[Stella Li]

Follow-up on July 2nd ad re: Potential ABA therapist – Cheryl Fan

Position was filled. Thanks everyone for your interest.

[Stella Li]

Potential ABA therapist:

If you are looking for ABA therapist, here is a candidate who has a few years of experience in teaching typical children from Grade 4 to 6, and teaching preschool children age 3 to 4. She has a degree and holds an Education Diploma specializing in ESL and Visual Arts.

Cheryl Fan
Email: cherylfan@hotmail.com
Prefers to work in Burnaby, Coquitlam, New West or Vancouver East areas

[Stella Li]

*Don't miss this opportunity. General info for helping children in a classroom setting (sunday school) will be included*

A free Autism Workshop: "How to include individuals with autism at church" will be held this coming Saturday. All are welcome.

Donations will be appreciated. Proceeds will go to Harmony House (http://www.harmonyhousebc.ca) to support education programs for children with autism.

Questions? Please contact Stella (shui@autismbc.ca)

Date: May 30, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30-12:30
Place: Burnaby Alliance Church (multi-purpose room)
8611 Armstrong Avenue, Burnaby

Guest Speaker: Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam

Topics:
Autism and current trends
Causes of autism?
How to help children with autism to learn
The different learning styles
Behaviour management
Community Inclusion
Support

About the speaker:
Bohdanna has been involved with children on the autism spectrum for over 20 years. Bohdanna’s background includes teaching in the public school system in USA as well as working as a Clinical Director for one of Dr. Lovaas’ replication sites. (Dr. Lovaas is the originator of ABA, applied behavior therapy, the only scientifically-proven treatment for autism.) Bohdanna prides herself on working with families to advocate for their children’s individual needs both in the home and school settings. She has travelled around the world opening Lovaas
replication clinics in the UK, USA, and Canada. Bohdanna will be completing her masters degree in Special Education with a focus in Autism in the summer of 2009 and is working towards her BCBA certification.

In addition to being a respected and well-liked behavioral consultant, Bohdanna has the passion to pass on the torch. She has been training and building up senior therapists and interns in the past few years. She founded Harmony House (http://HarmonyHouseBC.CA) in 2007 with the vision of opening schools which address autistic children’s individual needs. As the executive director, Bohdanna is responsible for overseeing the preschool and the day-to-day running of Harmony House. She continues to hold a small case load of children with autism who seek services from Harmony House and provides monthly supervision to staff.

Bohdanna is a mother of two daughters and a son, ages 6 to 17. Being a mother of children with a wide age range has helped her to understand the needs of children in different age groups.

[Stella Li]

I'm posting this on behalf of another family:

Surrey/South Surrey 11-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome looking for playdate.

Prefer to have another boy with Asperger's or High Functioning Autism to build friendship with.

If interested please contact Cora at(604)572-6627

[Stella Li]

Harmony House presents:

October 25 2008

Social Strategies for Providing Inclusive Environments in a School Setting for Children with Autism

This one day workshop is meant to promote understanding of inclusion for children with autism and strategies to enhance social integration in the school setting. *PLEASE NOTE this workshop will now be held ONLY on the 25th of October 930-430.

Who should attend?
Teachers
School Aids
Administrators
Parents

Facilitators
Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam, Michele Shilvock:

http://www.harmonyhousebc.ca/sites/default/themes/wchy/files/SocialStrategies.pdf

September 27, 2008

Line Therapist Training Class
Based on Teaching Principles for Early Autism Intervention

A one day class will be offered on September 27, 2008 based on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and its application to the treatment of autism spectrum disorder. The class will address several topics that outline the basic foundation of ABA treatment program and will include information on autism and general behaviour strategies. The main focus will however be on practical application with a 50% hands on approach in small groups, with the remaining time spent on larger group discussion and video reviews. The group will be facilitated by two highly experienced Senior therapists.

Who would benefit from the class?
Parents or family who are starting an ABA program
New therapists or current line therapists
Classroom teachers and support staff
Those who may be supporting children with autism

About the Facilitators
Harmony House is pleased to announce that Gabrielle Stigant and Joanne Ma will be the two interns facilitating the upcoming class. Both individuals are well experienced and highly trained and prior to entering the intern program at Harmony House in April 2008 both facilitators were Senior therapists who had been working in the field of behavioural intervention with children with autism for many years. Together they have logged over 10000 direct service hours with children ranging in ages from 2 to 12 years of age. They have been involved in training new staff and supporting existing teams and have both acted as support staff to children in a variety of
settings. They are experienced in working with many highly respected behaviour consultants who currently work in this province and share a vast knowledge in the areas of discrete trial teaching, data collection, behaviour modification and how to train staff

http://www.harmonyhousebc.ca/sites/default/themes/wchy/files/LineTraining_Sept2008.pdf

[Stella Li]

Harmony House presents:

October 25 2008

Social Strategies for Providing Inclusive Environments in a School Setting for Children with Autism

This one day workshop is meant to promote understanding of inclusion for children with autism and strategies to enhance social integration in the school setting. *PLEASE NOTE this workshop will now be held ONLY on the 25th of October 930-430.

Who should attend?
Teachers
School Aids
Administrators
Parents

Facilitators
Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam, Michele Shilvock:

http://www.harmonyhousebc.ca/sites/default/themes/wchy/files/SocialStrategies.pdf

[Stella Li]

Vancouver Sun: Autism Centre One Step Closer

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e3233561-59e0-4f56-934a-549d6320ad33

[Stella Li]

Vancouver Sun: Autism Centre One Step Closer:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e3233561-59e0-4f56-934a-549d6320ad33

What do you think?

[Stella Li]

This is in response to the story about the 9-year-old autistic boy who was found dead at his school in Montreal.

I was teary when I read the story…

How could anyone ever use a 40-lb weighted blanket on a 53-lb child, with his head down lying on his stomach, blanket wrapped four times around him?

Anyone who has common sense wouldn't have done it.

It sounds more like child abuse than a form of treatment…

The use of weighted blanket in the field of occupational therapy is debatable, but each blanket should be child specific. Every vest or blanket should be individually prescribed, should not be transferrable. The weight of the blanket or vest should be calculated according to the weight of the child. When the weighted blanket or vest is being used, it should be under direct adult supervision that means the grown-up should stay around but not leaving the room…

Sigh…

[Stella Li]

ASBC presents Dr James Mulick: Saturday April 19th 9:30-4:30 Executive Hotel, Lougheed Highway, Burnaby

I was reading Dr James Mulick's notes for tomorrow's conference. Can't help to type this although it's so late in the evening…

There are lots of wonderful information packed in this conference, not just ABA. You won't regret joining us but you will miss great info if you miss the conference.

So…if you have time to come but have not registered yet, we still have a few drop-in spots.

Registration starts at 8:45am. Conference starts at 9:30am. Hope to see you there.

Stella

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