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[Micky So]

**Therapist Opportunity In Richmond (close to Ikea)**

Hello, we are looking for a energetic therapist to play/work with our 2.5 year old son. He has been in therapy for approx. 3 months and is enjoying his sessions. Ethan's Behavioural Consultant is Boh P. Kvam. No experience is required, but a outgoing attitude is….if you are interested in working with a fun loving boy, please contact Micky at 778-837-5427 or email: micky.so@maxxium.com

[Debra Jappy]

We are looking for an ABA line therapist to join our Lovaas team. Our four year old son is mildly autistic and has been doing his program for 11 months. He is making tremendous progress! Our behavioral consultant is from the Lovaas Institute in Los Angeles (LIFE).

Experience is not necessary but is helpful. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, playful and dependable. Looking to fill a Saturday AND Sunday shift – either mornings or afternoons. Must be able to work both days and also attend weekly Monday evening meetings. We have our consults once a month on Fridays.

We are located in WEST VANCOUVER. We are looking for someone who is able to give us a year's commitment. Pay based upon experience.

If you are interested in joining a really fun team with a great little boy, please contact Debra at (604) 913-0881. Email resumes to djappy@yahoo.com. Please include a reference to this posting in your "subject" line.

[Amr Hafez]

* Therapists needed: senior and junior *

We have two positions in our established ABA program for our 8 year old son under the supervision of Michele Fagan.

1) Experienced Senior/lead therapist: your responsibilities will include training and supervising therspists, holding bi-weekly meetings, as well as regular ABA sessions. 4-7 hours per week.

2) Junior therapist: energetic, fun, creative and willing to learn! Experience in ABA preferred, but not necessary. 3-6 hours per week.

We are located in Port Coquitlam.
Please email your resumes to mahazaki@yahoo.ca, or call (604) 942-9393.

Maha (Mostafa's mom)

[Christina Louie]

************THERAPISTS NEEDED***************

We have positions available for therapists to join our established team. Our 5 year old son has mild autism and has been in a Lovass ABA program under Lisa Wincz for the past 3 years. He is very fun loving and learns very quickly.

We are located in North Vancouver, in the Blueridge area, close to bus routes.

Previous experience with autistic children would be an asset but is not required. We would prefer someone who has trained under Lisa but will also be interested in individuals with a psychology or special education background. Initial training will be provided by our senior therapist along with follow up sessions.

Salary is negotiable based on experience. Applicants should have strong play skills, be able to commit for two 3 hour shifts/week, attend bi-weekly team progress meetings and periodic workshops, and also be committed to the team for at least one year.

Please e-mail resumes to headbunny@yahoo.com or call us at (604)929-8157.

[Deleted User]

Call for Session Submissions Extended to Wednesday Dec. 7, 2005
ASA's 37th National Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders,
Lighting the Way to Hope, Navigating to Success & Solutions
July 12 – 15, 2006 – Providence, RI
2006 Call for Abstracts / Session Submissions:

For more than 40 years, ASA has been at the forefront of information exchange, advocacy, and awareness of autism, both within and outside the autism community. At ASA's 37th National Conference in 2006, families and professionals will come together to share what they know and have learned through research, experience, and general day-to-day living.

This year, ASA is searching for the most innovative and evidence-based work by presenters who are able to take both the successes and failures of the past and teach us how ASA's goals will be achieved. To navigate the challenges that lie ahead, one must study the past, learn from previous and current experiences, and continually strive to achieve a more successful future.

The call is now open through December 7, 2005:

http://asa.confex.com/asa/2006/index.html

[Justin Himmelright]

Do you want to gain valuable and hard to find work experience in the classroom?

We are currently recruiting for our son’s school position for September 2006. The position will begin with extensive training on our home program, followed by training and work-experience assisting our son in various community activities and finally, training with our current Educational Assistant within the school setting.

You will receive extensive and ongoing 1:1 training from our Behavior Consultant and Senior Instructor (estimated M.A, and BCBA completion Fall 2006), making this an excellent opportunity for those who wish to continue on this field and receive BCBA supervision. For those who plan to pursue their PDP, a year of experience within a classroom is excellent experience for your CV.

