Difficulties with transitions are common challenges associated with an ASD diagnosis. This 2-hour group workshop will involve learning opportunities to explore several evidence-based strategies to support with everyday transitions such as going to the grocery store, leaving the house for recreational activities, morning/bedtime routines

Participants will learn the strategies to apply prior to a big life change and how to cope with the change. Big transitions may include moving, going to preschool, moving to a new school, having a new sibling, death of someone close, divorce, etc.

In this workshop you will learn practical strategies to teach your child daily living skills such as handwashing, brushing teeth, getting dressed or taking a shower. Strategies include learning how to break down a skill into smaller parts and how to use motivation to encourage success. This is accompanied by a one-hour follow up consultation to support with how to teach the daily living skill in the home setting.

This workshop will discuss strategies that are proven effective when teaching toileting skills. Participants will gain knowledge of steps of toilet training, teaching strategies to implement during the toilet training journey. This is accompanied by a one-hour follow up consultation to support implementation into the home setting.

TalkAbility Program

Participants will learn how your child carries on conversation and next steps to support back-and-forth conversations, how to encourage attending to non-verbal social messages, how to talk so they can tune in to what others are thinking, how to increase story-telling and play imaginatively, how to help them make friends

The Feeding Education Series (FES) consists of two educational sessions for parents.  Participants will learn the skills involved in eating, areas where their child may be having difficulty, and strategies and resources available to assist with feeding difficulties.

This Program provide parents with simple strategies to use during every day routines and activities to help their child interact more meaningfully with others and experience less frustration. Participants will receive 4 individual consultation sessions with caregiver & child; 8 group learning sessions for caregivers.

This series is for 8 sessions in a group format for caregivers; followed by up to 4 individual sessions with child afterwards (age 1 to 5 years old).

The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) for Adolescents is an evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated adolescents Grade 6 through Grade 12 who are interested in making and keeping friends and/or handling conflict and rejection.

This hands on presentation uses video clips, group discussions and activities to help children understand the difficulties with language, communication, and behaviour that students diagnosed with Autism face every day. The children participating will also have an opportunity to discuss strengths associated with an Autism diagnosis and will increase their awareness of the disorder.

This hands on presentation will allow children to “walk in someone else’s shoes”, by experiencing what it may be like to have visual, hearing, fine motor, gross motor, neurological and/or speech impairment. Gives the younger participants a better understanding and awareness of different challenges some children may experience on a day-to-day basis.

In this presentation, participants will learn how to define behaviour, including examples of appropriate and challenging behaviour. Participants will learn how to apply the Antecedent-Behaviour-Consequence (A-B-C) Model, looking at the different functions of behaviour and general teaching strategies

Difficulties with transitions are common challenges associated with an ASD diagnosis. This 2-hour group workshop will involve learning opportunities to explore several evidence-based strategies to support with everyday transitions such as going to the grocery store, leaving the house for recreational activities, morning/bedtime routines

Participants will learn the strategies to apply prior to a big life change and how to cope with the change. Big transitions may include moving, going to preschool, moving to a new school, having a new sibling, death of someone close, divorce, etc.

In this workshop you will learn practical strategies to teach your child daily living skills such as handwashing, brushing teeth, getting dressed or taking a shower.

Strategies include learning how to break down a skill into smaller parts and how to use motivation to encourage success.

Children’s Friendship Training is an evidence based interactive program delivered in module sessions in which children and families develop and practice social skills necessary to initiate and maintain meaningful peer relationships.

Through ten modules, children will learn to make phone calls, host play-dates, maintain play, share in the interests of others’, and respond appropriately to bullying/teasing. During these sessions, families will learn how to support their children in the exciting new world of social opportunities.

This hands on workshop will introduce caregivers to effective visual strategies that will assist in promoting positive behaviours.

Participants will walk away with the knowledge and rationale for using visual supports, describe one of the following visual supports: visual schedule, a first & then board or a visual task analysis. Participants will have an opportunity to create an individualized visual to help support their child/ youth in the home environment.

*Please note that this in-person workshop involves two 2-hour sessions across two days.

This workshop will introduce caregivers to effective visual strategies that will assist in promoting positive behaviours. Participants will walk away with the knowledge and rationale for using visual supports, describe one of the following visual supports: visual schedule, a first & then board or a visual task analysis. Furthermore, caregivers will have an opportunity to consult with a Therapist virtually for a one-hour follow up to support implementation of visual in the home setting

This workshop series will provide caregivers with introductory and foundational information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) in addition to an understanding of strategies and behaviour. There are 5 sessions within the Foundation Caregiver Workshop series (Autism, ABA, Pairing, Teaching Skills & Reinforcement, Behaviour & Functional Behaviour Assessment, Antecedent Strategies & Visuals, Replacement Behaviours & Consequence Strategies

Reinforcement is an integral element of ABA, and when used effectively, can dramatically increase skills in individuals diagnosed with ASD. Throughout this 2-hour workshop, participants will explore the various types, scheduled and effects of positive reinforcement.

This workshop will discuss strategies that are proven effective when teaching toileting skills. Participants will gain knowledge of steps of toilet training, teaching strategies to implement during the toilet training journey. This is accompanied by a one-hour follow up consultation to support implementation into the home setting.

This parent and child group will focus on developing basic organizational skills for everyday life (time and things). Emphasis will be placed on organizational strategies for the school and home. Participants will learn the importance of being organized in their daily lives and strategies for how it can be maintained.

The goal of the group is to help parents / caregivers connect to the emotional side of receiving an ASD diagnosis for their child who is latency age or older. Through the group setting, parents and caregivers will be given the opportunity to explore and address their own thoughts, feelings and values surrounding the diagnosis of the child in their care. Themes focused in the group will be priority management, emotional wellbeing, caregiver burnout and personal advocating.

The goal of the group is to help parents / caregivers connect to the emotional side of receiving an ASD diagnosis for their child who is latency age or older. Through the group setting, parents and caregivers will be given the opportunity to explore and address their own thoughts, feelings and values surrounding the diagnosis of the child in their care. Themes focused in the group will be priority management, emotional wellbeing, caregiver burnout and personal advocating.

This workshop will introduce caregivers to effective visual strategies that will assist in promoting positive behaviours. Participants can also partake in a one-hour follow up (virtually) to support implementation of visual at home.

This workshop will discuss strategies that are proven effective when teaching toileting skills. Participants will gain knowledge of steps of toilet training, teaching strategies to implement during the toilet training journey. This is accompanied by a one-hour follow up consultation to support implementation into the home setting.