Programs & Services by Service Provider

This presentation will help you make the best of your everyday interactions with your child, to support the development of their communication in their early years. The communication strategies highlighted in this presentation are easy to use and incorporate into daily routines such as snack time, bath time, etc. This presentation is intended for early communicators (ages 2-5), who may be verbal or non-verbal.

This presentation will help parents learn easy and simple ways to introduce the use of symbols for functional communication into their everyday activities at home. Parents will also learn about beneficial aided language strategies to help their child learn to communicate using symbols. There will also be some demonstration of various types of communication devices and communication apps that are designed to help children with their communication. This presentation is intended for children of all ages, who may be non-verbal or have communication abilities that are not meeting their communication needs (less verbal).

An opportunity to explore what is “picky eating” as well as some common causes and strategies you can use at home to help introduce new foods, encourage food exploration and help mealtimes become more enjoyable.

*A webinar link will be sent out after each registration

My child is becoming a Teenager: Now What?’ – An informative presentation about female or male puberty and how it relates to your child with special needs.

Objectives of the presentation:
- To provide education about what is happening to your child in terms of puberty
- To enable you to assess where your child is at and if they are ready for building their independence in a variety of skills
- To provide you with the language in order to have a comfortable and confident conversation with your child

*Webinar link will be sent out after every registration

This presentation covers, from an occupational therapy perspective, the importance of sleep, some of the mechanisms of sleep and strategies to help instill good sleep at home.

Webinar link will be sent out after every registration.

This caregiver group involves participation in a Parent Management Training (Kazdin, 2008) program that aims to enhance parenting skills to improve challenging behaviours in children, such as aggression, hyperactivity, and non-compliance. The training will take place virtually in a group session.

Handouts will be emailed to participants prior to each scheduled session.

Caregivers can register for a one-hour clinical consultation with a multidisciplinary team including a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst, Psychologist/Psychological Associate, and Speech Language Pathologist who have experience working with children and youth with ASD and their caregivers. The team will work in collaboration with caregivers to review their child’s strengths and needs across skill domains, to identify and prioritize specific goals, and to learn about evidence-based approaches to meet these goals for their child. Caregivers will be asked to complete a background form prior to the consultation to help the team become more familiar with their child and family.

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.

Want to learn how to make money? Want to learn how to volunteer? Are you ready to join the workforce? Join us from the comfort of your own home to learn how to pursue jobs you might be interested in. By the end of the group, you’ll know how to search online for jobs, you’ll have a resume you can hand out to potential employers, and you’ll have practice with an ‘actual’ interview situation. Take the next steps toward being a part of your community!

Fine print for caregivers: Participants will join group sessions online with 2-3 facilitators. Peers will learn alongside each other how to search for employment (volunteer or paid), actively apply for jobs, and participate in interviews.

Participants will be expected to complete a mock interview in their final session individually with a novel facilitator (i.e., not with the whole group present) so they may demonstrate the skills they learned in the previous 7 sessions.

In our virtual group session, we will discuss a strategy that may be helpful in communicating emotional states: The Incredible 5-Point Scale. Children or youth who are interested in learning about the strategy for themselves are welcome to join their parents!

In the week following, we will meet individually with each family (virtual or in person) to support the development of their own individualized scales that can be used within the home.

A follow-up meeting the next week is when we will discuss any successes or barriers to using the scales and whether any ‘tweaking’ has to be made to make the scales more effective for you and your family!

Simple and effective ABA strategies can easily be incorporated into everyday life at home. This webinar offers practical solutions for families to develop a routine, integrate visual aids into daily life, keep children busy, master controlled choices, Before and After, and following through. These one hour consultations will focus on direct parent training of simple, parent friendly ABA strategies that can be incorporated into everyday life (between the loads of laundry and making supper).Individual consultations will be offered to participants to brainstorm ABA strategies and resolve potential challenges.

Domains that can be addressed; Social/interpersonal skills, Communication skills, Play and leisure, Cognitive functions, School readiness, Transition to Adulthood, Adaptive skills, Self-regulation, Challenging behaviour. These consultations will focus on direct parent training of simple strategies that can be incorporated into everyday life.

3 one hour virtual Individual sessions scheduled in accordance with family availability.