The Candidate:
• able to work independently and as a team
• reliable, eager to learn, able to take constructive feedback and implement it immediately
• FUN!
• Sports experience an asset but not required

The Position:
• A 34 hour position (5x 6.0 hr school days + 2x 2 hour afterschool shifts); Pay determined and provided through our school; home based program pay determined by experience
• Attending a bi-weekly staff meetings and home consults
• Producing data based reports for analysis by our Behavior Consultant
• Working within the classroom to assist our son where necessary
• REQUIREMENT: a commitment until July 2007
• Two weekly shifts within our home, running playdates, academic programs and assisting as necessary in various sports

The Location:
• In Maple Ridge, start time 8:15 a.m.
• School position takes place at a Private Christian School
• Our IEP is designed by our Consultant and fully supported by our school
• Additional shift hours occur in our home and in the community

Part time training to occur as soon as possible, based on your schedule. Hours will increase in May/June and again in July.

Please send a resume and cover letter discussing your qualifications to himright@telus.net. We welcome all applicants, including those with little or no training in the field! We are looking for just the right person, experience is not required as training is provided.

[Deleted User]

New Library Resource Materials & Recommended Reads:

We’ve been busy in our library over the past few months and here is a list of new materials now available for loan to you, as well as some items to add to your Christmas wish-list!

To request materials via mail please email tleger@autismbc.ca , or call us at 604-434-0880 or 1-888-437-0880 to make your request via phone. Of course you are always welcome to come in and check out the materials yourself! Please remember that you must have a current membership in order to be able to borrow ASBC materials.

Lindy, Jennifer and myself are always happy to hear from our members, so please call with any questions, or recommendations for new materials, that you may have.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Tamara Leger

DVDs and Videos and CD-ROMs:
1. Fitting In Having Fun: Social Skills Training Video Series from http://www.tdsocialskills.com
Volume 1: 13 lessons that include dares, embarrassing situations, talking too loud, interrupting, accepting criticism, ending a conversation, being bossy, taking a joke too far, dealing with disappointment and being a tattletale.
Volume 2: Moving on to Middle School: 11 lessons that include completing homework, flirting, the cafeteria, teasing and bullying, phys Ed class, staying organized, paying attention, making friends, hallway safety, getting along and how to handle the first day.

2. Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day by Michelle Garcia Winner: 2 DVD set that includes her workshop and clips from live therapy demo sessions clips that cover material and programming ideas from her books Thinking About You Thinking About Me and Inside Out: What Makes kids with Social Deficits Tick?

3. CD-ROM: Map It Out: Customizable Work Maps
4. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Social Scenes for Home, School and Community
5. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Early Social Scenes for School

Super Duper Card Sets :
1. Understanding Inferences Card Deck
2. Famous Words and Proverbs Fun Deck
3. Idioms Fun Deck
4. Metaphors and Similes Fun Deck
5. Let’s Predict Fun Deck
6. Rags to Riches More Idioms Fun Deck

Books and Manuals and Programming Materials:

1. Can You Listen with Your Eyes? By Nita Everly
2. La Grammaire, C’est Mon Affaire (basic Grade 2 level intro to French Grammar book)
3. Le carnet de Mes Mots (basic primary French vocabulary and simple sentence structure)
4. The Language of Math for Young Learners by Marilyn Toomey
5. Mini Mysteries: 26 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
6. More Mini Mysteries: 22 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
7. Finding the Main Idea: High interest comprehensive activities to help students identify, locate and write main ideas.
8. Map It Out: Visual Tools for thinking, Organizing and Communicating by Elizabeth Wiig and Carolyn Wilson
9. Don’t Take it So Literally by Danielle Legler
10. Logic, Anyone? 165 Brian Stretching Logic Problems (Grade 5 and Up) include analogies, matrix logic, table logic, circle logic, syllogisms, Venn diagrams
11. List of Leveled Picture books for Grade K-8 (Great for matching and gauging your child’s reading level)
12. Study Strategies Made Easy: Includes Organization, Learning Style, reading comprehension, communication, note-taking, homework, stress management, memorization and test-taking
13. The Study Skills Handbook: More than 75 strategies for Better Learning by Judith Dodge
14. Start Them Thinking: A Handbook for Classroom strategies for the early years (K-3)
15. Comic Strip Math: Grade 3-6
16. Comic Strip Grammar: Grade 3-6
17. Making Critical Thinking Intuitive by Richard W. Paul
18. The Logic of Creative and Critical Thinking by Richard Paul
19. Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets by Richard Paul
20. How to Give a Presentation (Grade 4-6)
21. Teaching with Favorite Magic Treehouse Books: engaging, skill-building activities for exploring fiction and nonfiction using these popular chapter books (Grade 2-3)
22. Reading with Robert Munsch (Grade 1-3)
23. Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments Book One by Anita Harndek
24. Algebra Readiness (Grade 4-8): 50 independent practice pages that help kids master essential math skills by Judith Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla
25. Math Exercises for Non-Readers by Anne Marie Johnson
26. Math Work Problems Made Easy (Grade 2) by Bob Krech
27. Algebra Math Skills Workbook (Grade 4-6)
28. MEER 1 & MEER 2

