[Dr. Jeremy Schmidt]

CORRECTION: RE: Vancouver — Choosing a School (primary)

Hi all, I said "West or East Van" in my previous posting. What I meant was "West or East Side, Vancouver" (ie, Point Grey to Boundary). Unfortunately, since now I hear that West Van is wonderful in terms of school support for autism. cheers, Jeremy

[Dr. Jeremy Schmidt]

RE: Vancouver — Choosing a School (primary)

My wife and I have made the difficult and impossible decision to move from Victoria, where our 6-year-old son (diagnosed with aspergers) has had excellent support and a full-time aide in a public school for Grade One, to Vancouver, where we do not yet have a place to live or a school.

We may have some freedom in where we live in Vancouver, but wish to live in the general vicinity of West or East Van. Can any of you give us pointers as to schools to try to live near, or schools to try to avoid? Or any other tips when approaching schools in this area?

For what it is worth: our son is high functioning and highly social, with some sensory issues; our main challenge has been motivation and compliance with classroom tasks when these fall outside of his narrow interests, which they usually do.

This might be of interest to others; but if not, reply to jkvothschmidt@yahoo.ca.

cheers,

Jeremy

[Dr. Jeremy Schmidt]

Hi all —

We've run into (surprise!) a bureaucratic black hole in our recent application for under-six autism funding. (And as a general point I can only second what Sabrina has noted on the importance of documenting one's every conversation/contact with the gov't and others.)

We moved from Nova Scotia and weren't eligible for MSP coverage until Sept 1 of this year, but were told in July to apply for Autism Funding anyhow, since the CareCard Number was only to demonstrate residency. Now apparently there is a problem with our not having MSP / CareCard coverage at the time of our application. All of our other papers are in order.

So: does anyone know if this actually matters? Is the money in any way connected to MSP coverage, or is McFamily trying to duck out here?

Jeremy, jkvothschmidt@yahoo.ca

[Dr. Jeremy Schmidt]

Wanted: Behavioural Interventionists, Victoria

Family in Hillside/Oakbay area of Victoria looking for enthusiastic and dedicated people to work with our five-year-old son, recently diagnosed with autism/asperger's.

We are looking for people to work afternnons, 2-3 hour shifts per day. Training will be provided by Bohdanna Popowycz Kvam. Experience is a plus but not necessary. Please email us at jkvothschmidt@yahoo.ca (preferably); or call us at 250.370.0737.

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