About ParentingCoach.ca: 

ParentingCoach.ca is a project dedicated to advocate for effective parenting with a special focus on Internet era's effect on families and youth. Currently, this project is being sponsored by its Board of Founders and is supported by other special boards and affiliated organizations.   

Our Mission: 

To provide general coaching for parents and youth with high emphasis on how to become more productive and efficient in using the Internet era resources to their maximum potential and how to mitigate the Internet Era's harmful possibilities.

Our Goals: 

Education: Book review on parenting guidance + Q & A with an expert

Our complimentary seminars provide you with a summary of leading books on ​parental guidance followed by a Q & A session with an expert.



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Skill Building: workshops for youth, parents, or mix

Our workshops provide youth and parents with hands-on skills on a ​variety of topics.





Mental Health Awareness: educational material & clips for youth

Our material / clips will promote "rational thinking skills in Internet era" among youth and parents.




Mental Health Service Referrals: connecting parents and youth with life coaches or psychotherapists

We will connect parents and youth with coaching and psychotherapy providers. 

Our Boards and Affiliates

ParentingCoach.ca consists of Board of Founders, Board of Advisors, Parents Board, the Youth Board and Affiliated Organizations. These boards and affiliates are set up to help ParentingCoach.ca with identifying the community needs and producing richer material for our families.

For example, if we are going to produce material on "How to use your credit card responsibly as a teen?",  we will be interested in diverse ideas from different angles such as parents, youth, a therapists, a financial adviser, a lawyer, a teacher, and affiliated relevant organizations.

Thanks to many available internet technologies, most of the work are done in virtual environments such as Twitter. This way, we eliminate the need for frequent meetings and save our member's time. When a topic is chosen for development, it is posted for brainstorming and board members & affiliated organizations are invited to share their ideas (if any) within a certain time frame on Twitter. The information collected will be included in the process and will result in a richer content for our families and youth. 

Board of Founders

Hossein Ghadaki

Hossein Ghadaki is a parent who has sought solutions for Internet era lifestyle's family challenges and has sponsored this project for that purpose. 

It is no secret by now that the internet has caused a monolithic shift in our lifestyles and the world in which we live.  In the pursuit of happiness, prosperity and comfort its effects are sharply felt.  For those who realize the emerging opportunities, it is a resourceful era. 

These changes in our lifestyle are also felt in our family life. While families and youth enjoy this era's resources, some negative effects are being experienced. Issues such as screen addiction, excessive social networking, lack of parental control on the amount and quality of information our kids receive are real and worrisome. 

Our coaching is designed to supply parents with the secrets of how to become more knowledgeable, productive and efficient in helping their children tackle internet era challenges. 

Please feel free to contact me for a complimentary discussion and/or attend one of our complimentary seminars. 

Hossein Sani

Hossein Abdollahi Sani is a psychiatrist from Iran and has practiced psychiatry at home with his clientele with a variety issues for over 12 years.

He has a lot of experience in counselling families, teenagers, and relationship issues. His favorite method of psychotherapy is Gestalt, and he also uses CBT, DBT, and eclectic psychotherapy with his clients.

He can help people with a variety of issues including anxiety, panic, phobia, depressive symptoms, addiction, substance abuse and smoking problems, family and relationship problems, and personality issues including feelings of inadequacy, self-esteem, perfectionism, jealousy, and lack of motivation.
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He is a practicing psychotherapist in Ontario and an sponsor of ParentingCoach.ca.

Board of Advisors

Mohammad F. Azar

Mr. Azar is a certified special need teacher and an ESL (English as a Second Language) specialist with degrees from Allameh University (Iran), York University and Toronto University. His experience includes extensive trip around the world to attend international conferences on Transportation and Communication fields. He has studied the public education systems of European and Asian countries, has developed English language programs for different industries, has organized and mediated parenting workshops on academic and pedagogic fields, and has provided counseling services on learning difficulties and special education.  Mr. Azar is fluent in English, French, Turkish, and Farsi. 

Todd Simkover

Todd Simkover has an M.A. in Critical Disability Studies from York University.  Driven by his own lived experiences on the autism spectrum, he understands first-hand what the life challenges are.  He is a strong advocate for creating greater acceptance of those with neurological differences and promotes a neurodiversity-based model of autism, that focuses on strengths and talents as opposed to deficits.  In addition to his Autism Consulting role at Kerry’s Place Autism Services in Toronto, Todd is also an emerging entrepreneur through his business, Autism Self-Advocacy Services, which provides self-advocacy coaching services for adolescents and adults on the spectrum within Southern Ontario. Todd has a particular focus on post-secondary education and the labour market. He completed a Master’s thesis entitled “[Addressing] Barriers to rewarding work: Employment issues among people on the autism spectrum,” which is soon to be published in an upcoming book co-edited by Dr. Kevin Stoddart and Dr. Anne Fudge-Shormans. More details about Todd’s work can be found on his website: http://autismselfadvocacy.ca/

 

Our Volunteer Coordinator

Mina Shahmoradi has a computer engineering degree and Master of Business Administration degree from Azad University / Iran. She is currently a Ph.d. student in university of Madrid / Spain. 

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