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ACT provides a wide-range of autism-related training to parents and professionals, mostly at Simon Fraser University's Downtown Campus in Vancouver, Canada. We also web stream events and these are open to registrants internationally. We offer bursaries to parents and professionals, targeting low-income participants.
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Managing the Anxious Symptoms of Children and Adolescents with ASD: Practical Strategies
September 27 & 28 - Vancouver
Facing Your Fears (FYF) is a group CBT intervention for managing anxiety in youth with ASD. Throughout the training, participants will learn about FYF, identify core components of the clinic based FYF program, learn how to modify FYF for teens with ASD and intellectual disabilities, as well as strategies for delivering FYF in school settings.
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The Essentials of Advocacy: A Parent’s Guide to Advocating for their Child with Special Needs
This presentation highlights essential information for parents, and the professionals who support them, in understanding the systems that control access to services for children with special needs.
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September 27 & 28, 2018 - Vancouver
October 19 & 20, 2018 - Vancouver
October 29 - November 2, 2018 - Vancouver
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B.C. Community Resources
News from ACT on Facebook
The scooter a B.C. woman on the spectrum saved up to buy just a month ago, and which allowed her to travel to work independently, has been stolen.
Woman with autism pleads for return of stolen scooter | CBC News
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Kayla Polege relies on the scooter to help her get to work and volunteering commitments without using public transit, which can trigger her sensory integration issues.“Each candle produced at VIA has a QR code on the bottom that can be scanned by a smartphone. Scanning it immediately pulls up a video of the person who made it introducing him or herself.” A program called VIAble Ventures is creating employment for adults on the spectrum in Virginia.
dailyprogress.com
VIA clients find employment through entrepreneurial program
Great ideas for some individuals. My only concern about this program is some individuals on the spectrum may fit more of a VIQ>PIQ profile and have stronger verbal skills and significant perceptual impairments. I am one such person. I would not be well suited to manufacturing or delivering items/would just create work for other people rather than accomplish a job to have me do fine motor tasks like that. I even required a lab assistant in chemistry to assemble relatively simple apparatus. However, I am fortunate enough to have high academic skills in some subjects and am working towards a research/knowledge translation career. I am an unusual case in that I do well in graduate school and academic settings (my element) but I perform poorly outside of these settings (i.e. won't recognize people out of context, find mobility on uneven terrain such as ice or in the woods hard, get lost in semi-familiar places and will never drive). I think this program is great for people with autism prototypes where their mechanical skills outweigh their verbal skills. but for me it would simply be an opportunity to make work for other people and frustrate myself, and get covered in candle wax.
At a time of year when many parents are attending IEP meetings, here is a new book by a B.C. parent about becoming an effective voice for your child. ACT’s website can also help you become an effective advocate, with resources like this free video from our Executive Director, Deborah Pugh: www.actcommunity.ca/education/videos/the-essentials-of-advocacy-a-parents-guide
Sarnia-born author's book guides voices for special needs kids
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Sarnia native Cynthia Lockrey never set out to be a patient advocate.“‘There’s something about the autistic experience’ that puts them at greater risk.” A new study shows that depression is more than three times as common among adults on the spectrum as in the general population.
Autism in adults often accompanied by depression
spectrumnews.org
Depression is more than three times as common among adults with autism as it is in the general population.Special Needs Community Events
ACT lists workshops and conferences in B.C. related to autism and other special needs that are provided by local agencies and organizations.
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ACT 自閉症社區訓練協會，
是加拿大卑詩省內針對家有自閉症兒童的家庭提供諮詢及轉介服務的非營利機構。
ACT in Punjabi
ACT has been able to both create and identify valuable resources for the Punjabi-speaking community in British Columbia.
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