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Upcoming FEAT of BC Sponsored Workshops:

FEAT of BC will be sponsoring three workshops in the new year.

Januar 14th, 2006
Participants: new instructors, instructors with experience who would like a refresher, parents, SEA's, classroom teachers, anyone working with a child with Autism.
Basic Workshop – an introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis and Discrete Trial Teaching/Instruction ("Lovaas-style ABA"). This workshop will introduce you to the scientifically based field of ABA. Participants will learn terminology as well as recieve hands on practice implementing basic principles and strategies. Correct implementation of the discrete trial, basic prompting, reinforcement and data collection will be some of the topics discussed.

January 21st, 2006
Participants: instructors with at least 3 months of experience, parents and/or those who have attended our basic workshop.
Pre-requisite: attendance at a FEAT of BC basic workshop or that of a Lovaas style consultant. Please abide by this pre-requisite. We would encourage you to attend our basic workshop to ensure that you are familiar with the terms and terminology that will be used in this workshop.
Workshop: We have revised this workshop to focus on the intermediate level instructor vs. the Senior level instructor. This workshop will focus on advancing knowledge in areas such as prompting, reinforcement, technique, self-evaluation, working with older children and/or complex situations and program implementation will be discussed. This is a small seminar based workshop, allowing extensive one-to-one with the instructors.

**NEW**
In early February, date to be announced, we are pleased to announce we will be offering a Senior Level workshop.
Participants: this workshop is strictly limited to those who are currenty working as a senior instructor/therapist or those who are training/aspiring to become a senior insructor. Parents are ALWAYS welcome.
Pre-requisite: attendance at our basic workshop or recommendation by your consultant, preference will be given to those participants who have attended our intermediate workshop in the past or who are registered and attend our intermediate workshop in January. This pre-requisite is in place to ensure that all can participate in the discussions in this workshop. Participants who are not familiar with the terminology will find that they have great difficulty in participating in the discussions and time will not be allocated for basic review.
This workshop has been offerred previously under specific consultants. The focus of this workshop is on using ABA principles to train and manage staff. One of the greatest deficits in home programming is the lack of training and supervision home based staff receive. The quality of a child's program is dependent not only on the quality of programming but also on the quality of implementation. Through this open forum discussion, we guide participants through scienficially based approaches that will assist in strenghtening the participants leadership as well as the performance of a team. Issues worked on through hands on practice include training from introduction of concepts to overlapping, leading effective staff meetings, ongoing training of staff, training instructors to leadership. self-evaluation and training, working effectively with parents and consultants, organization and its role in effective programming, problem solving common problems and data analysis.

We encourage those Seniors who have attended these sold-out workshops in the past to attend again. Each senior workshop we teach has varied in content and those who have attended all of our previous workshops have found that they learn more each time.

As we are currently securing our location(s) for these workshops, these dates may change. Registratin details will be posted once arrangments are finalized.

Please do NOT contact FEAT and attempt to pre-register! All registration will take place once the registration form is posted. Registration will be on first come, first serve basis, upon receiving payment.

All workshops will be taught by Michelle Karren and Theresa Tournemille. Both Michelle and Theresa have 5+ years experience in the field including home and school based programs and have worked with children ranging in age from toddlers to teen-agers. Both currently work as senior instructors and overlap instructors in the field and have trained and worked with a great number of instructors. Additional Bio informationn will be available with registration materials.

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Call for Session Submissions Extended to Wednesday Dec. 7, 2005
ASA's 37th National Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders,
Lighting the Way to Hope, Navigating to Success & Solutions
July 12 – 15, 2006 – Providence, RI
2006 Call for Abstracts / Session Submissions:

For more than 40 years, ASA has been at the forefront of information exchange, advocacy, and awareness of autism, both within and outside the autism community. At ASA's 37th National Conference in 2006, families and professionals will come together to share what they know and have learned through research, experience, and general day-to-day living.

This year, ASA is searching for the most innovative and evidence-based work by presenters who are able to take both the successes and failures of the past and teach us how ASA's goals will be achieved. To navigate the challenges that lie ahead, one must study the past, learn from previous and current experiences, and continually strive to achieve a more successful future.

The call is now open through December 7, 2005:

http://asa.confex.com/asa/2006/index.html

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New Library Resource Materials & Recommended Reads:

We’ve been busy in our library over the past few months and here is a list of new materials now available for loan to you, as well as some items to add to your Christmas wish-list!

To request materials via mail please email tleger@autismbc.ca , or call us at 604-434-0880 or 1-888-437-0880 to make your request via phone. Of course you are always welcome to come in and check out the materials yourself! Please remember that you must have a current membership in order to be able to borrow ASBC materials.

