)
Mark Fraser (Compass Boussoule Akii-Izhinoogan)
Mark L. Fraser is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Compass. As a registered psychotherapist with the College of Psychotherapists of Ontario with over 25 years of clinical and research experience working with complex children, youth and families within the children’s mental health and child welfare sectors, he holds a Master’s in Applied Psychology, and Bachelor Degrees in Psychology (H.B.A.) and Biochemical Sciences. Mark’s PhD studies examined the developmental trajectory of executive functioning across the lifespan. Mark’s other research interests are statistics, program evaluation, the effects of maltreatment on children and youth’s neuropsychological and developmental outcomes (including health, behavioral, educational, social and emotional dimensions) and group interventions with complex children and families.
Lori Kempe (Children First/HDGH)
Lori Kempe is the Executive Director of Children First in Essex County and Executive Lead, Lead Agency for Child and Youth Mental Health at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare. Over the past 28 years, Lori has held a variety of positions in children’s mental health, developmental services, and child welfare in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent communities. Lori holds a Bachelor of Social Work, a Masters Degree in Social Work, diplomas in Sign Language Communication and Interpreting and Green Belt in Lean Healthcare Management. Lori is a volunteer reviewer with the Canadian Centre for Accreditation, an advisory Council Member with the Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions and is the Vice President of St. Clair College Alumni Board.
Cathy Paul (Kinark Child and Family Services)
