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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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[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Lecture Series

The North Shore ASBC Support Group proudly presents:

Leaping Over Quicksand:
common pitfalls in starting up, maintaining, and generalizing an ABA home program
by
Katie Allen, BCBA
on
December 16, 2008

We are very pleased to have Katie Allen from the ABLE Development Clinic as our guest speaker.

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.

DATE: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: West Vancouver Memorial Library (Peters Room), 1950 Marine Drive in West Van. (between 19th and 20th Streets).
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.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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

[Diane Slootweg]

November Mid Island ASBC Community Support Group Meeting

This month's meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 19th at the Oliver Woods Community Centre. Our guest speaker will be Katherine Turner from Vancouver Island Community Support Services. This meeting will be particularly informative for parents with newly diagnosed children, those families who may be new to the area or anyone seeking additional behaviourial support. VICSS provide professional consulting services for specific behavioural challenges as well as more general positive program design. Their services are referred through Community Living BC and they have locations throughout Vancouver Island. Join us from 7pm until 9pm in the Hemlock Room, located on the second floor.

Hope you can join us for this informative session. Please pass this information on to anyone who you may think is interested.

RSVP to midisland.asbc@gmail.com if you plan to attend in order to arrange for seating and refreshments.

[Super Dad]

*** REMINDER ***

North Shore ASBC Support Group Lecture Series – November 18 2008

This month we will talk about: Surviving the Marathon – enduring the hardship and collecting the rewards.

We are very pleased to have the following speakers:

1. Beverly Sharpe – Auton litigant and "Medicare for Autism Now" campaigner.
2. Robin Gelfer – Auton litigant and pioneer advocate.
3. Laurie Guerra – director of the ASBC, and parent of a child who is near recovery.

*** SPECIAL GUEST: Wesley Romey – Laurie Guerra's son, and living proof that autism can be defeated.

Our speakers will tell their stories of emotional and financial survival, and share their experience with long-term coping strategies.

DATE: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: West Vancouver Memorial Library (Peter J. Peters Room), 1950 Marine Drive in West Van. (between 19th and 20th Streets). 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.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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

[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Support Group Lecture Series – November 18 2008

This month we will talk about: Surviving the Marathon – enduring the hardship and collecting the rewards.

We are very pleased to have the following speakers:

1. Beverly Sharpe – Auton litigant and "Medicare for Autism Now" campaigner.
2. Robin Gelfer – Auton litigant and pioneer advocate.
3. Laurie Guerra – director of the ASBC, and parent of a child who is near recovery.

*** SPECIAL GUEST: Wesley Romey – Laurie Guerra's son, and living proof that autism can be defeated.

Our speakers will tell their stories of emotional and financial survival, and share their experience with long-term coping strategies.

DATE: Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: West Vancouver Memorial Library (Peter J. Peters Room), 1950 Marine Drive in West Van. (between 19th and 20th Streets). 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.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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

[Super Dad]

The National, CBC's flagship nightly newscast hosted by Peter Mansbridge, has proven itself completely worthless to anyone who has any respect for truth.

Here is the piece of garbage they have recently produced:

http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/positively_autistic/

It is important to note that Michelle Dawson is a self-proclaimed "autistic" who has never had a formal diagnosis. A newspaper report has revealed that she has supposedly "self-diagnosed" herself. Much evidence suggests she is an opportunist who is seeking profit and attention by exploiting public ignorance about autism.

Temple Grandin, a real autistic who is NOT against ABA, says:

"The problem is, you talk to parents with a low-functioning kid, who've got a teenager who still goes to the bathroom in his pants and who's biting himself all the time. This guy destroys the house, and he's not typing, no matter what keyboards you make available. His life is miserable."

Why do people like Michelle Dawson never talk about how miserable these children get without treatment? That's because they want the fame and fortune of Temple Grandin but have nothing to contribute, so they resort to any method imaginable, often at the expense of truly disabled children.

Tony

[Tyla Frewing]

FEAT of BC Intermediate Autism Behavioral Therapist workshop in Nanaimo!

This workshop will take place the day after the introductory workshop, making it easy to attend both in one weekend!

When: 10:00am – 4:30 pm, November 16, 20008
Where: Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
Topics covered will include:
o The role of the antecedent and establishing operations
o Implementation of effective reinforcement
o Assessment of preferences
o Effective implementation of token economies and response-cost systems
o Implementation of effective prompting and prompt-fading strategies.
o Teaching techniques including behavioural chaining and total task presentation.
o A detailed discussion of the analysis of data.