Lindy, Jennifer and myself are always happy to hear from our members, so please call with any questions, or recommendations for new materials, that you may have.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Tamara Leger

DVDs and Videos and CD-ROMs:
1. Fitting In Having Fun: Social Skills Training Video Series from http://www.tdsocialskills.com
Volume 1: 13 lessons that include dares, embarrassing situations, talking too loud, interrupting, accepting criticism, ending a conversation, being bossy, taking a joke too far, dealing with disappointment and being a tattletale.
Volume 2: Moving on to Middle School: 11 lessons that include completing homework, flirting, the cafeteria, teasing and bullying, phys Ed class, staying organized, paying attention, making friends, hallway safety, getting along and how to handle the first day.

2. Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day by Michelle Garcia Winner: 2 DVD set that includes her workshop and clips from live therapy demo sessions clips that cover material and programming ideas from her books Thinking About You Thinking About Me and Inside Out: What Makes kids with Social Deficits Tick?

3. CD-ROM: Map It Out: Customizable Work Maps
4. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Social Scenes for Home, School and Community
5. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Early Social Scenes for School

Super Duper Card Sets :
1. Understanding Inferences Card Deck
2. Famous Words and Proverbs Fun Deck
3. Idioms Fun Deck
4. Metaphors and Similes Fun Deck
5. Let’s Predict Fun Deck
6. Rags to Riches More Idioms Fun Deck

Books and Manuals and Programming Materials:

1. Can You Listen with Your Eyes? By Nita Everly
2. La Grammaire, C’est Mon Affaire (basic Grade 2 level intro to French Grammar book)
3. Le carnet de Mes Mots (basic primary French vocabulary and simple sentence structure)
4. The Language of Math for Young Learners by Marilyn Toomey
5. Mini Mysteries: 26 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
6. More Mini Mysteries: 22 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
7. Finding the Main Idea: High interest comprehensive activities to help students identify, locate and write main ideas.
8. Map It Out: Visual Tools for thinking, Organizing and Communicating by Elizabeth Wiig and Carolyn Wilson
9. Don’t Take it So Literally by Danielle Legler
10. Logic, Anyone? 165 Brian Stretching Logic Problems (Grade 5 and Up) include analogies, matrix logic, table logic, circle logic, syllogisms, Venn diagrams
11. List of Leveled Picture books for Grade K-8 (Great for matching and gauging your child’s reading level)
12. Study Strategies Made Easy: Includes Organization, Learning Style, reading comprehension, communication, note-taking, homework, stress management, memorization and test-taking
13. The Study Skills Handbook: More than 75 strategies for Better Learning by Judith Dodge
14. Start Them Thinking: A Handbook for Classroom strategies for the early years (K-3)
15. Comic Strip Math: Grade 3-6
16. Comic Strip Grammar: Grade 3-6
17. Making Critical Thinking Intuitive by Richard W. Paul
18. The Logic of Creative and Critical Thinking by Richard Paul
19. Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets by Richard Paul
20. How to Give a Presentation (Grade 4-6)
21. Teaching with Favorite Magic Treehouse Books: engaging, skill-building activities for exploring fiction and nonfiction using these popular chapter books (Grade 2-3)
22. Reading with Robert Munsch (Grade 1-3)
23. Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments Book One by Anita Harndek
24. Algebra Readiness (Grade 4-8): 50 independent practice pages that help kids master essential math skills by Judith Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla
25. Math Exercises for Non-Readers by Anne Marie Johnson
26. Math Work Problems Made Easy (Grade 2) by Bob Krech
27. Algebra Math Skills Workbook (Grade 4-6)
28. MEER 1 & MEER 2

Peer Play Activity Ideas and Curriculums:
Science Based Activities
1. Bouncing Into Science by Marianne Croil
2. Mysteries and Codes by Karen Rogers
3. Inventions: Ideas in Motion
4. Machines Theme Unit
5. Spell Binding Bones Theme Unit
6. Planet X: a problem-based science curriculum for teaching systems (Grade 2) Theme Unit
7. Robots, Sharks, Monsters and Whales Theme Unit

Language Arts/Art Activities
1. I Still Believe in Unicorns (Grade 2-8)
2. The Middle Ages: Castles, Kings and Knights in Shining Armor (Grade 4-8)
3. Fun with Food Theme Unit
4. Quickly and Quietly Theme Unit
5. Hand in Hand Theme Unit
6. Cats Theme Unit
7. Dinosaurs Theme Unit
8. Sports Theme Unit
9. Jungles Theme Unit
10. Great Food Adventures Theme Unit
11. Shopping Centres Theme Unit
12. Bears Theme Unit
13. Pizza and Popcorn Theme Unit
14. Ancient Egypt Theme Unit
15. Rain Theme Unit
16. Hats Theme Unit
17. Make Believe Theme Unit

Other Recommended “In House” Reads:

1. Perfect Targets
2. Social Skills Training
3. Skillstreaming
4. Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
5. Solving the Relationship Puzzle
6. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
7. The Hidden Curriculum

Buy IT!:

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Elisabeth A. Martin, Stephen Nowicki Jr.

