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Andrea Finch
Participant** North Shore Lecture Series – Tues. June 27th**
Calling all parents in need of answers: this is the lecture for you! For our final session before summer break, our speaker will be Dr.
Sabrina Freeman, director of Families for Early Autism Treatment(FEAT) of B.C.The topic: ABA in the long-term: a Discussion of Options.
Dr. Freeman will give a short lecture on long-term options in ABA programming, including how decisions made early on can have an important impact on the future.
There will be lots of time for questions, so this is a golden opportunity for parents new to ABA and those who are looking to the future and facing issues new to them.
Date: Tuesday, June 27th
Time: ** 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (note later start time)
Location: St. David's United Church, located at Taylor Way and Highway
#1 (Upper Levels) in West Vancouver.
Admission: free
Coffee and treats by donation.Don't miss this opportunity to get answers from a parent with long-term experience in home-based ABA! To give us an idea of space needed, please RSVP to either Andrea at andreafinch@shaw.ca or to Eva at eva@evaleeassociates.com
Participant** North Shore Lecture Series – Tues. June 27th**
Calling all parents in need of answers: this is the lecture for you! For our final session before summer break, our speaker will be Dr. Sabrina Freeman, director of Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) of B.C.
The topic: ABA in the long-term: a Discussion of Options.
Dr. Freeman will give a short lecture on long-term options in ABA programming, including how decisions made early on can have an important impact on the future.
There will be lots of time for questions, so this is a golden opportunity for parents new to ABA and those who are looking to the future and facing issues new to them.
Date: Tuesday, June 27th
Time: ** 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (note later start time)
Location: St. David's United Church, located at Taylor Way and Highway #1 (Upper Levels) in West Vancouver.
Admission: free
Coffee and treats by donation.Don't miss this opportunity to get answers from a parent with long-term experience in home-based ABA! To give us an idea of space needed, please RSVP to either Andrea at andreafinch@shaw.ca or to Eva at eva@evaleeassociates.com
Participant** GAMES WANTED **
For our son's ABA programme, we are looking for used versions of these board games:
* Trouble
* Mousetrap
* Operation
* Guess Where (not Guess Who – already have that)
* Cranium Conga
* Cranium Canoo
* Toy Story MonopolyI realize that some of these are very new on the market, but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.
If you are prepared to sell any of these second hand, please contact me privately at andreafinch@shaw.ca
Thanks.
Participant** ABA SWAP MEET NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE 3rd **
Just a reminder to all that this event will be going ahead next week. Are you a parent, consultant, or therapist looking for programme stimuli or fresh reinforcers? If so, the North Shore ABA SWAP is probably for you!
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: St. David's Church in West Vancouver (conveniently located at the intersection of the Upper Levels Highway (Hwy #1) and Taylor Way.We will also have a table of resource materials from the Autism Society's library, available for review.
Protocol:
1. Parents, families or teams may sell or donate ABA-related items. We can't assume any responsibility for items brought to the SWAP by you or on your behalf.2. Anyone selling or donating items must bring them to the Church themselves and must remove unclaimed or unsold items at the end of the event.
3. Tables are available if we give advance notice – please e-mail to andreafinch@shaw.ca or to eva@evaleeassociates.com to request one
4. If you wish to set up before 10:00, please let us know ahead of time.
We expect this will be not only a useful spot to find ABA-tested materials, but also a fun morning to network with other parents and consultants! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Andrea and Eva
ParticipantThe ABA SWAP meet is a "go"!
Come one, come all! Do you have unused ABA items piled up in storage? Boxes of old toys, games, sequencing cards, etc.? Are you a parent, consultant, or therapist looking for programme stimuli or fresh reinforcers? If so, the North Shore ABA SWAP is probably for you!
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: St. David's Church in West Vancouver (conveniently located at the intersection of the Upper Levels Highway (Hwy #1) and Taylor Way.We also plan to have a table of resource materials from the Autism Society's library, available for review, as well as a sign up sheet for parents-seeking-therapists and therapists-seeking-jobs (while we don't expect many therapists at this event, all are welcome).
Protocol:
1. Parents, families or teams may sell or donate ABA-related items.
2. Anyone selling or donating items must bring them to the Church themselves and must remove unclaimed or unsold items at the end of the SWAP (ie. we are not providing garbage disposal or Sally Ann delivery service!)
3. Tables are available if we want them. Please e-mail Eva or Andrea by WED. MAY 31st if you'd like one.
4. We would appreciate assistance with clean up/tables away at the end.We know that many of you have expressed an interest so far. Please e-mail again if you change your mind and can't come, or if you didn't e-mail the first time and want to attend.
We expect this will be not only a useful spot to find ABA-tested materials, but also a fun morning to network with other parents and consultants! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Andrea (andreafinch@shaw.ca) and Eva (eva@evaleeassociates.com).
