POPARD SuperWorkshop
POPARD’s Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behavior – A Practical Approach
The characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often manifest in challenging behaviour, causing school support personnel much distress as they struggle to understand and address the behaviors so they can help the student learn. Thankfully, there is a large evidence-base of effective instructional strategies to support positive behaviour in children and teens with ASD. Register by January 21st to save $25.
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Looking for autism & special needs resources specific to British Columbia? Visit the new B.C. Resources page to find community agencies, recreational activities, service providers, support groups, education & employment, community events, the autism manual, new diagnosis hub, transition to adulthood, and much more!
ACT turns 15 - Report to Donors
As of January, it will be 15 years since ACT opened our office to support the autism community. In 2019 alone, we have helped 133,000 visitors find answers to their questions via our unparalleled online resources; ACT's free videos were watched 32,000 times.
ACT's resources are funded by donations and sponsorship from members of the autism community. If you are in a position to donate to ACT this year and would like to know more see ACT's 2019 Report to Donors (pdf).
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Web streaming an ACT Event
ACT’s web streaming is LIVE online video broadcasts, in real time, of autism training events. Participants can ask questions of the presenter, and chat live with ACT staff for technical support and presentation resources.
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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.
Early Year Conference 2020 - Listen Together, Learn Together, Act Together
Thursday, January 30 - Saturday, February 1
Vancouver
Behaviour Interventionist Training Workshop (Lower Mainland)
Saturday, February 1 - Sunday, February 2
Burnaby
Behaviour Interventionist Training Workshop (Williams Lake)
Saturday, February 1 - Sunday, February 2
Williams Lake, BC V2G 1L8
News from ACT on Facebook
"Major concerns have been raised that people with autism can find custody 'so stressful' they sign an admission of guilt just to leave the facility. [...] Research indicates that autistic people are no more likely to commit an offence or be arrested than the general population. However, it is clear that their experience of being arrested can result in very high levels of distress.Things such as bright lights, loud noises and change of environment can all increase anxiety in a way that is different to non-autistic people."
A detention facility in the UK will be the first in that country to consider in its design the needs of autistic people who have been taken into police custody.
Cells for autistic prisoners to be built in £17m new Radford Road custody suite
www.nottinghampost.com
Training is also being provided to officers to help detainees in alarming situation"Derailleur employs about 70 people, many of whom have physical and intellectual disabilities. They are given on-the-job training and perform tasks ranging from brewing, labelling, sales and delivery, as well as serving food and drink at the brewery’s three pubs – two in Osaka and one in the central city of Nagoya." We see lots of news stories about cafes or bakeries that employ people who have disabilities, but this story has a different twist, as it's about a brewery (and pubs) in Japan.
Disabled people brew up a storm in Osaka's former slum
www.theguardian.com
Award-winning brewery start-up helps ex-addicts and other ‘unemployables’ change gearIf you live in the Prince George area and have previously avoided going to junior hockey games because of sensory overload, you may be glad to know that the Cougars now have sensory friendly kits with noise-canceling headphones, glare resistent glasses and squeezable toys available at their home games.
Cougars offering sensory kits to appeal to autistic fans
www.princegeorgecitizen.com
The sights and sounds that come with attending a Western Hockey League game at CN Centre probably seem quite normal for the average hockey fan. When the Cougars score, the crowd cheers, the horn . . .A short first-person account of how one autistic woman felt in her teen and early adult years. Does any of her life experience reflect yours or that of people you know?
What My Life Is Like as a Girl on the Autism Spectrum
news.yahoo.com
Paige describes how she feels as a young woman on the autism spectrum.自閉症社區訓練協會 | ACT in Chinese
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.
View Punjabi-language Resources