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In this topic area, discussion is on all issues relating to setting up and running a home-based intervention program. Please feel free to bring up any problems or suggestions. Parents can help each other greatly by sharing information and giving suggestions.

In addition to parents helping parents, A.B.A. professionals on in the Discussion Group can also help provide insight and guidance.

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[Dione Costanzo]

The ABA Support Network and the Autism Society of BC have teamed up to offer a 4 hour information session on Saturday, April 26th from 10am – 2:30pm at Surrey College.

Location: Surrey College '
(Address: Building 700 9260.140th street, Surrey)

• Date: Saturday, April 26th, 2014

•Time: 10:00 am to 2:30pm
Refreshments'will'be'provided'during'lunch'break'

• Registration: Mail registration form with payment or contact the ASBC by phone

• Cost: $20 per person

Download the flyer and registration form http://abasupportnetwork.com/docs/ASBCABASN-InfoSessionFlyer-April%202014.pdf

This information session will focus on introducing the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) to new parents and to those seeking employment as a BI.

Included in the workshop will be a brief introduction to ABA, including basic ABA principles, expectations of working in the field, potential career advancement, a description of a quality and supportive ABA environment, and guidelines to maintaining professional relationships between families and BIs.

Potential BIs will learn about the basic ABA principles, responsibilities of BI positions, work ethics, how to select a high quality ABA team and considerations in selecting a supportive and high quality ABA environment.

Parents will learn about basic ABA principles, how to identify a qualified consultant for your ABA team, important aspects and expectations of an ABA team, and how to select a BI for your team. This seminar is information-based and no certifications will be provided. The intention of the workshop is to provide comprehensive information for potential BIs and parents in the field of ABA. Refreshments will be provided during the half an hour break time.

About the Workshop Leaders…
The autism intervention training workshop is conducted by 3 ABA Program Supervisors: Fay Yen, MSc. BCBA, Lindsay Parrott, M.Ed. and Julee Bisiker, M.Ed, BCBA. These leaders have a broad range of experience in the behavioural treatment of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Together their 28 years of experience includes training numerous new therapists, providing ongoing training for established teams, training with school aides, working as school aides, designing individualized data collection methods, training senior instructors as well as providing ongoing training for senior instructors, leading training workshops and developing individualized curriculum and behaviour management protocol for students with autism under the direct supervision of Board-Certified Behaviour Analysts.

We expect this information session to fill up quickly – Download the registration form http://abasupportnetwork.com/docs/ASBCABASN-InfoSessionFlyer-April%202014.pdf

Thank you! The ABA Support Network

[Dione Costanzo]

April ABA Support Network Meetings and Events:

We do want all parents to know that if they need to reach out for support or information please do not hesitate to contact one of our network facilitators below who can connect you with other parents.

South Surrey/White Rock – abarocks@gmail.com
Coquitlam/Tri-Cities – jbtwickens@gmail.com
Surrey/Cloverdale/Langley – tamara_desilva@hotmail.com
All other locations – dione@abasupportnetwork.com

Please stay updated by following us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abasupportnetwork and Twitter @aba_sn
and on our online calendar on our website – http://abasupportnetwork.com/calendar.php

Katie Allen M Sc., BCBA "Functional Behaviour Analysis"

WHY DO OUR WHY DO OUR KIDS DO WHAT THEY DO ?

A Presentation by Katie Allen M.Sc., BCBA

Functional analysis is considered a “best practice” for identifying the causes of problem behavior such as self-injury, aggression, stereotypy and noncompliance.