This book breaks down and provides programming ideas for teaching non-verbal communication components such as: paralanguage, facial expressions, postures and gestures, interpersonal distance (space & time ) and touch, rhythm and time and objectics. And it is reasonably priced at http://www.Amazon.com!

Einstein Never Used Flashcards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Diane Eyer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

This book is a great clinical psychological reference guide that synthesizes all the hardcore psychological and developmental studies that your psychologist, behavioural consultant and SLP may have referred to. This book will also give you the long view in terms of what develops when, how it emerges and how it all comes together. This is the book that I wish we had when we started our program!

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New Library Resource Materials & Recommended Reads:

We’ve been busy in our library over the past few months and here is a list of new materials now available for loan to you, as well as some items to add to your Christmas wish-list!

To request materials via mail please email tleger@autismbc.ca , or call us at 604-434-0880 or 1-888-437-0880 to make your request via phone. Of course you are always welcome to come in and check out the materials yourself! Please remember that you must have a current membership in order to be able to borrow ASBC materials.

Lindy, Jennifer and myself are always happy to hear from our members, so please call with any questions, or recommendations for new materials, that you may have.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Tamara Leger

DVDs and Videos and CD-ROMs:
1. Fitting In Having Fun: Social Skills Training Video Series from http://www.tdsocialskills.com
Volume 1: 13 lessons that include dares, embarrassing situations, talking too loud, interrupting, accepting criticism, ending a conversation, being bossy, taking a joke too far, dealing with disappointment and being a tattletale.
Volume 2: Moving on to Middle School: 11 lessons that include completing homework, flirting, the cafeteria, teasing and bullying, phys Ed class, staying organized, paying attention, making friends, hallway safety, getting along and how to handle the first day.

2. Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day by Michelle Garcia Winner: 2 DVD set that includes her workshop and clips from live therapy demo sessions clips that cover material and programming ideas from her books Thinking About You Thinking About Me and Inside Out: What Makes kids with Social Deficits Tick?

3. CD-ROM: Map It Out: Customizable Work Maps
4. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Social Scenes for Home, School and Community
5. CD-ROM: Say and Do: Early Social Scenes for School

Super Duper Card Sets :
1. Understanding Inferences Card Deck
2. Famous Words and Proverbs Fun Deck
3. Idioms Fun Deck
4. Metaphors and Similes Fun Deck
5. Let’s Predict Fun Deck
6. Rags to Riches More Idioms Fun Deck

Books and Manuals and Programming Materials:

1. Can You Listen with Your Eyes? By Nita Everly
2. La Grammaire, C’est Mon Affaire (basic Grade 2 level intro to French Grammar book)
3. Le carnet de Mes Mots (basic primary French vocabulary and simple sentence structure)
4. The Language of Math for Young Learners by Marilyn Toomey
5. Mini Mysteries: 26 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
6. More Mini Mysteries: 22 intriguing mystery stories sure to improve reading comprehension, listening skills and critical thinking (Grade 3-6)
7. Finding the Main Idea: High interest comprehensive activities to help students identify, locate and write main ideas.
8. Map It Out: Visual Tools for thinking, Organizing and Communicating by Elizabeth Wiig and Carolyn Wilson
9. Don’t Take it So Literally by Danielle Legler
10. Logic, Anyone? 165 Brian Stretching Logic Problems (Grade 5 and Up) include analogies, matrix logic, table logic, circle logic, syllogisms, Venn diagrams
11. List of Leveled Picture books for Grade K-8 (Great for matching and gauging your child’s reading level)
12. Study Strategies Made Easy: Includes Organization, Learning Style, reading comprehension, communication, note-taking, homework, stress management, memorization and test-taking
13. The Study Skills Handbook: More than 75 strategies for Better Learning by Judith Dodge
14. Start Them Thinking: A Handbook for Classroom strategies for the early years (K-3)
15. Comic Strip Math: Grade 3-6
16. Comic Strip Grammar: Grade 3-6
17. Making Critical Thinking Intuitive by Richard W. Paul
18. The Logic of Creative and Critical Thinking by Richard Paul
19. Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets by Richard Paul
20. How to Give a Presentation (Grade 4-6)
21. Teaching with Favorite Magic Treehouse Books: engaging, skill-building activities for exploring fiction and nonfiction using these popular chapter books (Grade 2-3)
22. Reading with Robert Munsch (Grade 1-3)
23. Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments Book One by Anita Harndek
24. Algebra Readiness (Grade 4-8): 50 independent practice pages that help kids master essential math skills by Judith Muschla and Gary Robert Muschla
25. Math Exercises for Non-Readers by Anne Marie Johnson
26. Math Work Problems Made Easy (Grade 2) by Bob Krech
27. Algebra Math Skills Workbook (Grade 4-6)
28. MEER 1 & MEER 2