Peer Play Activity Ideas and Curriculums:
Science Based Activities
1. Bouncing Into Science by Marianne Croil
2. Mysteries and Codes by Karen Rogers
3. Inventions: Ideas in Motion
4. Machines Theme Unit
5. Spell Binding Bones Theme Unit
6. Planet X: a problem-based science curriculum for teaching systems (Grade 2) Theme Unit
7. Robots, Sharks, Monsters and Whales Theme Unit

Language Arts/Art Activities
1. I Still Believe in Unicorns (Grade 2-8)
2. The Middle Ages: Castles, Kings and Knights in Shining Armor (Grade 4-8)
3. Fun with Food Theme Unit
4. Quickly and Quietly Theme Unit
5. Hand in Hand Theme Unit
6. Cats Theme Unit
7. Dinosaurs Theme Unit
8. Sports Theme Unit
9. Jungles Theme Unit
10. Great Food Adventures Theme Unit
11. Shopping Centres Theme Unit
12. Bears Theme Unit
13. Pizza and Popcorn Theme Unit
14. Ancient Egypt Theme Unit
15. Rain Theme Unit
16. Hats Theme Unit
17. Make Believe Theme Unit

Other Recommended “In House” Reads:

1. Perfect Targets
2. Social Skills Training
3. Skillstreaming
4. Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
5. Solving the Relationship Puzzle
6. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
7. The Hidden Curriculum

Buy IT!:

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Elisabeth A. Martin, Stephen Nowicki Jr.

This book breaks down and provides programming ideas for teaching non-verbal communication components such as: paralanguage, facial expressions, postures and gestures, interpersonal distance (space & time ) and touch, rhythm and time and objectics. And it is reasonably priced at http://www.Amazon.com!

Einstein Never Used Flashcards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Diane Eyer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

This book is a great clinical psychological reference guide that synthesizes all the hardcore psychological and developmental studies that your psychologist, behavioural consultant and SLP may have referred to. This book will also give you the long view in terms of what develops when, how it emerges and how it all comes together. This is the book that I wish we had when we started our program!

[Hsiao-Ming Yin]

We are looking for someone who has good behavioral management skill to work with our 7-year-old boy who is high functioning diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder. If you like to interact with kids and have good play skills, and you think you are patient, fun, creative and interested in this position, please e-mail me at hazel.yin@gmail.com
Thank you!

[Deleted User]

New Library Resource Materials & Recommended Reads:

We’ve been busy in our library over the past few months and here is a list of new materials now available for loan to you, as well as some items to add to your Christmas wish-list!

To request materials via mail please email tleger@autismbc.ca , or call us at 604-434-0880 or 1-888-437-0880 to make your request via phone. Of course you are always welcome to come in and check out the materials yourself! Please remember that you must have a current membership in order to be able to borrow ASBC materials.

Lindy, Jennifer and myself are always happy to hear from our members, so please call with any questions, or recommendations for new materials, that you may have.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Tamara Leger

DVDs and Videos and CD-ROMs:
1. Fitting In Having Fun: Social Skills Training Video Series from http://www.tdsocialskills.com
Volume 1: 13 lessons that include dares, embarrassing situations, talking too loud, interrupting, accepting criticism, ending a conversation, being bossy, taking a joke too far, dealing with disappointment and being a tattletale.
Volume 2: Moving on to Middle School: 11 lessons that include completing homework, flirting, the cafeteria, teasing and bullying, phys Ed class, staying organized, paying attention, making friends, hallway safety, getting along and how to handle the first day.

2. Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day by Michelle Garcia Winner: 2 DVD set that includes her workshop and clips from live therapy demo sessions clips that cover material and programming ideas from her books Thinking About You Thinking About Me and Inside Out: What Makes kids with Social Deficits Tick?

