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[Fei Wang]

And oh please send me info in my email

wangfei02@hotmail.com

Thanks so much!!

[Fei Wang]

Or Billy Kent? Anyone knows?

[Fei Wang]

Does anyone know or have experience with Dr.TJ Glahn and her method? I am interested in her centre for my asperger kid but I don't really know whether it's a good fit for him…

[Peter Wong]

Posted for Richmond Parents Group

The Coming Monday: Richmond ASBC Parents Group Meeting

"The Art of Friendship and the Science Behind It"

by

Anna Matchneva, M.Ed., BCBA, PEERS-Certified instructor

Anna has extensive experience in providing hands-on therapy for children with ASD, conducting functional assessment and developing behavior support plans, training and supervising intervention team staff, conducting skill assessment and developing programs that address each child's unique needs, developing and facilitating play and social groups, and conducting parent and professional workshops.

Anna is a PEERS-Certified instructor, under Dr Elizabeth Laugeson from UCLA.

TOPIC:
"The Art of Friendship and the Science Behind It"

Is your child having trouble making and keeping friends? Friendships are important in helping children develop emotionally and socially. In interacting with friends, children learn important social skills, such as how to communicate, cooperate, and solve problems. Some children, however, have difficulty forming friendships. The solution: teach your children specific social skills they need to connect with their peers. As parent, you are the best person to help your child solve friendship problems by expanding their peer network and working together to promote successful get-togethers.

PEERS (Program for the Evaluation and Enrichment of Relational Skills) is a parent-assisted intervention focusing on teens in middle school and high school who are having difficulty making or keeping friends. It is the developmental extension of an evidence-based program known as Children’s Friendship Training (Frankel & Myatt, 2003). PEERS has been field tested most extensively on teens with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), to a limited extent on teens with developmental disabilities and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), and has recently undergone testing with teens with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Date: Monday, Nov 26, 2012
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Tyee room at Steveston Community Centre – 4111 Moncton Street, Richmond

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Please RSVP to Paul (richmond.asbc@gmail.com), so we can prepare for chairs, handouts & refreshments.

Paul & Camelia
(co-facilitators for ASBC Richmond Group)

[Lisa Singer]

I am hoping to get some advice from parents who have been through this before. My son is 5 years old and we are currently running an ABA program in our home 5 days a week. Lyric is responding wonderfully to the program and we want to keep the program running as long as possible.

However, in July next year, he will turn 6 and then our funding will significanlty drop. If parents out there are finding ways to keep running home ABA programs even after age 6, could you offer some advice on how you are funding them. Is it possible to get more funding than the $6000.00?

Thanks in advance for any and all advice. My email address is spuffyobsessed@gmail.com

[Dione Costanzo]

Hi everyone! Here is some updated event information for the iPad presentation this Tuesday Nov 20:

Tuesday, November 20 – ABA Support Network Special Presentation

Topic – The iPad : Getting Started!

Guest Speaker – Amanda Raichelle, http://www.iempoweru.ca

Amanda Raichelle, also known as “Gadget Girl”, is our Special Guest Speaker. Amanda has a background in Early Childhood Education, Applied Behavior Analysis intervention for children with autism and support work in schools.

Amanda will be presenting information on getting started with an Ipad for those considering getting one and those that have taken the plunge!

This workshop will focus on areas of interest to the participants as well as opportunities to try out apps.
Topics include:
– purchasing and protecting
– goals and uses of the iPad apps as well as limitations
– restricting your child's use and locking apps
– simple ways parents can use the iPad to help their child.
– iEmpowerU's favorite apps
– managing the iPad

If possible please being your iPad updated with the current version of iOS 6 (back up! then go to settings –> general –> software update).

Feel free to email Amanda with any questions or topic requests gadgetgirl@iempoweru.ca

This will be a great presentation as well as an opportunity to network with other parents, including some of the fabulous facilitators of our Neighborhood Network parent groups.

Please RSVP to dione@abasupportnetwork.com and pass this on to your own network!

Date: Tuesday, November 20
Time: 7-9pm
Place: Best Western Peace Arch Inn
2293 King George Hwy, Surrey

(NOT the Pink Palace – on the right hand side of King George heading south past 24th)

[Dione Costanzo]

Tuesday November 20 in Surrey!!

An ABA Support Network Presentation

the IPad – Getting Started!

Amanda Raichelle, also known as “Gadget Girl”, is our Special Guest Speaker. Amanda has a background in Early Childhood Education, Applied Behavior Analysis intervention for children with autism and support work in schools.

Amanda will be presenting information on getting started with an Ipad for those considering getting one and those that have taken the plunge!

This will be a great presentation as well as an opportunity to network with other parents, including some of the fabulous facilitators of our Neighborhood Network parent groups.

Please RSVP to dione@abasupportnetwork.com and pass this on to your own network!

Date: Tuesday, November 20
Time: 7-9pm
Place: Best Western Peace Arch Inn
2293 King George Hwy, Surrey

(NOT the Pink Palace – on the right hand side of King George heading south past 24th)

[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Legal Documents to Protect Your Child’s Future

by
Mary Hamilton, Davis LLP
recently named
Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year

at
7:00pm, Tues Nov 20

in
Welsh Hall West
downstairs in the
West Vancouver Memorial Library

TOPIC:

The presentation will cover the following documents:

* Will
* Living Will
* Nomination of Committee
* Representation Agreement
* Enduring Power of Attorney
* Insurance Declaration or RRSP Designation

GUEST SPEAKER:

Mary Hamilton is associate counsel with Davis LLP and leads the firm's Wills, Estates and Trusts group. Mary has almost 25 years of experience in matters relating to wills, trusts and estate administration. She has held senior positions with the various wills, estates and trusts groups in Vancouver and was named Vancouver Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year 2011 by the Best Lawyers organization.

Mary is generally considered the best lawyer available for advising executors, administrators and trustees about the probate process, and for administration of estates and trusts. She is also highly sought-after for the preparation of powers of attorney, nominations of committee and representation agreements, and for advising attorneys, committees and representatives about their roles and responsibilities.

Mary lectures frequently to client groups and to lawyers on topics pertaining to wills, estates and incapacity. She also shares her expertise with other lawyers in British Columbia by co-authoring an annotated precedent book on Wills, and co-editing practice manuals on both Estate Planning and Estate Administration. Mary is a past member of several advisory committees creating and editing course material, booklets, or precedent documents for the Continuing Legal Education Society and the Law Society of British Columbia.

DIRECTIONS:

The West Vancouver Memorial Library is at 1950 Marine Drive:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=1950+Marine+Dr,+West+Vancouver,+BC+V7V+1J8

The library is easily accessible via Highway #1 Upper Levels, taking either the 15th Street or 20th St. exits.

Coffee/Tea and snacks provided. Donations are greatly appreciated (but not required).

Please RSVP to Dragos at <asbcnorthshore@yahoo.ca>.

Carol and Dragos
(Co-facilitators for ASBC North Shore Group)

[Sabrina Freeman]

When A Government Report Supports a Lie

http://www.autismpundit.com/files/0ae6e0fb0ac4d889ee9ace7e25febfda-144.html

Please share with your social networks!

[Sabrina Freeman]

Why the Canadian Government Can’t Run a Hot Dog Stand at a Baseball Game!

http://www.autismpundit.com/files/3bd65edcebee93297efcb39ecb2a4c5d-143.html

Please share with anyone who you think needs to know the truth!

[Author]

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