Workshops
Registration for the workshops below can be found here.
Increasing independence and life skills workshop for Children
Thursday, March 14th, 2024, 10:00-11:00 AM, Thursday, April 25th, 2024, 06:00-07:00 PM
In this workshop, you will learn how to use common ABA strategies to support your child in building independence in daily living skills such as dressing, feeding, bathing, personal hygiene, and toileting. Clinicians will also review how to increase independence by strengthening communication skills, working on household chores, teaching community safety skills, and building leisure skills.
Increasing independence and life skills workshop for Teens
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, 10:00-11:00 AM, Thursday, April 11th, 2024, 06:00-07:00 PM
In this workshop, you will learn how to use common ABA strategies to support your teenager in building independence in daily living skills such as using public transportations, going out independently, negotiating independence, cooking, paying a phone bill etc. Clinicians will also review how to increase independence by strengthening communication skills, working on household chores such as laundry, grocery shopping, teaching community safety skills and money management etc.
Toilet Learning
Using Visuals to Support Transitions
Thursday May 9th, 2024 10:00am; Thursday June 20th, 2024 6:00pm
In this workshop we will focus on how to use visuals and reinforcement to provide support for transitions, routines, and increasing cooperation with your learner informed by Applied Behaviour Analysis. Caregivers will learn how to identify and select goals and reinforcers and use their learner’s motivation to engage in transitions and routines. The workshop will also cover how to create and use visual supports.
Supporting Siblings
This workshop will explore some common subjects related to raising children both with and without an autism diagnosis together and considerations caregivers may want to incorporate in their communication with all their children around navigating family life, fairness and differing expectations, bonding, handling difficult emotions, and understanding their sibling with autism.
Social skills part 1
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 10:00 am
In this workshop parents and caregivers will learn about concepts related to teaching social skills as they are used in Applied Behavior Analysis. Focus of Part one will be on Social Skills for Early Learners such as Joint attention, Greetings and Social play. The clinician will briefly discuss selecting goals based on different levels of support, how to use strategies to effectively teach social skills, and how to increase socialization opportunities for the child in your care.
Social Skills Part 2
Thursday, June 6th, 2024 6:00 pm
In this workshop parents and caregivers will learn about concepts related to teaching social skills as they are used in Applied Behavior Analysis. Focus of Part Two will be on Social Skills for Intermediate Learners such as self-awareness skills, conversations skills, perspective taking, and friendship. The clinician will briefly discuss selecting goals based on different levels of support, how to use strategies to effectively teach social skills, and how to increase socialization opportunities for the child in your care.
Executive Functioning
Wednesday May 15, 2024 6:00pm, Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00am
Do you find that your teen has difficulty managing information, making decisions, setting goals and planning ahead? This could be a sign that they may have trouble with Executive Functioning. These are skills we use in everyday life and we all have the potential to develop them further. But, how do we do that? In this workshop, we explore the 10 areas of Executive Functioning that may be affecting your adolescent or teen’s day-to-day-functioning, identify which areas they need help with and provide you, the parent with some strategies to address these areas of Executive Functioning.
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Ontario Autism Program – Foundational Family Services
Community Living North Halton is offering Foundational Family Services which supports capacity building for families to support their child’s learning and development. The services that will be offered are outlined below. Services are available to all families in the Ontario Autism Program at any time and are based on a family’s changing needs over time. Services will be offered in a variety of ways including virtual support and services are available to families at no cost.
Family Resource and Clinic Days
Meet with a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) or a Behaviour Clinician for an hour to discuss current challenges you are facing as it relates to challenging behaviour you are experiencing or a skill/behaviour you would like to increase or develop. The CLNH team member will discuss concepts and strategies that you can try at home to address your current concern.
*Sign up for our Clinic Day if you need help determining which of our services best suits your needs*
- Schedule: Based on clinician/family availability (mutually agreed upon time)
- Registration: Please use our online registration page HERE. You will receive an email confirmation to confirm your appointment.
- Modality: Remote
Brief Targeted Consultation
Work with CLNH’s clinical team to target a skill you are looking to increase or decrease across 3, 1 hours sessions + 1-month follow-up sessions. The Behaviour Clinician will gather information on your goal for consultation during your initial appointment. Your clinician will share strategies and problem solve with you and follow up on the outcome during your consultation sessions.
- Schedule: Based on clinician/family availability (mutually agreed upon time) 1 approximately 1-hour initial appointment and 3, 1-hour consultation sessions + 1, 1-hour follow-up session 1 month later.
- Registration: Please use our online form HERE and a Behaviour Clinician will contact you to set your initial appointment.
- Modality: Remote
Caregiver Workshops and Coaching Sessions
Behaviour Clinicians will present on a variety of topics to increase parent and caregivers’ knowledge in Applied Behaviour Analysis and related topics. Learn new concepts or refresh yourself on what you have learned in the past while having the opportunity to ask questions and interact with Behaviour Clinicians. Want to discuss more? After the workshop, sign up for an individualized coaching session with a Behaviour Clinician on the workshop topic.
- Schedule: As advertised
- Online Registration Form: Click HERE
- Modality: Remote
Family and Peer Mentoring
Do you have a child with ASD and are looking for help in supporting your other children? Meet with a Behaviour Clinician to review a Parent’s Guide to Supporting Siblings of individuals with ASD. Take the opportunity to share your individualized goals or concerns regarding the ASD diagnosis or sibling support and the Behaviour Clinician will provide support using resources that address your needs.
- Schedule: Based on clinician/family availability (mutually agreed upon time) up to 3 consultation sessions
- Online Registration Form: Click HERE
- Modality: Remote
Transition Supports
Behaviour Clinicians will support families of children and youths experiencing school based transitions, transitioning to adulthood, etc. based on the individual need of the parent/caregiver. Click the link below to fill out our questionnaire and register to meet with a Behaviour Clinician.
- Schedule: Based on clinician/family availability (mutually agreed upon time) up to 3 consultation sessions
- Registration Form Link
- Modality: Remote
For more information on the Ontario Autism Program: Foundational Family services, visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-autism-program-foundational-family-services
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Community Living North Halton is currently offering Fee For Service programming in person & remotely via Telehealth Services. Services include Evidence Based Behavioural Services and Additional Autism Services and Supports, both of which are eligible to Purchase with a Childhood Budget, Interim One Time Funding or private funds. If you are interested in receiving remote services and support or would like to plan ahead for in-person services once they become available, email oap@clnh.on.ca to start the process to get the support you are looking for.
For more information on the Ontario Autism Program, visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-autism-program
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