[FEAT BC Admin]

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]

Upcoming ABA Support Network Meetings and Events:

We also have a full listing of events on our Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/abasupportnetwork
and on our online calendar on our website – http://abasupportnetwork.com/calendar.php

Our Neighborhood Network Meetings are groups of parents who hold monthly meetings to discuss setting up and running a home based intervention program as well as ongoing issues such as administration, funding, finding a consultant and BI's, school, etc… These groups are formed in different areas so that parents have local connections and support. If you cannot make it to your local meeting please contact any of our facilitators – parents from all areas are welcome at any meeting!

If you are a new parent who needs autism and ABA support and information PLEASE CONTACT any facilitator and they can connect you with a parent who can help.

Neighborhood Network Meeting – Tri-Cities
Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Place Millardville 1200 Cartier Ave Coquitlam, BC V3K 2C3
Description: In preparation for the Coquitlam (SD43) School Board Meeting on June 25, this group of parents is preparing a delegation which will present ABA in schools to the trustees.
Please RSVP to Jodi at jbtwickens@gmail.com

Neighborhood Network Meeting – SURREY (Formerly East Surrey + Central/North Surrey)
Date: Wednesday, June 12
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Cloverdale please RSVP for address
Topic: Parents from Surrey and Cloverdale meet to discuss issues about school as well as issues around setting up and maintaining a home based intervention program. This group is an amalgamation of the Central/North Surrey and East Surrey groups.
RSVP to holly@abasupportnetwork.com

**NEW** Neighborhood Network Meeting – Langley
Date: Wednesday, June 12
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Langley please RSVP for address
Topic: This is a new group of Langley parents who meet to discuss issues about school as well as issues around setting up and maintaining a home based intervention program. First on their agenda – ABA IN SCHOOLS! This group is preparing a letter about ABA in schools for the Langley School District (SD35) and welcome any parents who would like to advocate for these services as well.
RSVP to lisa.hockley@gmail.com

Neighborhood Network Meeting – Central/North Surrey
Please see above information.
A big THANK YOU to Jen who has been facilitating the Central/North Surrey group for 2 years and also volunteers as treasurer for the ABA Support Network.

Neighborhood Network Meeting – White Rock/South Surrey
Date: Thursday, June 20
Time: 7:30pm
Location: South Surrey Please RSVP for address
Topic: 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.
RSVP to abarocks@gmail.com

ABA Presentation to SD43 (Coquitlam)
Date: Tuesday, June 25
Time: 7:00pm
Location: 550 Poirier Street in Coquitlam
Topic: Led by Jodie Wickens (jbtwickens@gmail.com), the Tri-Cities chapter of the ABA Support Network has organized a delegation to present to the school board at this meeting a proposal that ABA trained aides are provided at school for children with autism whose parents are running a home based aba program overseen by a qualified consultant. This group is having it's regular meeting on June 11 which will be preparing for this presentation.
Sign the petition here – http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/sd-43-provide-aba-trained-at-least-1000-bcba-supervised-hours-sea-s-to-students-that-have-asd-and-are-already-participating-in-a-home-aba-program

Please note ALL meetings are open to parents from ALL areas!!

Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested! Thank you!

[Maggie Mohseni]

Hi,

Has anyone used 'A Block Above Behavioral Consulting' as their agency? I would love to hear any positive or negative feedback as we are considering using them.

Thank you for your time!
Maggie

email: maggiemohseni@gmail.com

[lacee faasse]

Hi parents i was wondering if any of you have information on the following BC

1) Heather Dorn
2)Claire Egan

Thanks for your time
email: lfaasse@yahoo.ca

[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Stereotypy
Assessment and Treatment

by
Sarah Pastrana, MSc, BCBA
Behaviour Consultant

at
7:00pm, Tue May 21

in
Welsh Hall West
downstairs in the
West Vancouver Memorial Library

GUEST SPEAKER:

Sarah Pastrana has been in the field since 2002, and has been worked under the supervision of Sharon Baxter and Dr. Sara White. She obtained her master’s degree from St. Cloud State University, which has one of the world’s best master’s programs in ABA. Sarah has wide experience from working in numerous home-based treatment programs and in two residential ABA teaching homes. She also teaches a course in the ABA Support Worker Program at Surrey College.