The Presenters:
The early autism intervention training workshop is conducted by two ABA Program Coordinators: Danielle Eeuwes, BA and Tyla Frewing, BA. The workshop leaders have a broad range of experience in the behavioural treatment of children with autism. Together their experience includes training numerous new therapists, overlapping and providing ongoing training for established teams, training and overlapping with school aides, worksing as school aides, designing individualized data collection methods, training and overlapping senior instructors as well as providing ongoing training for senior instructors, leading training workshops and developing individualized curriculum and behavior management protocol for students with autism under the direct supervision of Board-Certified Behavior Analysts.

Register early, as space is limited to 25 people!

The registration form is available at: http://www.featbc.org/downloads/ibtw.pdf

[Tyla Frewing]

FEAT of BC Introductory Autism Behavioral Therapist workshop in Nanaimo!

When: 10:00am – 4:30 pm, November 15, 20008
Where: Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
Topics covered will include:
o The core elements of discrete trial instruction
o The importance of and key issues in using reinforcement
o When and how to prompt
o The process of teaching from introduction to mastery
o Issues of professionalism and confidentiality
o The process of accurate data collection.

The Presenters:
The early autism intervention training workshop is conducted by two ABA Program Coordinators: Danielle Eeuwes, BA and Tyla Frewing, BA. The workshop leaders have a broad range of experience in the behavioural treatment of children with autism. Together their experience includes training numerous new therapists, overlapping and providing ongoing training for established teams, training and overlapping with school aides, worksing as school aides, designing individualized data collection methods, training and overlapping senior instructors as well as providing ongoing training for senior instructors, leading training workshops and developing individualized curriculum and behavior management protocol for students with autism under the direct supervision of Board-Certified Behavior Analysts.

Register early, as space is limited to 25 people!

The registration form is available at: http://www.featbc.org/downloads/abtw.pdf

[Super Dad]

*** TONIGHT ***

Lecture by Dr. Todd Mason!

TOPIC: Aspergers and Anxiety – what every family wants their teacher to know.

TIME: 7 – 9 pm

LOCATION: West Vancouver Memorial Library (Musto Room), 1950 Marine Drive in West Van.

[Super Dad]

North Shore ASBC Support Group Lecture Series – October 2008

** ANNOUNCING **

Our October presentation will be: Aspergers and Anxiety – what every family wants their teacher to know.

We are pleased to have Dr. Todd Mason from the ABLE Development Clinic as our guest speaker. Dr. Mason is an clinical psychologist with amazing insight.

This lecture is useful to all parents of children on the spectrum. Many of the concepts are applicable to all.

This is a great opportunity for anyone with a school-aged child, or with a child coming up to school age. A clinical psychologist of this calibre is rare, so don't miss this lecture!

DATE: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 pm
LOCATION: West Vancouver Memorial Library (Musto Room), 1950 Marine Drive in West Van. (between 19th and 20th Streets). 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.

Please RSVP to Carol at colemanmoser@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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

[Heather Burke]

WANTED BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONIST
NEW WESTMINSTER – QUEENS PARK

We are looking for one therapist to join our energetic team and work with our son, William. He is a very funny and sociable little boy who is bright, verbal, and learns very fast. He is almost five years old and has high functioning autism (Aspergers). He is a very happy child who loves imaginative play.

Our consultant, Michele Shilvock, is local and been working with us since our son was diagnosed in August 2007. We have a strong therapy team and have seen tremendous gains! Michele and her intern, Gabrielle Stigant, will provide ongoing supervision and training, so this would be a great opportunity for applicants who welcome frequent overlaps and opportunities to further develop their skills. The program is in-home behavioral therapy and is based on the Lovaas method of positive reinforcement.

Applicants with early child education or ABA (Applied Behavioural Analysis) experience are preferred but we WILL also consider well motivated and inexperienced applicants as well. Experience in facilitated peer play (ABA) is a definite asset. Training is provided.

We are looking for applicants who are able to work 2-3 shifts per week. The shifts are about 3 hours long.

Also, you must be dependable and willing to commit to one year at least and be able to attend Biweekly Team Meetings on Tuesdays 8:30 to 9:30 am.

Wage will be based upon skill level and experience.

If you are responsible, energetic, creative, and motivated, we would like to hear from you.

For more information, please call: (604) 527-8105 or e-mail Heather Burke at: hburke@telus.net

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