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
Find Autism Information
Find practical autism resources with the AID search. We've made it even easier to find resources and tools for parents and professionals with a new subject listing. Free and relevant world-wide.
You can also find 自閉症社區訓練協會 (ACT in Chinese), ACT in Punjabi, Online Mental Health & Autism Project: Looking Beyond Autism, and Autism Research.
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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.
Watch NowWeb streaming an ACT Event
ACT’s web streaming is LIVE online video broadcasts, in real time, of autism training events. Visit our web streaming page to find our September event with Sarah Ward, and find details on how your school, organization, or group can receive discounted rates.
Web Streaming DetailsSearch the Autism Information Database
Search over 1,300 vetted information resources related to ASD, including online articles, videos, and websites.
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.
TAGteach Workshop for Parents and Professionals
Saturday, September 28 - Sunday, September 29
North Vanouver
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“The conversation is happening. [And] we are now included in that conversation.”
“Given the lack of certainty around prenatal genetic testing for autism-and the immense emotional response to ambiguous results-some couples see little point in it, research suggests.”
The problems with prenatal testing for autism
As prenatal testing improves, it presents a host of thorny issues — from what to test and how to interpret the results, to what to do about them.And yourself
Why? Love them as they are
From what I understand (learned at Autism Research Training 2017 in London Ontario) is that a lot of these genes are multiplex families where it is issues with copy number variants and predisposition to mutations and every person in the same family may have a different mutation and phenotype (how they are affected) by that mutation even if family members share the same one. Even twin studies don't show 100% concordance and some mutations are epigenetics where genes interact with the environment and other factors. I am not into eugenics except for pre-implantation/selection in conditions that are expected to be fatal in infancy or neurodegenerative (e.g ALD) and most conditions are not Mendelian genetics even some which were once thought to be. However gene therapy to fix the issues caused by some mutations might be helpful as "neurodiversity" often does not come alone and some mutations also show links to medical problems such as epilepsy, oncogenes, predisposition to Parkinson or dementia, GI problems, connective tissue problems. severe allergies and several more things and not just people who are quirky but healthy but as of 2017 when I attended these seminars and I think even now they are still poorly understood and not a game we should be playing. I'm more so an educational psychology person but one of my supervisors was a neurogeneticst and I come from a medical family so I have a bit of insight into autism genetics even though not my main field and find that when autism and genetics is brought up it often that it is either romanticized (as in all autism genes are wonderful) or demonized (eradicate autism) when the reality is in the middle. (from an autistic who also researches autism as a doctoral candidate).
“They said, no he’ll go into an institution. I said not on my watch he’s not.”
What a wonderful story...Teachers and their big hearts‼️♥️♥️♥️😍
What a special lady. God bless you both.
What a sweet woman! But... is anyone else thinking of the father dying with leukemia, no support, until this poor guy was found wandering the streets alone? He is incredibly fortunate to have this amazing teacher, but they should not have been so isolated/unsupported before the Dad passed...
Very kind of this lady ,and very good for this man ,some things are meant to be
Summer will soon be drawing to a close, but if you are considering planning a visit to an American theme park at some future point this article has some tips and an overview of the help available for people on the autism spectrum at major parks.
A Guide to Visiting Theme Parks With a Child on the Autism Spectrum
If your child is on the autism spectrum, you have likely avoided crowded and frenetic places. Theme parks, however, are now stepping up their efforts to accommodate autistic visitors.A few tips from our experiences include the use of a wheelchair to help move through crowds with relative ease and inquire about possible exit passes for PWD onto fair rides. We receive exit passes by showing the Easter Seals Access 2 card at client services.
We do the same too.
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