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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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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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
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“The message is to stop focusing on things that neurodivergent people can’t do and start celebrating what they are exceptional at.”
Does your company nurture neurodiverse talent?
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Universal Music UK have changed their work culture to be more inclusive to neurodiverse people.Also when thinking of neurodiverse talent don't always think of number crunching or 3D puzzles. If I have a talent it's creative research questions and innovative problem solving rather than using mathematical means. More of a qualitative researcher and deep thinker and I both struggle to figure out intensity and context of emotions and feel the pain of others so a mix of an empath and a systemizer in some ways.
"The most widely accepted diagnostic definition of SM is the fact that a child is known to speak confidently in some situations, while remaining consistently silent in others. These children speak freely with close family members, usually in the privacy of their home but they do not speak in unfamiliar environments." A look at the history of selective mutism, and how clinicians gradually came to understand that children were not willfully refusing to speak outside the home, but rather were unable to do so.
From ‘Aphasia voluntaria’ to ‘Selective Mutism’ by Eva Kocovska – GILLBERG’S BLOG
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Posted on 17 December, 201914 January, 2020 by Eva KocovskaFrom ‘Aphasia voluntaria’ to ‘Selective Mutism’ by Eva Kocovska A puzzling and unexpected pattern of behaviour recognised as a real p..."Just let your genuine self shine through, kick stereotypes out the door, and go after your dreams." An interview with Kayla Cromer, who is on the spectrum and plays an autistic teenager named Matilda in a new comedy series.
'Everything's Gonna Be Okay' actor wants to break misconceptions about autism
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The first two episodes of the comedy series will premiere on Freeform on January 16."Hubbard, too, wants the public to recognize and appreciate more fully 'a variety and spectrum of disability. The world doesn’t really understand how to see us and navigate that situation yet,' she says. 'But yeah, you talk to us — we’ll help you through it.'”
Part-time users of canes and wheelchairs highlight 'spectrum of disability'
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3 in 5 Canadians with disabilities have fluctuating symptoms, report says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
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