Cutting Edge Strategies with Sarah Ward
Wednesday & Thursday, September 25 & 26, 2019
Surrey, BC
Live stream: Watch and participate live by registering for web streaming. This event is only available to web streaming registrants in BC & Alberta.
Through demonstration and practice, you will learn how to teach students the following executive control skills: awareness; forethought; waiting and planning skills; shifting; pacing; flexibility; speed of information processing.
New PBS Learning Series
Watch ACT's new Positive Behavior Support in School, Home and Community series. This learning stream of eleven presentations tackles the serious issue of how to work with children with challenging behaviors.
Including Students with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities in Schoolwide PBS: All Means ALL! PBS – Working Together to Support Children and Families
B.C. Resources
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!
Mental Health and Autism video series
Latest videos, + 4 more new videos. Part of the Online Mental Health & Autism Project.
Mental Health in Post-Secondary Education: What is It Like for Students with ASD and What Does the Research Say? - Dr. Rashmeen Nirmal Girls and Women with Eating Disorders – Dr. Christopher Gillberg Practical Strategies for Supporting Mental Wellness of Teenage Girls and Women with ASD – Dori Zener
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Women & Girls with Autism
Researchers are increasingly recognizing that autism affects women and girls differently than males. Delays in diagnosis are common, reducing access to services, with implications for long-term mental health and employment prospects.
These presentations feature recent research, with a focus on the experience and perspectives of women and girls with autism.
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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.
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“I wanted a way to track my mood with notifications and to make meetings with people who were supporting me with my mental health easier.” An autistic teenager created an app to help manage his own mental health, and others are now finding it useful.
Autistic Teenager Creates App To Help People On The Spectrum
Ethan Shallcross, who has a form of autism and lives in the English town of Torquay, developed Aumi to enable people to manage their anxiety, monitor their mental health and reduce burnout.Would love to see this developed for Android.
“The Liberals did not commit any new money at the Oakville, Ont., news conference, but said $3 million of a $20-million autism fund budgeted in 2018 will go toward the six initiatives.”
Feds announce $3M in support for autism programs, criticize Ford government | CBC News
The Liberals' pre-election announcement comes after the uproar over the Ontario Progressive Conservative government's decision to revamp the province's autism funding model.I mean, with what Ford and his conservatives did, this is, atleast, something. Yes, it could be better, should be better. This isn't the first time that the federal government had to step up and help out what Ford removed
Looks like politicians playing political games at the expense of those suffering from autism.
"Today was not about providing services to families, but about scoring political points weeks ahead of a federal election." Sums it up nicely.
^ Both comments are probably true, but what is the alternative?
Looking for votes
“One in three people believe disabled people are less productive than non-disabled people and it’s this dangerous prejudice that our team are proving wrong on a daily basis.”
The Former Paralympian Tackling The U.K.'s Disability Employment 'Scandal'
Liz Johnson was coming to the end of a 20 year-long career as a highly decorated Paralympian athlete when she realized she had to start thinking about what would come next.INVEST: Identify Needs, Validate, Educate, Strengthen and Thrive
Girls and women with ASD largely camouflage their characteristics in an effort to pass as neurotypical. Due to their difficulties reading social cues, girls and women with ASD are disproportionately victims of bullying, sexual assault and abusive relationships. Mental health challenges such anxiety, depression, panic, eating disorders, ADHD, OCD and addictions often come to the attention of professionals before an ASD diagnosis is given, if at all.
The INVEST model has been developed by Dori Zener based on her extensive clinical experience with women and girls with ASD. The following are excerpts from her one day workshop on the INVEST model filmed at INVESTing in Girls and Women with ASD – November 2, 2018
Dori Zener, MSW, RSW
Dori Zener is an Individual, Couple and Family Therapist in Toronto, Dori Zener has been working with individuals affected by ASD and learning differences for over a decade, with a particular interest in girls and women. She hosts “Asperfemme,” a free support group for women on the spectrum in Toronto.
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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