[Nancy Walton]

The Surrey/Delta/Langley ASBC community group is meeting Thursday, April 8th, 7-9pm at the Semiahmoo House Society. The address is 15306 24th Ave, South Surrey.

This week we will be having a general discussion, so I'd like to limit the meeting to parents and friends only. From 7-8:30 we will each share our concerns or ideas with the group, then from 8:30 – 9 (or 10ish), we will break off into smaller groups to meet up with people in similar situations, or to ask questions of veteran autism parents. This is an excellent opportunity to meet other parents and to find out about treatments or how to start up an ABA program.

To get to Semiahmoo House Society from the north or west of the lower mainland, get on to 152nd Street going south (either off #1 or off #99), go south to 24th Ave and turn left, then turn right on 153rd. It's a beautiful two story building. Parking in front or back.

If you're coming from the East (Langley) come west on 24th Ave and then park accross the street at the London Drugs (can't turn left on 24th Ave). OR, come west on 32nd Ave to 152nd Street, then go south (left), then turn left on 24th, and right on 153rd.

For more information call Nancy
604-538-8021

See you there.

[Nancy Walton]

Just a reminder of the ASBC meeting in South Surrey with presenter Dr. Sabrina Freeman explaining how to use her book "Teach me Language". This meeting is open to anyone who is interested. I heartily encourage therapists to attend.

While you can purchase the book at the talk, you do not need one in order to follow the presentation.

Thursday March 11, 7-9pm
15306 24th Ave
South Surrey

Hope to see you there,

Nancy Walton

[Nancy Walton]

The Surrey/Delta/Langley ASBC group is meeting Thursday March 11, 7-9pm. Our speaker will be Dr. Sabrina Freeman presenting how to use her book "Teach Me Language" (see below for details).

Meeting Place:
Semiahmoo House Society
15306 24th Ave
South Surrey

All parents and professionals welcome.

The presentation will cover:

1. How Do I Use this Book
– Who we are and Why we wrote this book
– Teaching Language using your child’s strengths
– Prompting and fading
– Main-streaming
– As a parent what skills do I need?
– How often do I need to do these exercises?
– Auditory processing & Hearing
– What Does this method achieve?
– Where does my child have to be at in order to use this book?

2. Examples in Application &
How to make it relevant to Life
– Conversation: from topical conversation, finding out about someone, movie conversation, conversation games, conversational self monitoring
– Critical Thinking: problem/solution, fact/opinion
– General Knowledge: topical outlines, definitions, true/false, fill in the blank, How to create information paragraphs.
– Grammar & Syntax: Parts of Language, “Wh” question game
– Advanced Language Development: story writing, topic sentences, paragraph writing, finding main idea, recall of significant daily events/”what did you do today?”
– Academics: brainstorming, story report/story summary, math word problems, teaching time, money, note taking.

Bring your own “Teach Me Language” manual ($74.95) and Exercise Form Companion ($26.95) to follow along, or they can be purchased at the door (cheques or exact cash accepted).

If you need further information call Nancy at 604-538-8021 (computer will be in the shop for a couple of days)

[Nancy Walton]

Regarding Intermediate Therapist Workshop

Michelle, the registration I downloaded looks more like registration for the beginner workshop. Is this the form we should use anyway?

[Nancy Walton]

It's TAX time again soon!!!

I have invited Bonnie Mathie, CGA, to the next Surrey/Delta ASBC meeting to tell us what we can claim and how. If you are running an ABA program this will be a good information session that will possibly save you some money. All are welcome to attend.

Thursday Feb 12 @
Semiahmoo House Society
15306 24th Ave
South Surrey
7-9pm (later for those who like to chat)

Hope to see you there. E-mail me or give me a call if you have any questions.

Nancy Walton
wiklo@shaw.ca
604-538-8021

[Nancy Walton]

Are your token boards boring????

I discovered a cool way to make "cusomized" token boards quick and easy. First buy stickers that appeal to your child. The best kind are the ones that come with a little scene to stick them on to. Canadian Tire is a great source for these scene stickers (Franklin, dinosaurs, barbies…).

Peel off the stickers and stick them directly onto laminating plastic. Laminate and cut out. Then buy those velcro dots (they come in rolls at Office Depot) and put the dots onto the scene and the other dots onto the back of the laminated stickers. Wala! you have a token board.
You can put extra velco dots on the back of the board where you can keep extra stickers so you can rotate different stickers onto the front. Put an extra velcro on the front for the reinforcer.

Have fun!

Nancy Gadget Walton

[Nancy Walton]

The Surrey-Delta ASBC group will be meeting Thursday December 11, 7-9pm at the Semiahmoo House Society, 15306 24th Ave, South Surrey.

Our speaker is Kelley Lloyd-Jones who will present Art of the Craft: Writing Social Stories that Change Your Child's World

Social Stories are used primarily to teach children with autism to respond appropriately to a given situation. These stories are short, positive narratives that describe specific situations such as when to say thank you,
how to give a hug, sharing toys, washing hands, etc. They can also be used to
describe classroom routines, or variations in that routine
(i.e. a fire drill).

Therapists, teachers, parents, or anyone working or living with a child with
an autistic spectrum disorder can learn to write social stories. These stories often include information that helps autistic children understand other people's feelings and thoughts. They require parents and professionals to consider a situation from the perspective
of the child with Autism, and to identify and share information that may be missing through
use of the story.

Kelly is a therapist under consultant Shelly Davis and Lead Therapist with Early Autism Project,long-time West Vancouver SEA and business owner. She will share with us her 5+ years of expertise of creating social stories that have helped children master their behaviours and learn to "keep the little man inside".

If you wish to attend this presentation, please e-mail me to let me know as I want to make sure we have ample seating.

Nancy Walton
wiklo@shaw.ca

[Nancy Walton]

Hi everyone,

Yes Courtney, I will be going to the library with my list of recommended CD's. I also have a couple of offers from people who can lend me CD's. I just want to thank everyone. I had 16 responses (within 24 hours). I have just experienced such a warm fuzzy feeling of being closely connected to a strong community of people. It is great to know everyone is out there for me.

I will compile a list of the information I have receive on computer CD's and after I have viewed a few I'll put a post of the list on the chat.

Thanks again

Nancy Walton

[Nancy Walton]

Hi again,

I already got three responses for my post on looking for fun software. One parent suggested Humungous Entertainment (Pajama Sam, Freddy Fish), but she lives to far away for me to borrow them to look at. Is there anyone south of the Fraser river who might have these games?

I am still open to suggestions, but let me add that my son does not find TV very reinforcing. He likes to watch a couple of videos, but is not interested in the characters. So the computer game has to be reinforcing in itself, not so much because of the characters on it.

Also, I am not worried about the game being "educational", I just want him to have fun and learn to use the mouse and keyboard(that will be the education part of it for now). I'll get to the educational software once he learns to appreciate the computer.

thanks again everyone
Nancy W

[Nancy Walton]

Looking for good software:

My son is 5 years old, functions at about a 3 year old level in some ways but can count and recognizes letters. He has had no interest in the comuputer except to turn it on and off. I have been unsuccessfully looking for software that will interest him and motivate him to use a mouse. Something not too difficult, that has quick gratification when clicking the mouse in certain places.

Does anyone have suggestions? I prefer a free download, but I'm willing to pay for something good. I'd appreciate specific games, not just web pages full of choices (I have no time or energy to look through and try things)

Thanks for any help

Nancy Walton
wiklo@shaw.ca

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