[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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[Super Dad]

This article should be given to the family of every single newly-diagnosed child:

Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-autism-science-nov23,0,240420.story

These days, every treatment is promoted as "science-based" or "evidence-based." The providers get away with it because very few people can tell the difference between real science and hijacked science.

[Stacey Parson]

My son was recently diagnosed with Autism (today, in fact) and I want to start an ABA program as soon as possible. Unfortunately I have no idea where to start. Does anyone know of a good ABA Consultant willing to work in the Abbotsford area? Any ideas on where I go from here? Thank you for any help you can provide! Please email me at jsparson@telus.net.

[Dione Costanzo]

THANKS to everyone that gave me feedback on consultants Krista Zambolin and Anna Matchneva. The information is extremely useful and I really appreciate it!

Cheers,
Dione

[Dione Costanzo]

FEAT RALLY TOMORROW! – FRIDAY 13th

Please come and show your support tomorrow from noon-1pm. Come early to find parking and bring your umbrella and a picture of your kid!

Friday, November 13th, 2009
12:00 Noon
Premier Gordon Campbell’s Constituency Office
3615 West 4th Ave
Vancouver, BC

Why should you attend?

• The recent tragic deaths of two Canadian children with autism, killed at the hands of their own parents, is a wake up call! The status quo is putting the health of children and their very lives in jeopardy.

• September’s announcement by the Ministry of Children and Family Development has shown that our government is not concerned about the rights and needs of some of its most vulnerable citizens.

• No legislation or mandate exists to deliver health care to children with autism or to protect and enshrine their right to their medically necessary treatment. What little individualized funding being provided now is in jeopardy of being taken away.

• Autism is an epidemic! According to the Center for Disease Control, it now affects one in every 100 children in North America.

• It is time for our provincial government to recognize its responsibility to act and to demonstrate leadership for the rest of Canada!

Who should attend?

-parents, grandparents, friends, consultants, therapists, anyone who is concerned about this injustice to our children. We urge you all to attend this rally!

[Stella Li]

Thanks Nancy and the nice, smart, funny and… Tony!

Info to add:

There will be video presentations of some of the ASBC North Shore lectures for parents who cannot attend in the evenings but can come out during the day. The videos will be presented at the ASBC Burnaby Support Group meetings which is held once a month on a Friday morning. For details go to http://www.autismbc.ca – forum.

p.s. I think that all ABA parents are fantastic, wonderful, awesome… We have unusal endurance, courage, strength… When we work together, we could multiply our strengths as a team to win the marathon!!! Let's work together…

[Dione Costanzo]

Hi Everyone,

I am looking for feedback for a new parent who is setting up a home based ABA program for her 5 year old son and is evaluating the following consultants:

Krista Zambolin and Anna Matchneva

She would appreciate any information or experience working with these consultants that anyone has to share. Please email me at dionec@shaw.ca

Thanks!
Dione

[Nancy Walton]

Ah yes Tony, true, true….but we'll have chocolate!!! AND we have a surpise guest appearance!

Pthththtthth 😛

[Super Dad]

In additional to what Nancy has written, I should point out that the ASBC also fully endorses the ABA Support Network. Due to a lack of volunteers in the area, we have had to discontinue ASBC meetings in Surrey, and I have felt anxious about many families being too far away to attend North Shore lectures. I was therefore very happy to see the start of the ABA Support Network meetings.

For November, both groups have invited very knowledgeable professionals as guest speakers. If it’s hard for you to choose, then I should tell you something about the facilitators: The ones in the North Shore group are way nicer, way smarter, way funnier and way-way-way sexier. You’re guaranteed to enjoy being there.

Tony
ASBC volunteer Eye Candy

[Nancy Walton]

I'd just like to point out that ASBC and the ABA Support Network know that their meetings have occured on the same date. When the ABA Support Network booked our meetings, we were not aware that the ASBC planned their meetings for the third Tuesday of each month. From December onwards, the ABA SN meetings will be on the second Tuesday of each month. So our meetings will no longer coincide and parents will be able to attend both.

We also would have prefered that the meetings were not on the same weekday, but we were unable to book space on any other weekday.

The ABA Support Network fully endorses the ASBC meetings and we encourage parents to attend as many of both our meetings as possible to get educated and get connected to other parents.

[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

a presentation on
Social Thinking and Language Issues

by
Jenny Gorton, SLP
ABLE Development Clinic

at
7:00pm, Tues Nov 17

in the
Delbrook Recreation Centre

GUEST SPEAKER:
Before returning to Vancouver to join the ABLE Development Clinic, Jenny was an integral member of Teach Social Silicon Valley, previously known as the Centre for Social Thinking. Working closely with Michelle Garcia-Winner, Jenny provided treatment for social and language deficits in clients with Asperger’s Syndrome and other Autism Spectrum Disorders.

DATE:
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

TIME:
7 – 9 pm

LOCATION:
Cedar Room, in the North Building of the Delbrook Recreation Centre
(600 West Queens Road, North Vancouver)

For those going north/west on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn right at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd. For those going east on Highway #1: take exit 17 for Westview Dr, turn left at Westview Dr, and then turn right at Queens Rd.

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

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

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

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