NB. We are holding this event INSTEAD of the usual Tuesday evening lecture – there will be NO meeting Tuesday, May 30th.
ParticipantThe ABA SWAP meet is a "go"!
Come one, come all! Do you have unused ABA items piled up in storage? Boxes of old toys, games, sequencing cards, etc.? Are you a parent, consultant, or therapist looking for ABA programme stimuli or fresh reinforcers? If so, the North Shore ABA SWAP is probably for you!
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: St. David's Church in West Vancouver (conveniently located at the intersection of the Upper Levels Highway (Hwy #1) and Taylor Way.We will also have:
1. a table of resource materials from the Autism Society's library, available for review;
2. sign-up sheets for parents looking for therapists, and for therapists looking for jobs (though we don't expect many therapists at this event).
Protocol:
1. Parents, families or team members may sell or donate ABA-related items.
2. Anyone selling or donating items must bring them to the Church themselves and must remove unclaimed or unsold items at the end of the SWAP (ie. we are not providing garbage disposal or Sally Ann delivery service!)
3. Tables: the Church will provide tables if we want them. Please advise Andrea or Eva if you want a table by Wednesday, May 31st.
4. We would appreciate assistance with clean up/tables away at the end.We know that many of you have expressed an interest so far, but would you kindly e-mail again if you are unable to come, or if you didn't e-mail the first time and want to attend.
We expect this will be not only a useful spot to find ABA-tested materials, but also a fun morning to network with other parents and consultants! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Andrea (andreafinch@shaw.ca) and Eva (eva@evaleeassociates.com)
NB. We are holding this event INSTEAD of the usual Tuesday evening lecture – there will be NO meeting Tuesday, May 30th.
ParticipantHi Everyone;
Happy Spring!
"Spring has sprung, the grass is green,
Does anyone else want to do a Spring Clean?"As coordinators of the North Shore Chapter of ASBC, we are wondering whether anyone else out there is interested in getting rid of old stimuli and reinforcers, or in picking up items "new to you". We could use the current location of our monthly talks, St. David's Church in West. Vancouver, and the available time is Saturday, June 3rd, from 10 am – 12 noon. We can either use their parking lot, if it's nice out, or head inside if it's not. We're not sure whether they have tables, but generally a tarp or blanket is enough.
This would be a swap for ABA-related materials only. Participants would have to be responsible for all items brought on to and taken off the premises (that means, we don't want to be hauling away anybody else's stuff at the end of the day!) So all participants should plan to send a parent, therapist, or other responsible person.
This seems to us like a great opportunity for teams to refresh their team's stimuli or reinforcers, but we need a minimum number of answers to make this worthwhile. So, if you're prepared to commit to this date, please get back to Andrea (at andreafinch@shaw.ca) or Eva (eva@evaleeassociates.com) by May 7th and specify (1) whether you are interested, (2) whether you wish to donate/sell items, or pick up items, or both and (3) the general nature of the items you have (whether they're geared to pre-school, elementary, etc.).
We will post again after May 7th to let everyone know whether this event is going to occur or not.
Cheers,
Andrea and Eva
ParticipantHello everyone,
For the ASBC North Shore Lecture Series, our next topic will be "ABA Kids Can Play: the Art and Science of the Playdate". We will again have parent and therapist perspectives, this time covering how to put together playdates that no kid would want to miss! This information will help anyone who is at the stage of integrating one-to-one peer interaction into their ABA programme.
Date: Tuesday, April 25th, 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: St. David's Church (Taylor Way and Upper Levels Hwy. in West Vancouver) – the "Cypress Room".
Cost: Free -donations acceptedPLEASE do RSVP to either myself andreafinch@shaw.ca or Eva Lee at eva@evaleeassociates.com
See you there!
Participant** THERAPIST OPPORTUNITY **
Exciting opportunity for a new or experienced therapist – if you've got lots of energy and want to be part of a well-run established team, this might be the job for you!
We are looking to add someone to our 4 year old son's Lovaas-style ABA team, under the direction of consultant Catherine Sharpe. Our son is engaging, verbal and lots of fun. We've run his programme for over 2 years now and are preparing for Kindergarten this fall.
We provide the necessary training. Team members work 2-3 shifts per week of 3 hours each. We require attendance at bi-weekly team meetings. Salary commensurate with experience.
Please direct inquiries or applications (resume and cover note) to andreafinch@shaw.ca.
Participant** Request info. re: pre-school aides' **
If anyone out there has had experience helping a pre-school set up the required paperwork with Supported Child Care, for a home-team ABA aide, would they kindly e-mail me privately, at andreafinch@shaw.ca. Our pre-school is very supportive of the idea, but has only dealt with situations where the aide was provided by SCC.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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