Are you looking for a dynamic approach to teaching your child /youth life skills? Using a BST (Behaviour Skill Training) approach supported by a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCaBA), you will learn fun ways to incorporate teaching your child with ASD life skills into your every day routine. This model uses an Instruct, Model, Practice and Feedback (tell-show-do) to consolidate newly learned skills. The parent and child/youth choose one specific goal to target over the course of 3 weeks, ranging from dressing, personal hygiene, cooking, independent skills, community skills, etc. Support form the Behaviour Analyst to assess needs and guide programming goals is provided. The parent then engages in the sessions with their child/youth to putting the practice of specific skills into effect to provide long lasting learning at home and in the community.

We seek to empower caregivers with the knowledge and confidence to help their child become more functionally independent communicators. Our approach is based on the ABA principles of Verbal Behaviour and uses play-based natural environment teaching.

Caregivers participate in two 1-hour webinars, and receive two 1-hour in person, phone or video consultations to implement individualized strategies with their child at home.

Both English and French families are welcome and will receive the consultation in their language of choice.

Please Note: registration cut off 1 week prior to session

Toileting is an essential milestone for all individuals to acquire as this skill is a steppingstone to the development of other skills. This workshop aims to support parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to teach toileting skills; the workshop includes teaching:

• Toileting phases
• Research supported strategies
• Child centered approach
• Collecting and interpreting data
• Reinforcement and troubleshooting

This workshop provides an opportunity to learn evidence-based behavioural strategies to teach your child play skills that also promote language. Teaching communication skills and expanding your child’s language through play increases skill development across many areas maximizing learning opportunities. There are four individual consults with a BCBA included with this workshop.

These consultations are included to implement the strategies learned at the workshop with your child.

The RUBI Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviours is intended to equip parents with a variety of techniques and tools that can help minimize disruptive behaviours and increase desired behaviours.

It provides families with a wealth of information that can assist in their day-to-day planning for their child by including teaching opportunities for play skills, daily living skills as well as opportunities to apply behaviour management skills for encouraging desired behaviours.

The Think Good Feel Good program uses a cognitive behavioural approach to explore and test thoughts as well as learn alternative cognitive and behavioural skills. The program helps learners explore their thoughts and feelings and understand the impact these have on their actions.

The goal of the program is to gain greater control over what happens in our lives while increasing overall happiness.

The Flexible and Focused program aims to help learners develop focus skills such as organizing, flexibility, problem solving, self management and self-awareness of their needs. It provides checklists, data sheets and task lists as resources to use and adapt to real-life situations.

This program aims to help children learn to develop and practice independent management skills for day-to-day tasks.

Stronger Together is a weekly facilitated group for parent and caregivers to support each other with the joys and challenges of raising a child with ASD. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, discuss concerns, learn parenting strategies, participate in engaging and fun activities, and meet and connect with other parents and caregivers in the north.

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. Caregiver’s attend sessions at the same time as their children/youth.

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 caregivers will learn how to support their children in the exciting new world of social opportunities.

Facilitators will complete a pre-screening tool with families expressing an interest in participating.

FCW is a series of 4 – 2 hour workshops which provides parent and caregivers with a foundational understanding of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and evidence based strategies.

Topics include; ASD, reinforcement, antecedent strategies, replacement behaviour, functions of behaviour and setting events.

Register for 1 session or all 11, as each session will be different interactive fun activities. Sibshops is an opportunity for the siblings of children with ASD to meet other siblings in a relaxed, recreational setting.

In a fun and relaxing atmosphere, facilitators will provide opportunities to discuss common joys and concerns, how to handle commonly experienced situations, and a venue to learn more about the implication of their siblings’ special needs.

Running for 8 individualized sessions, E.I.B. focuses on enhancing the independent life skills of individuals. Working with an ABA Therapist, teens will have the opportunity to work on different life skills.

Skills include:

Personal Living Skills (grooming, hygiene, dressing…),
Home Living Skills (clothing care, meal planning and cooking, home safety…),
Community Living Skills (money management, shopping, community safety…).

Targets will be decided with each individual teen, following assessment.

Learn how sensory processing fits into the many factors that affect our participation and enjoyment of daily activities. Begin to observe your child’s behaviour with these factors in mind and learn common strategies that could support them in everyday life.

This brief consult provides caregivers the opportunity to meet with a BCBA. A Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is a professional with extensive knowledge in Applied Behaviour Analysis. Many BCBA’s also have considerable experience working with individuals with ASD and their families.

During this consultation we can discuss strategies related to a single skill acquisition or behaviour reduction goal you have for your child. Caregivers will leave the consult appointment with a specific, measurable goal, as well as a few strategies that can be implemented during family routines.