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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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[Amber Himmelright]

THERAPISTS NEEDED IN NORTH DELTA

Looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to work with a 5 year old
boy with autism. He is verbal and toilet trained. He needs energetic
people commited to improving his language, play and social skills.
A minimum of 6 hours per week is required (2 shifts of 3 hrs). In
addition you must be willing to attend bi-monthly team meetings. We
are located near Scottsdale Mall and the Alex Fraser Bridge.
No prior experience is needed, as full training will be provided.
The initial training workshop is set for April 21 or 22.
Also looking for a lead therapist. ABA experience is mandatory.
If interested please email me (without the spaces) ahimmel @ dccnet.
com.

[Jennifer jones]

Hi, still looking for one more therapists to join our wonderful team, do to the location would recommend having a vehicle. This would be a great opportunity to learn all about ABA and work with 2 adorable boys’ ages 3 and 5. The family is amazing and a joy to be around. We are team players and work together so EVERYONES input is valuable.
The location is very close to Caulfield village in West Vancouver. Look forward to hearing from you. You can contact me by email or phone.

Jennifer Maher (lead TX) 778-689-1972
jennifer.l.jones@shaw.ca

[Carmen Chan]

THERAPISTS NEEDED IN Vancouver

Looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to work with a 3 years old boy with autism. He needs energetic people committed to improving his language, play and social skills. A minimum of 6 hours per week is required (3 shifts of 2 hrs. each; Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday). In addition you must be willing to attend bi-monthly team meetings. We are located near Joyce Skytrain. Experience with ABA would be an asset but is not required. If you are interested, please email me at carmen_chan@shaw.ca

[Tammy Gandy]

We are looking for an ABA therapist (For the langley area) to work with our 14 year old son. perfer some experience but not an absolute must. Sharon Baxter is our consultant and the person you would be replacing has been with our team almost 10 years!! Perfer someone available for a saturday shift if possible and one 3 hour after school. Extra shifts and /or respite a possibility.e-mail me at my1tam@telus.net

[Tammy Gandy]

We are looking for an ABA therapist (For the langley area) to work with our 14 year old son. perfer some experience but not an absolute must. Sharon Baxter is our consultant and the person you would be replacing has been with our team almost 10 years!! Perfer someone available for a saturday shift if possible and one 3 hour after school. Extra shifts and /or respite a possibility.e-mail me at my1tam@telus.net

[Janet Lirenman]

**Looking for summer hours?? Therpaists needed in North Vancouver**

We are looking for therapist/ tutors to train for summer hours ( or longer :0) ) Our almost 7 year old son is loved by all who work with him and we would like to maximize his hours for the summer. Our terrific team is headed by Michele Shilvock and Kelley Lloyd-Jones. We are located in Upper Lynn Valley, but are close to a bus route.

lirenmoo@shaw.ca

Thanks,

Janet

[Amber Himmelright]

THERAPISTS NEEDED IN NORTH DELTA

Looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to work with a 5 year old boy with autism. He is verbal and toilet trained. He needs energetic people commited to improving his language, play and social skills.
A minimum of 6 hours per week is required (2 shifts of 3 hrs). In addition you must be willing to attend bi-monthly team meetings. We are located near Scottsdale Mall and the Alex Fraser Bridge.
No prior experience is needed, as full training will be provided.
The initial training workshop is set for April 21 or 22.
Also looking for a lead therapist. ABA experience is mandatory.
If interested please email me (without the spaces) ahimmel @ dccnet. com.

[Norm Tailless]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the clarification. Given that child care expenses must be claimed by the spouse with the lower income, when you have both expenses to deal with (when both parents need to work) this could make a big difference.

Your other point regarding shifting the "medical expense tracking period" is relevant too. I only heard about it last night at the meeting. Since my son was diagnosed in the summer, I plan to make that period coincide with the beginning of the "spike" in our expenses.

I guess nothing is simple for parents of autistic children, so we can't expect our taxes to be simple either :-)

Thanks,
tailatrophy@yahoo.ca

[Martin Meyer]

Re: Tax issues, Either spouse may claim the medical expenses for the immediate family including dependents under the age of 18.
However, it may be advantageous for the lower income spouse to claim the medical expenses. This is because the amount of claimable medical expenses are reduced by 3% of the claimants Net Income ( to a maximum of $1,844), Which means that less net income = less reduction of claimable expenses. If the lower income spouse does not have enough Net Income to utilize all the medical expense credits then it might be better to have the higher income spouse claim the expenses. I hope this isn't going over the top but there's one more thing: you can shift the one year period to maximize the amount of medical expenses in the one year period. This is helpful to avoid being penalized twice by the 3% percent cutoff amount.
Hope that helps a bit

[Norm Tailless]

Re: Tax issues – which spouse claims?

Thanks very much to North Shore ASBC Parent Support Group organizers and speakers last night for the great presentation on Tax and School issues.

Last night some parents mentioned that their accountants had advised them that the lower income parent must claim the medical expenses. If you see the General Income Tax and Benefits Guide for 2006, there is an example in the bottom of page 42 and top of page 43. It seems to imply that either parent can claim based on which scenario is more beneficial to them.

I am not an accountant and am rather confused about this. Any information would be appreciated. If you post your reply, I think it would be beneficial to other parents as well.

Thanks!
tailatrophy@yahoo.ca

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