COST: To Be Advised
We have approached a corporation to sponsor
this important workshop, as it is normally offered to professionals at a cost of
$125. Your Chapter WILL subsidize this fee, however, regardless of the level of
corporate sponsorship attained. Our goal is to again offer this workshop at a
cost that our families can afford. Your registration now will strengthen our
proposal for corporate sponsorship. REGISTRATION REQUIRED - LIMITED SEATING
COST WILL INCLUDE REFRESHMENTS & LUNCH
'Make & Take' is a series of 5 mini workshops
dealing with sensory, oral and fine motor skills for children with special
needs, with an emphasis on children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many items
and a 40+ page manual are included with the S.I. 'kits'.
Who Should Attend? Parents teachers, mediators,
educational assistants and 'hands-on' therapists!
And…
PRIVATE IBI / ABA THERAPIST
AVAILABLE
Charlene C. Crane, Tottenham. 905-936-4119
Resume and references available at the Chapter
office.
MEDIATOR AVAILABLE
Megan Nicholas, 905-830-1806 or 95-895-0038
ESTHETICIAN APPOINTMENTS
Melissa Shlanger at Wellsprings Natural Health
& Beauty Spa, 905-780-6627 (Melissa is one of our teenaged Chapter members, who
has graduated from high school and is now pursuing career training as an
esthetician. Congratulations, Melissa! Living with ASD you have inspired us all
to reach our goals.
LOCKS FOR LOCKERS, FOR
SECONDARY SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS WITH ASD
0, 1, 2 and 3 number Dudley combination locks
can be purchased at:
www.securityhouselock.com or call 905
669 5300. This means that you can buy a Dudley lock that has no combination
(just pull), single number combo, only two numbers, or all three. I think you
can even order a specific number. Best part is they look like every other Dudley
locks the kids use.
ODSP WEBSITE AND NEW
INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), is
administered by the Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services (MCFCS).
For over 18 years of age. Apply 6 months prior to 18th birthday.
New information is now available on their more
user-friendly website:
An ODSP Handbook created to give potential
clients, their family and friends, advocacy groups and community agencies a
concise and easy to read guide on the application for ODSP and available
benefits. The fact sheet of ODSP Employment Supports in plain language for those
with lower literacy levels or learning disabilities - with more info on how to
apply.
The ODSP Employment Supports application
package which can be filled out on line. A complete listing of all ODSP local
offices.
www.gov.on.ca/CSS/page/services/ODSP/odsp.html
A
Letter from our President.
- printed in the Richmond
Hill Liberal
Oct 27, 2002
On behalf of Autism Society Ontario, York Region
chapter, I would like to thank the many parents and professionals who attended
our reception Oct. 7 in celebration of Autism Awareness Month.
Our sincere appreciation goes to the councils in York Region for proclaiming
Autism Awareness Month and to the community newspapers for advertising those
proclamations.
In addition to a presentation by Margaret Spoelstra, executive director of
Autism Society Ontario, our guests were invited to tour our new chapter office
and Parent Resource Centre, which were furnished by the generosity of A & D
Enterprises in Aurora.
Many volunteer hours went into planning this event and special thanks goes to
the Junior League of Toronto -- North Geographic Group, our enthusiastic chapter
members and Nicole Skura for providing our entertainment for the evening.
Autism Society Ontario, York Region chapter is a volunteer organization of
dedicated parents and professionals who strive to fulfill our vision of
acceptance and opportunities for all individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
For more information, please contact us at 905-780-1590.
CINDI BUICK,
PRESIDENT, AUTISM SOCIETY ONTARIO,YORK REGION CHAPTER
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Location: 11181 Yonge
Street, Richmond Hill (unless otherwise specified)
LOYAL TRUE BLUE AND
ORANGE BUILDING - YONGE ST. NORTH OF ELGIN MILLS
ENEWS BITES:
“AUTISM FRIENDS:
(www.autismfriends.com)
Come check out our 800+ links, shopping section fundraisers for parent run sites
coming soon!) Family pages and our Community section for chats 5 days a week!
Coming soon to Autism Friends! Parent tips, ponderings and wisdom!
Autism Friends is a Member supported website
run by a parent. We are always looking for parent contributions! Book
recommendations, photos, best links, personal stories, poems & artwork by our
creative geniuses. Contact Tina at: founder@autismfriends.com. Tina”
Autism Children’s
Intervention Services Inc. (http://www.aciscanada.com/)
Grace Damouni,
Director/Founder - 8171 Yonge Street, Suite 226, Thornhill ON, L3T 2C6, Tel
416. 219 2316, Fax 905. 832 3139 E-Mail: Grace@aciscanada.com
“Certified in PECS, Sensory
Integration (went to Florida and took the course/lab with Pat Wilbarger),
Greenspan’s Early Infancy and Childhood course (Floortime/DIR), training in
Lovaas, workshop in Handwriting Without Tears, degree in psychology and most
importantly, many, (9) years of clinical work with children with PDD/Autism.
I work very closely with Dr.
James Bebko of York University and Dr. Carolyn Lennox who are the consulting
psychologists to ACIS.
I am proud to say our IBI
program is very comprehensive as it includes collaboration with SLPs and OTs as
well as the educational team. We help develop IEPs and provide trained shadows
for classroom integration.
We do travel outside of the
immediate catchments region (once every month or two depending on the time of
year) to administer staff training, consultations, assessments and program
development. We will travel to Guelph, Hamilton, Cambridge (for example)
but only during certain times of the year. However, we do not provide
ITs (mediators) to service this region although we can train staff that the
family has already recruited. For parents who are not interested in hiring a
"team" we can set up the programs/binder.
We do however, provide
"teams" and oversee the program for our catchment region, which is Markham,
Pickering, Aurora, Richmond Hill, Thornhill, North York, Maple, and Woodbridge.
If families live within this region we can offer a "team" with full services
(assessments, programs, supervision etc) and this ranges in price from $20,000
and up depending on the treatment plan the family has in mind (we offer
different plans). In this regard we are very flexible which I believe makes us
unique-we customize plans so that we are able to take into consideration the
families needs/expectations.
Grace Damouni,
Director/Founder”
Do you have your
“NAVIGATING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ONTARIO A HANDBOOK FOR PARENTS OF
STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS” manual yet?
Autism Society Ontario is
pleased to announce the release of its 2nd edition of Navigating the Special
Education System in Ontario. A Handbook for Parents of Students with Autism
Spectrum Disorders. This updated edition includes more first-hand accounts, more
information on Asperger’s Syndrome and information on various tools that was not
included in the popular manual that was released a number of years ago. The
hard-cover three-ring binder is approximately 200 pages long is available
through ASO for $25.00/copy plus postage. Funds raised will offset the cost of
printing and distribution. Thanks go to ASO's Education Committee, led by
Natalie Whatley, who completed their work as a volunteer committee on this
excellent project this past summer. (Copies will be available chapter meetings.
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