“Functional analysis methodology is an assessment strategy that identifies sources of reinforcement that maintain problem behavior and prescribes individualized interventions that directly alter the conditions under which behavior occurs” (Brian A. Iwata, 2005).
Location – Coquitlam Public Libarary – Poirier Branch
Date – Tuesday, April 15
Time – 7:00-9:00pm
RSVP – jbtwickens@gmail.com

Autism Diagnosis? Parents Helping Parents Information Series
This is a monthly event for new parents – please help us spread the word by printing the flyer from our website and posting at your local dr office, pediatrician, clinic, library, rec center, etc… http://abasupportnetwork.com/docs/Parent%20Info%20Series%20Flyer.pdf
Date: Tuesday, April 15
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex (Arena side, upstairs)
Topic: Special Presentation by Louise Witt, parent. Louise will talk about her journey from diagnosis, setting up and maintaining a quality treatment program. This is a great meeting to network with other parents and ask questions.

please rsvp to tamara_desilva@Hotmail.com
There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, questions and networking with other parents.

Neighborhood Network Meeting – South Surrey/White Rock
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
Location: Please RSVP to juliane_khadra@yahoo.com for the location
Parents from South Surrey/White Rock meet to discuss issues about school as well as issues around setting up and maintaining a home based intervention program.

[Nancy Walton]

Katie Allen's presentation on Functional Analysis is extremely good and I highly recommend it to ALL parents of any age ASD children. Take this great, free opportunity to get important information for your ABA program.

[Jodie Wickens]

FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS
WHY DO OUR KIDS DO WHAT THEY DO?
A Presentation by Katie Allen M.Sc., BCBA

TUESDAY APRIL 15TH

6:30PM-8:45PM

NANCY BENNETT ROOM AT THE POIRIER PUBLIC LIBRARY

575 POIRIER STREET COQUITLAM, B.C.V3J 6A9

R.S.V.P. jbtwickens@gmail.com

Functional analysis is considered a “best practice” for identifying the causes of problem behavior such as self-injury, aggression, stereotypy and noncompliance.
“Functional analysis methodology is an assessment strategy that identifies sources of reinforcement that maintain problem behavior and prescribes individualized interventions that directly alter the conditions under which behavior occurs” (Brian A. Iwata, 2005).

[Dione Costanzo]

Parent Information Meeting

Featuring Special Guests:

Louise Witt, Parent

Michele Shilvock, BCBA

Date: Tuesday, March 11
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Surrey Sports and Leisure Complex,
Downstairs boardroom on the arena side. 16555 Fraser Highway

Please rsvp to Tamara at tamara_desilva@hotmail.com

This meeting is for parents from all areas of the Lower Mainland.

Louise will talk about her journey as a parent, from having her beautiful son through diagnosis and the steps that she took to set up and maintain a quality therapy program for him and what that has done for her son and her family.

Michele will speak from the consultants point of view and will review the components of a quality program for children and youth with autism.

This will be a dynamic presentation will plenty of opportunity to ask questions and to network with other parents. Please join us.

[Dione Costanzo]

Half-price if you register by March 7th!

Only one more day to get your early registration price for the 6th Annual BC-ABA Conference! If you’re a member, it’s $30 for the workshop and $50 for the conference.

After March 7th, the price for the conference will increase to $100 so please go to http://www.BC-ABA.org and register now for reduced conference rates!

[Dione Costanzo]

March ABA Support Network (and other) Meetings and Events:

If you need to reach out for support or information please do not hesitate to contact one of our network facilitators below who can connect you with other parents.

South Surrey/White Rock – abarocks@gmail.com
Coquitlam/Tri-Cities – jbtwickens@gmail.com
Surrey/Cloverdale/Langley – tamara_desilva@hotmail.com
All other locations – dione@abasupportnetwork.com

Please stay updated by following us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/abasupportnetwork and Twitter @aba_sn
and on our online calendar on our website – http://abasupportnetwork.com/calendar.php

EVENTS:

Autism Diagnosis? Parents Helping Parents Information Series

This is a monthly event for new parents – please help us spread the word by printing the flyer from our website and posting at your local dr office, pediatrician, clinic, library, rec center, etc…
http://abasupportnetwork.com/docs/Parent%20Info%20Series%20Flyer.pdf

Date: Tuesday, March 11
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex (Arena side, upstairs)

Topic: Special Presentation by Louise Witt, parent. Louise will talk about her journey from diagnosis, setting up and maintaining a quality treatment program. This is a great meeting to network with other parents and ask questions.

please rsvp to tamara_desilva@Hotmail.com

There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, questions and networking with other parents.