3. CD-ROM: Map It Out: Customizable Work Maps
4. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Social Scenes for Home, School and Community
5. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Early Social Scenes for School

Super Duper Card Sets :
1. Understanding Inferences Card Deck
2. Famous Words and Proverbs Fun Deck
3. Idioms Fun Deck
4. Metaphors and Similes Fun Deck
5. Let’s Predict Fun Deck
6. Rags to Riches More Idioms Fun Deck

Books and Manuals and Programming Materials:

1. Can You Listen with Your Eyes? By Nita Everly
2. La Grammaire, C’est Mon Affaire (basic Grade 2 level intro to French Grammar book)
3. Le carnet de Mes Mots (basic primary French vocabulary and simple sentence structure)
4. The Language of Math for Young Learners by Marilyn Toomey
5. Mini Mysteries: 26 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
6. More Mini Mysteries: 22 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
7. Finding the Main Idea: High interest comprehensive activities to help students identify, locate and write main ideas.
8. Map It Out: Visual Tools for thinking, Organizing and Communicating by Elizabeth Wiig and Carolyn Wilson
9. Don’t Take it So Literally by Danielle Legler
10. Logic, Anyone? 165 Brian Stretching Logic Problems (Grade 5 and Up) include analogies, matrix logic, table logic, circle logic, syllogisms, Venn diagrams
11. List of Leveled Picture books for Grade K-8 (Great for matching and gauging your child’s reading level)
12. Study Strategies Made Easy: Includes Organization, Learning Style, reading comprehension, communication, note-taking, homework, stress management, memorization and test-taking
13. The Study Skills Handbook: More than 75 strategies for Better Learning by Judith Dodge
14. Start Them Thinking: A Handbook for Classroom strategies for the early years (K-3)
15. Comic Strip Math: Grade 3-6
16. Comic Strip Grammar: Grade 3-6
17. Making Critical Thinking Intuitive by Richard W. Paul
18. The Logic of Creative and Critical Thinking by Richard Paul
19. Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets by Richard Paul
20. How to Give a Presentation (Grade 4-6)
21. Teaching with Favorite Magic Treehouse Books: engaging, skill-building activities for exploring fiction and nonfiction using these popular chapter books (Grade 2-3)
22. Reading with Robert Munsch (Grade 1-3)
23. Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments Book One by Anita Harndek
24. Algebra Readiness (Grade 4-8): 50 independent practice pages that help kids master essential math skills by Judith Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla
25. Math Exercises for Non-Readers by Anne Marie Johnson
26. Math Work Problems Made Easy (Grade 2) by Bob Krech
27. Algebra Math Skills Workbook (Grade 4-6)
28. MEER 1 & MEER 2

Peer Play Activity Ideas and Curriculums:
Science Based Activities
1. Bouncing Into Science by Marianne Croil
2. Mysteries and Codes by Karen Rogers
3. Inventions: Ideas in Motion
4. Machines Theme Unit
5. Spell Binding Bones Theme Unit
6. Planet X: a problem-based science curriculum for teaching systems (Grade 2) Theme Unit
7. Robots, Sharks, Monsters and Whales Theme Unit

Language Arts/Art Activities
1. I Still Believe in Unicorns (Grade 2-8)
2. The Middle Ages: Castles, Kings and Knights in Shining Armor (Grade 4-8)
3. Fun with Food Theme Unit
4. Quickly and Quietly Theme Unit
5. Hand in Hand Theme Unit
6. Cats Theme Unit
7. Dinosaurs Theme Unit
8. Sports Theme Unit
9. Jungles Theme Unit
10. Great Food Adventures Theme Unit
11. Shopping Centres Theme Unit
12. Bears Theme Unit
13. Pizza and Popcorn Theme Unit
14. Ancient Egypt Theme Unit
15. Rain Theme Unit
16. Hats Theme Unit
17. Make Believe Theme Unit

Other Recommended “In House” Reads:

1. Perfect Targets
2. Social Skills Training
3. Skillstreaming
4. Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
5. Solving the Relationship Puzzle
6. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
7. The Hidden Curriculum

Buy IT!:

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Elisabeth A. Martin, Stephen Nowicki Jr.

This book breaks down and provides programming ideas for teaching non-verbal communication components such as: paralanguage, facial expressions, postures and gestures, interpersonal distance (space & time ) and touch, rhythm and time and objectics. And it is reasonably priced at http://www.Amazon.com!

Einstein Never Used Flashcards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Diane Eyer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

This book is a great clinical psychological reference guide that synthesizes all the hardcore psychological and developmental studies that your psychologist, behavioural consultant and SLP may have referred to. This book will also give you the long view in terms of what develops when, how it emerges and how it all comes together. This is the book that I wish we had when we started our program!

[Hsiao-Ming Yin]

We are looking for someone who has the behavioral management skill to work with our 7-year-old boy who is high functioning diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder. If you like to interact with kids and have good play skills, and you think you are patient, fun, creative and interested in this position, please e-mail me at hazel.yin@gmail.com
Thank you!

[Author]

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