Academic and Intrafamilial Success
About Our Program:
Open to 16 and 17 year old youths who are:
interested in graduating high school
and
in school, at risk of leaving
or
out of school, interested in returning
The Academic and Intrafamilial Success (AIS) team believes that stable relationships at home provide the psychological safety necessary to concentrate on learning.
Our mission is to create partnerships to mitigate the responsibility of school staff to address students’ personal challenges. As an intermediary between schools and families, the program aims to keep students in school through counselling, skills building, and referrals.
The AIS Program provides:
Needs assessments and planning tailored to each individual youth and family to reach their own goals
Counselling and motivational interviewing until one year after high school graduation
Help with applications to post-secondary school, OSAP, and many other government grants
Life skills to build better relationships at home and within the community
Direct referrals to Operation Come Home programs and other local service providers
Accommodations for students with disabilities
Supportive discharge plans and warm transfers to other community programs
Krystina Pasut, RSSW
Prevention Support Worker
Krystina is an experienced Registered Social Service Worker with a deep interest in connecting youth and families with skills and resources to not only cope, but thrive amid challenging situations. With a strengths-based, client-centred approach, Krystina provides a foundation of support for youth and families to pursue their own goals.
John Heckbert
Executive Director, Operation Come Home
Throughout his career, John has worked exclusively within non-profit organizations, and has been active with Ottawa-based social service organizations for the past 11 years. In that time, John has served as a staff member, a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels, a member of non-profit boards, and a public spokesperson for project step, an organization that works to prevent harms to youth from substance use.
Through Operation Come Home, John works with a team of social workers and educators that provide programming to youth who are experiencing homelessness, helping them achieve goals such as: completing high-school, securing housing and employment, and accessing supports for mental health and addictions.
