[Terry Abrey]

"Therapists needed for the Pitt Meadows,Maple Ridge Area"

We are looking for therapists to work with our 9 year old son. Therapist will be asked to work 2 or 3 three hour shifts a week. If you are interested you can send your resume to Tva@telus.net or call us at 604-460-1145.

[Terry Abrey]

"Therapist Needed in Maple Ridge,Pitt Meadows Area"

We are looking for ABA therapists to work with 9 year old son. Applicant will be asked to work 2 or 3 three hour shifts a week. Any one interested you can send your resume to Tva@telus.net or call Mary or Terry at 604-460-1145

[Terry Abrey]

Hello:
Thank you for your email.
I am happy that your child has been accepted and they treated you with
respect. I think that is wonderful.
Unfortunately our son was not treated in that manner, nor were we ever told
of the ratio. We were clearly told that the environment would not be suited
for our son. My email is candid and true. If you note, we did write a long
letter, made a couple of calls, to discuss further, and no response. We
only spoke with them directly the next day. Please remember, they
approached us, and as you know, how challenging it can be, how our hopes and
dreams were answered, or so we thought, when we first started the process.
We did not even think of autism and approach, but they clearly told us their
policy, which we qualify, i.e. Christian, in good standing, financially
stable and can afford the difference, we expressed that clearly. You need
to know that our little boy is precious (quiet, no biting, banging, mostly
reading, computers, math) and to have him observed, without contacting us,
and letting us know over the phone the next day he will not be accepted,
made us feel like they personally discriminated against the little guy. I
know those are harsh words, but it was a complete turn about face which we
could not understand. Please note, our original visit was for our daughter
who is in grade six and we wished for her to have a private school education
in high school, they never even responded to us about our daughter. They
never discussed her application if it was not accepted or denied. Even when
we wrote the letter, there was no response. When we discussed this
situation, as soon as it happened, with our church, people were in an
uproar. We have tried, and have no choice but best to move on. Perhaps
you can express the feedback that we have and how they are now perceived in
the community. And possibly other children and parents will not be treated
in this manner. How unfortunate, especially for our children.
Again, I thank you for your feedback. I should let you know he is loved
and cherished by his teachers, classmates and SEA at his public school. The
principal was pleased we did not leave, "because they are great children".

[Terry Abrey]

Hi:
I applied at a Christian School in Maple Ridge for my daughter, who is a typical student. We took the tour of the school, and then mentioned to the school, that we have a little boy in Gr. 1, who is autistic. The tour guide, stated oh is that why you chose our school. We have a few autistic children, and we welcome they greatly, I suppose you will be bringing your own trained SEA. We were stunned, thrilled, high fives all around, and asked to set up the process for our daughter and our son. We filled out the documentation, paid the $300, submitted everything and got a sitting for an interview. We were thrilled. We brought in our daughter, and left our son in Gr. 1 not to disrupt his schedule and would set up an appointment for him. They spent 10 minutes talking about our daughter, but over an hour about our son. They wanted a Christian person to be our SEA, and we said no problem. They talked about the financial support, and we would pay the difference. Again, no problem. But one of the teachers, kept focusing on his behaviour issues, which he doesn't have any, he just verbally communicates very little, and is soft spoken when he does. He knows his alphabet, can count to 100, great on the computer, sight reader, and is learning phoenitics, knows his shapes, time, coins, etc. Quite a bit for the little guy. The teacher also stated, I noticed he has a low IQ, and is slow from Sunnyhill. I was a little suprised because I do not recall that in the letter, and Sunnyhill didn't focus on that. Anyhow, they wanted to see him in action at his school. I said, sure, we will let our school know, and let us know, so we could be there too. I called the principal to let her know that same day, and she informed me the Christian school has already spoken to them and asked about the financial aid. I was a little surprised, but everything seemed o.k. The school had our phone numbers (many) to call us. They called us at home, when we are at work, and told us it was 11:00 a.m., they would like to visit the school, and would like us to get back to them, if we had a problem them going it alone. We didn't get the call until 5:00 p.m. and called them. They phoned us back the next morning, and said, too bad, they visited the school at noon. They concluded that he had a good environment and best we keep him at the public school. They could not provide an SEA, Case closed. We couldn't believe it. They approached us, were so positive, we went with it got our hopes high, and then turned around and made us feel our little boy was not welcomed. I am still shocked, and hurt. My husband, our Christian friends, could not understand. We even followed up with a letter. Never did see the money, nor receive a responce.
Has anyone had an experience such as this?

TVA

[Terry Abrey]

Hi
Anyone heard of Dr. Michael Powes and is he worth while to go and see. The Autism Awarness Centre are the people put on the one day covention and do they know what they are doing.

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