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Please use this section to advertise for things that are needed or are available for sale (or free). For example, ads for specific A.B.A. therapy materials, therapists, & baby-sitters are welcome. Your message will be distributed to members of the Discussion Group.

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[Holly Korstad]

Hi everyone,
We're starting up a new home-based team and I was wondering if anyone had a laminator they would like to sell?
Please contact me at hkorstad@gmail.com
Thanks!
Holly

[Super Dad]

Therapist Available for the Summer:

I know an extremely bright university scholarship student who is looking for summer work. She is green (with only summer experience) but she is an absolute pleasure to train.

Here is her email address:
valenciaoranges@hotmail.com

[Quynh Do]

I would like to say thank you to all you, who sent me the feedbacks and supported regarding on my son' s behavior. It is great and very helpful. As I can't be able to email my thankful to individual. I just want to say Thank you very much to all of you!.

[Dione Costanzo]

Hi everyone

There is a CHANGE OF VENUE for tomorrow night's Parent Networking Evening.

A parent has offered their home for the meeting. If you plan to attend please email dione@abasupportnetwork.com for location information.

[Holly Korstad]

********Lead ABA Therapist Wanted*******

We are looking for an experienced LEAD THERAPIST for our very bright and talkative three-year-old son in Cloverdale. He is very fun to be around and loving.

Responsibilities will include: helping us get our team up and going, training new therapists, running 1:1 sessions, regular overlaps and feedback for other therapists, data book management, and regular communication and collaboration with our Behaviour Consultant, who is a BCBA. Our Behaviour Consultant will provide frequent supervision and there will be lots of opportunity to develop Lead Therapist skills.

Please reply to Holly at hkorstad@gmail.com with a description of your experience and resume. Thank you!

[Super Dad]

Posted on behave of a potential therapist:

I would like to work with autistic children, and I hope to work with a family running a comprehensive ABA home-based program.

Joanna

Joanna Baker <joannabaker5@gmail.com>

[Peter Wong]

Thomas and Friends (used) items for sale: $250

Hi parents,

It is time for my boy to say good bye to his Thomas and Friends collection. They are great for many training programs. I and my boy had many great times using them to learn and play. They are used, but most of kids would not mind.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/tag/2452985293.html

They are not cheap, but they are quality toys and they can last for a very long time. Personally, I consider them as an investment. I am not surprised that they can be sold at similar price after another 2 years.

My collection is not small, so rather expensive. I do encourage parents to check out the craigslist for other sellers.

Here are some ideas I have used them for:
* DVDs can be borrowed from public library. So, the kid should know the characters somehow.
* I did not show my boy the whole collection. I used pictures to ask him to make choices for his reward and put it on his reward book. His reward book is a great visual cue encouraging him to do great work.
* Each train has its name and characters. Just image how much stuff you can teach.
* Teach him to construct different track layout. My boy tended to construct only one layout at early stage. He only constructed straight line at the very beginning.
* The Spiral Bridge is the most difficult bridge; I introduced this to my boy in the later stage. It took me a long time to teach him to build it and fix it by himself. He has to learn asking help, patient, and many other useful skills because of this bridge. It was not easy for him and me. My boy loved to use this bridge to pretend the one in the Polar Express movie. Battery powered James comes in very handy to play with this bridge.
* The Battery powered James is great to teach him to let go (he wanted to control every train using his hands).
* The blue long bridge: My boy used this as the Lions Gate Bridge (between Vancouver and N.W. Vancouver).
* The Brio Remote Control Bridge: It is like the Sea Island Way bridge in Richmond that which can be open for the boats. (between Richmond and Vancouver)
* By the way, my boy liked to use tissue boxes as tunnels (like the Messy Tunnel).
* So we pretty much using all the tracks to build a place covering Ladner, Richmond, Vancouver, North and West Vancouver.
* We also used the train to pretend to be Skytrain. We did Skytrain and Seabus trips a lot when he was young.

Please let me know, if you are interested in buying them.

Cheers.

Peter

[Dione Costanzo]

The ABA Support Network
Presents

“Parent Networking Evening”

Please join us for coffee and snacks – 7pm, Thurs, June 23

Have a night out and join us for the last scheduled meeting before the summer! This is a casual evening dedicated to parents with a focus on supporting each other. Come to meet, network and share resources, successes and frustrations about autism and ABA. Experienced parents will be on hand to help answer questions.

Video Giveaway!!
The Boy Inside
Filmmaker Marianne Kaplan turns the camera on her own family, creating a rare and intimate first-hand portrait of living with Asperger Syndrome (AS)-a form of high-functioning autism characterized by socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior, and an inability to interact successfully with others.
Thanks to a generous donation by one of our members we have several copies of this video to give away at this weeks meeting!

Meeting information:

Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Time: 7-9pm
Location:Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex, 16555 Fraser Hwy
Use Arena entrance and go up stairs to MP Room #2
RSVP: dione@abasupportnetwork.com

http://www.abasupportnetwork.com

We are a membership based, non-profit society. Our mission is to improve access to Applied Behavioral Analysis support and treatment in the home and community for children, youth and adults who need it.

Thank you for your support!

[Andrea Finch]

** ABA Toys and Games **

Hi again, we have the following available:

1. Bag of pretend play hats, 2 of each (construction, cowboy, firefighter, race car)

2. Box of younger child activities (Spiderman window clings, bug vaccuum, kids' fingerprint kit, etc.)

3. Box of Lego (mainly construction-related).

4. Box of "pirate" Lego, and Pirate and Knight craft activity books.

5. Box of assorted board games – most "non-reading", eg. Candyland, Twister, Shopping List. One older child's game, "Vocabulon".

First come, first served and again, all will be donated as of June 29th. Please e-mail me privately to arrange pick-up from us in North Vancouver – andreafinch@shaw.ca.

Cheers,
Andrea

[Andrea Finch]

** Free Shelving Available **

Great deal for any family just starting, or already up and running with an ABA programme and looking to organize all the related materials. We are moving, no room for our current shelving, and we're prepared to donate it to an ABA family or group (if you contact us before someone from Craigslist does).

We have 3.5 IKEA Bonde units, each is about 7' tall, 2.5 ft wide and 13" deep. Great for organizing, upper doors can lock to keep restricted reinforcers out of sight and out of reach. You must pick up from our home in North Vancouver, either before items are sold or before June 29th, at which time they will be donated to the Salvation Army Thrift Store.

If interested, or for a photo which I don't seem to be able to post here, please e-mail me privately at andreafinch@shaw.ca.

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