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Autism Social Stories: Preparing to go to a MLB Baseball Game

This online article provides a social story and helpful tips to prepare your a child with autism for a trip to a professional baseball game.

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

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Canucks Autism Network Video Models

This website provides a number of short videos modelling recreation and sport skills. Specific skills modeled include yoga, dragon boating, swimming, stretching, fitness exercises...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

What is Autism?

Info for Coaches and Recreation Staff

This online information sheet provides a basic introduction to autism for coaches and recreation program staff. The Canucks Autism Network (CAN) offers recreational programs for...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

Tips for Including a Child with Autism in an Inclusive Sport/Recreation Program

This online information sheet provides a list of strategies that could be helpful in including athletes on the autism spectrum in integrated recreation programs. The Canucks Aut...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Team Code of Conduct

For Sports Programs

This online information sheet discusses how codes of conduct could be helpful in bullying prevention and promoting the social inclusion of athletes on the autism spectrum in recrea...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Talking with Other Parents about an Athlete with Autism

This online information sheet discusses how coaches and recreation staff can communicate about athletes with autism to parents of typically-developing children in their programs. ...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Talking with Officials about Autism

This online information sheet describes how some children on the autism spectrum might need support or understanding from referees and other officials in sport and recreation compe...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Motivation Strategies for Athletes with Autism

This online information sheet offers recreation providers suggestions about strategies to help motivate children on the autism spectrum in their programs. The Canucks Autism Net...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Crisis Management for Athletes with Diverse Abilities

This online information sheet discusses what recreation providers can do if an athlete on the autism spectrum has a meltdown. It emphasizes the importance of ensuring safety, and ...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Conversation Tool Kit

For Parents of Children/Youth with Autism

This online information sheet provides parents of children on the autism spectrum with questions to ask about different recreation and leisure programs, in order to help select an ...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Conversation Tool Kit

For Coaches and Recreation Staff

This online information sheet discusses how coaches and recreation staff can work with parents to develop an idea of where to start when including a child on the autism spectrum in...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Building Rapport with an Athlete/Participant with Autism

This online article discusses how coaches can build rapport with athletes on the autism spectrum. It suggests that connecting with the athlete's interests may be helpful. The C...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Tips and Resources for Librarians

This online article provides a brief introduction to autism for librarians. It includes suggestions to help librarians facilitate the inclusion of individuals with autism in libra...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

Theatre-Based, Peer-Mediated Intervention Increases Social Skills in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This online article briefly summarizes a research study wherein children with autism participated in a theatre intervention, with mentorship from typically-developing peers, as par...

Classifications: Social Skills, Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Physical Activity Levels In Teens With Autism

This online article briefly summarizes a research study which measured physical activity in adolescents with autism and a typically-developing control group. The adolescents with ...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Group Recreational Activity Are Both Beneficial for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This online article summarizes a research study which found that both cognitive-behavioural therapy and group recreational activities were effective in increasing the self-reported...

Classifications: Mental Health, Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Holiday Travel, Autism & Toileting

Five Tips for Success on the Road

This online article presents parents and caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with five strategies that may be employed to maintain toilet training while trav...

Classifications: Health, Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Strategies for a Successful Summer Break

Tips for Managing your Kids' Downtime to Help Make it Relaxing for Everyone

This article presents families with a list of strategies that may be employed to help their child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to deal with the transition from school to sum...

Classifications: Family Life, Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

Online Article

Five Ways to Help your Child with Autism Cope with Summer’s Relaxed Schedule

This online article is part of the Washington Post's interview with Lauren Kenworthy, the Director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Medical Cent...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure, Family Life

Online Video

Everybody into the Pool!

Supporting Swim Instruction for Children with ASD

This online video features Dr. Stephanie Jull describing a research study she conducted to determine whether or not an instructional package (training workshop and in-pool coaching...

Classifications: Recreation, Fitness, Leisure

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