TOPIC:

Sarah will discuss:
– Functions of stereotypy;
– Treatment options supported by research;
– Assessment and treatment in the home setting.

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

[Bev Sharpe]

REMINDER TO ALL WHO USE THIS FEATBC CHAT BOARD.

This is a 100% free, volunteer-run service.

Before you post, please review and understand the rules.

Advertising compensation, hourly rates of pay, is against the rules. This web site is not here to promote competition between families for therapists.

Please contact me personally if you want to discuss this.
bsharpe7@hotmail.com

Beverley Sharpe
Director, FEATBC

[Bev Sharpe]

TODAY TUNE IN TO 1070 AM on your radio.
5pm-5:30pm

Jean Lewis and David Marley will be discussing the sad and horrible situation of the Telford case.
The parents who left their 19 yr old severely Autistic /Tourette's Syndrome son on the doorstep of a Social Services Office in Ontario.

Jean and David will discuss this case and the much larger issues around it.

[Helen Curman]

Hello, I am seeking feedback from parents on the following Behavioral Consultants/agencies: 1. Dr. Joan Broto 2. Eva Major – Reach 3. Joanne Ma – Harmony House . Any feedback would be very much appreciated. My son is 4 and was recently diagnosed PDD-NOS. Please email me any feedback to: lcurman79@gmail.com

[R Gill]

Hello. I wanted to inquire if any of the parents have dealt with the following Behavioral Consultants. We are in the process of currently interviewing and wanted to know if anyone can provide additional feedback.
Thanks.
Behavioral Consultants:
1. Dr. Claire Egan
2. Joan Broto
3. Anna Matchneva

Thanks
ranu_gill@hotmail.com

[Dione Costanzo]

The Association for Science in Autism posted this message about Autism Awareness Month on their facebook page. Keep an eye on their website and facebook page for more!
https://www.facebook.com/ASATonline
http://www.asatonline.org/

This information will also be shared on the ABA Support Network facebook page if you haven't LIKED us yet please do it today!

https://www.facebook.com/abasupportnetwork

April is Autism Awareness Month. The blue puzzle pieces will appear on thousands of Facebook pages and billboards and the media will focus part of their attention on autism. Greater awareness is a wonderful thing, as detection and diagnosis are necessary first steps to accessing help in the form or treatment, information, and support. With over 400 treatments from which to choose, parents of children with autism need guidance and the tools to make the best possible choices for their children; choices that will undoubtedly have a profound impact on both their current quality of life and their children’s future.

Autism is no longer the rare diagnosis. With 1 in 88 children, and 1 in 54 boys, receiving a diagnosis, our own families, our neighbors, and our co-workers are all touched by autism. In fact, the sheer number of individuals with autism has heightened awareness of autism. This awareness is essential: it promotes early detection, and with early detection we hope for a relatively clear path toward effective treatment and better outcomes. Sadly, the early detection of autism does not always mean a seamless path to intervention. Furthermore, families whose children are diagnosed with autism are still are not able to access the most effective science-based treatments available. Instead families often have to sort through well over 400 pseudo-scientific treatments until they arrive at the ones most effective in addressing the complex disorder of autism.

It is ASAT’s hope that the conversation about autism awareness will be broadened to focus upon the obstacles that separate individuals with autism from effective, science-based intervention and those which distract their families, caregivers, and teachers from accurate information about autism intervention. "Autism awareness" should be about more than just detection and diagnosis. Over the next few weeks we will post 10 ideas about what Autism Awareness should be about along with ways that ASAT helps families and providers negotiate the complex maze of autism treatment options. Stay tuned!

[Cathy Lupin]

Hi,
Any recommendations for a good Behavioural Consultant please, my son will be 6 yrs old this summer.

My email address is cathy_0644@yahoo.com

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