Peer Play Activity Ideas and Curriculums:
Science Based Activities
1. Bouncing Into Science by Marianne Croil
2. Mysteries and Codes by Karen Rogers
3. Inventions: Ideas in Motion
4. Machines Theme Unit
5. Spell Binding Bones Theme Unit
6. Planet X: a problem-based science curriculum for teaching systems (Grade 2) Theme Unit
7. Robots, Sharks, Monsters and Whales Theme Unit

Language Arts/Art Activities
1. I Still Believe in Unicorns (Grade 2-8)
2. The Middle Ages: Castles, Kings and Knights in Shining Armor (Grade 4-8)
3. Fun with Food Theme Unit
4. Quickly and Quietly Theme Unit
5. Hand in Hand Theme Unit
6. Cats Theme Unit
7. Dinosaurs Theme Unit
8. Sports Theme Unit
9. Jungles Theme Unit
10. Great Food Adventures Theme Unit
11. Shopping Centres Theme Unit
12. Bears Theme Unit
13. Pizza and Popcorn Theme Unit
14. Ancient Egypt Theme Unit
15. Rain Theme Unit
16. Hats Theme Unit
17. Make Believe Theme Unit

Other Recommended “In House” Reads:

1. Perfect Targets
2. Social Skills Training
3. Skillstreaming
4. Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME
5. Solving the Relationship Puzzle
6. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
7. The Hidden Curriculum

Buy IT!:

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Elisabeth A. Martin, Stephen Nowicki Jr.

This book breaks down and provides programming ideas for teaching non-verbal communication components such as: paralanguage, facial expressions, postures and gestures, interpersonal distance (space & time ) and touch, rhythm and time and objectics. And it is reasonably priced at http://www.Amazon.com!

Einstein Never Used Flashcards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Diane Eyer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

This book is a great clinical psychological reference guide that synthesizes all the hardcore psychological and developmental studies that your psychologist, behavioural consultant and SLP may have referred to. This book will also give you the long view in terms of what develops when, how it emerges and how it all comes together. This is the book that I wish we had when we started our program!

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Did anybody read the article in 'The Sun' yesterday about learning difficulties. A presentation on the full range of difficulties, including the 'Grey Area' where giving a name to the condition and organising treatment doesn't seem to be done.

Autism was a smallish circle, compared to others, placed on the far right.

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Did anybody read the article in 'The Sun' yesterday about learning difficulties. A presentation on the full range of difficulties, including the 'Grey Area' where giving a name to the condition and organising treatment doesn't seem to be done.

Autism was a smallish circle, compared to others, placed on the far right.

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A big "Thank you" to Barbara Rodrigues for being part of the organizing team for the workshop by Dr. Gerhardt – he touched on very needed information for those of us who have "older" children in the autism spectrum.
Again, thanks Barbara for your help.

Franca

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Issac,

I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the DAN spring conference appears to agree with you: while 28 or so presentations were of bio-medical interventions, at least some of them were careful to state that behaviour modification, too, is essential in well balanced treatment. When we get holistic understanding of this nature we are making real progress.

One presentation is all about behaviour modification. I'm still at video 5 of about 30 hours of deep study. Taking notes is going to be a month's work !

George
2005 BC.

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I have recently had training in ABA and would like to now work in this area. In the past 15 years I have worked with individuals whom have various diagnosis inclusive of Autism. My work has focused in Behaviour Management, life skills, vocational skills, as well as educational support. I have my CPI and my CPR and I am at intermediate level in ASL.I currently living in Yarrow B.C and looking for work Monday to Wednesday mornings. If you are interested email me at dmcqueen69@shaw.ca and I can elaborate on my experience.

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By Colleen (Elgood) on Friday, September 30, 2005 – 5:37 pm:
Has anyone had a bad experience with the shots given in grade 6…!

I have a 500kb pdf by an Australian naturopath on this. Also DAN physicians do have opinions on the subject.

The biggest hurdle is in getting the school doctors to give you the name and brand of the immunization. The label with the description that could be cross referenced to discover the contents.

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