Neighborhood Network Meeting – South Surrey/White Rock
There is no meeting planned for South Surrey due to Spring Break.

Neighborhood Network Meeting – Tri-Cities
There is no meeting planned for the Tri-Cities due to Spring Break.

ASD & Family Quality of Life Discussion Series hosted by SFU and the Laurel Foundation

Date: Saturday, March 8
Time: 1-4pm
Location: SFU Vancouver

Topic: Families and Mental Health- Saturday, March 8, 2014 starting at 1pm

This event is FREE and open to the public will take place in Room 7000 (Earl and Jennie Lohn Policy Room) at Simon Fraser University (Downtown Vancouver Campus).

Panelists will include:

Grace Iarocci, Associate Professor of Psychology, SFU
Emily Gardiner, Doctoral Candidate, Psychology, SFU
Vikram Dua, Psychiatrist, Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Angela Clancy, Executive Director, Family Support Institute
Steve Cairns, Director of the F.O.R.C.E Society for Kids’ Mental Health
Member of the BC School Centered Mental Health Coalition
Tara Kimberly Torme, Office Worker, Community Living BC, Self-Advocate with Asperger Syndrome
Laurel Foundation
Louise Witt, BA Psych, BSW, MSW, Parent, Director of the ABA Support Network

BC-ABA 6th Annual Conference

Date: Key note Friday March 14, Conference Saturday March 15

Registration and conference information – https://bc-aba.org/events/

The ABA Support Network will be presenting during the conference on ABA in Schools and Parent Advocacy.

This conference is a great way to learn and network in the ABA community.

[Bev Sharpe]

This latest edition of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment is a must-read.

http://www.asatonline.org/pdf/winter2014.pdf

On page 18 of this newsletter there is a summary of the guidelines that will help parents differentiate good from poor consultants. From this newsletter you can download the entire consumer guidelines for consultants.

[Bev Sharpe]

The newest edition of the ASAT newsletter is here!

The Association for Science in Autism Treatment: ASAT is a not-for-profit organization of parents and professionals committed to improving the education, treatment, and care of people with autism. Since autism was first identified, there has been a long history of failed treatments and fads, levied on vulnerable individuals as well as on their families. From the scandal of the “refrigerator mother” theory, to the ongoing parade of “miracle cures” and “magical breakthroughs,” history has been dominated by improbable theories about causation and treatments.

Many of these treatments have been too quickly adopted by professionals, too readily sensationalized by the media, and too hastily embraced by hopeful consumers – well before supporting evidence or reasonable probability existed for their effectiveness or safety.

Since ASAT was established in 1998, it has been their goal to work toward adopting higher standards of accountability for the care, education and treatment of all individuals with autism.

http://www.asatonline.org/pdf/winter2014.pdf

This organization is not-for-profit and accepts donations to keep this organization running.

[Super Dad]

*** PLEASE NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE ***

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

ABA at Home
Setting up, maintaining and generalizing an ABA program

by
Katie Allen, M.SC., BCBA
ABLE Developmental Clinic

at
7:00pm, Tue Feb 18

in
Musto Room
in the
West Vancouver Memorial Library

GUEST SPEAKER:

Katie is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Her Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) was obtained through Northeastern University, Boston MA. Katie spent three years at the New England Center for Children, a leading day and residential program for children with autism in the United States. She moved to Vancouver to design and implement individualized home based ABA programs for children with autism and other developmental disabilities, with a focus on children with severe behavioural challenges.

TOPIC:

In this presentation, Katie will talk about:
* understanding what type of ABA program you're running;
* how to know what to expect from your involvement and outcomes, including common roadblocks;
* how data collection and functional analysis can help prevent some of the most common pitfalls;
* practicing true evidence-based intervention as opposed to just running ABA procedures.

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 <asbcnorthshore@yahoo.ca>.

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

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