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Online Article

Know Your Rights: Guardian Edition

Funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia, "Know your Rights" serves as a handbook for parents of children with Learning Disabilities (LD) and/or Attention Deficit Disorder ...

Classifications: Advocacy, Education

Online Video

Autism Demystification® Online Course Manual

Friend 2 Friend Autism Demystification® Model

AUTISM DEMYSTIFICATION® ONLINE COURSE Provides participants with the knowledge, tools and techniques to implement the Friend 2 Friend Autism Demystification® Puppet Program curr...

Classifications: Education

Website

Programme de formation en autisme pour les premiers répondants

"Ce programme de formation a été conçu afin de permettre aux premiers répondants partout au Canada de former leurs équipes au sujet de l’autisme. Le programme inclut de l’...

Classifications: Education, Safety

Website

Autism Training Program for First Responders

A Bilingual Resource

This training program was developed in order to assist first responders across Canada to train their teams about autism. This program includes basic information as well as strategi...

Classifications: Education, Safety

Online Video

Frábærir hlutir gerast

Amazing Things Happen (Icelandic)

This online video in Icelandic focuses on raising awareness and acceptance of autism with young children. It describes the internal sensory experiences of children with autism, an...

Classifications: Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Video

Случват се Удивителни Неща

Amazing Things Happen (Bulgarian)

This online video in Bulgarian focuses on raising awareness and acceptance of autism with young children. It describes the internal sensory experiences of children with autism, an...

Classifications: Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Video

Mae pethau anhygoel yn digwydd

Amazing Things Happen

This online video in Welsh focuses on raising awareness and acceptance of autism with young children. It describes the internal sensory experiences of children with autism, and en...

Classifications: Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Video

Kamangha-manghang mga Bagay

Amazing Things Happen

This online video in Tagalog focuses on raising awareness and acceptance of autism with young children. It describes the internal sensory experiences of children with autism, and ...

Classifications: Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

360 Thinking

An Executive Function Model and Program

This online article describes the 360 Thinking model, which aims to promote children's executive functioning skills. The article emphasizes how this model encourages children to c...

Classifications: Related Conditions, Education

Online Article

Navigating College

A Handbook on Self Advocacy

This online guide features a number of essays written by autistic people about post-secondary, university, and college education. The essays offer advice about self-advocacy, inde...

Classifications: Education, Adults With ASD

Online Article

Youth with Autism Gain, Keep Jobs after Employer-Based Skills Program, VCU Research Finds

This online article discusses how employment programs delivered in high school can promote better employment outcomes for people on the autism spectrum as they enter adulthood. It...

Classifications: Employment, Education

Online Video

College and Students on the Autism Spectrum

Yale Autism Seminar

This online video (55 min), part of the Yale Autism Program's undergraduate seminar on autism, provides an introduction to the topic of post-secondary students on the autism spectr...

Classifications: Adults With ASD, Education

Online Video

Being a Professional in the Autism Field

What The Most Important Tools Are

This online video discusses some of the tools which professionals use in the autism field. The presenter notes that professionals do not always apply their theoretical knowledge i...

Classifications: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education

Online Article

Planning for Adulthood

A Transition Workbook for Students with Special Needs

This workbook is a resource to support the development of a plan for transitioning students with special educational needs out of high school and into adulthood. This workbook i...

Classifications: Adults With ASD, Education

Online Article

Planning for Adulthood

A Transition Guide in Support of Students with Special Needs

This short online guide discusses how an individualized plan for transition from school to adulthood can be created for students with disabilities and special educational needs. ...

Classifications: Adults With ASD, Education

Online Video

Yoga in the Classroom

This online video discusses how yoga can be used in classrooms, and it demonstrates different yoga poses. The video accompanies a booklet, which can be read in full at http://ww...

Classifications: Education, Mental Health

Pamphlet/Booklet

Trousse de sensibilisation pour les enseignants

Une trousse de la FQA (La Fédération québécoise de l’autisme), créée dans le cadre du Mois de l’autisme 2016, incluant de nombreuses suggestions d’activités, dans le b...

Classifications: Advocacy, Education

Online Video

Mon petit frère de la lune

Explique l'autisme aux enfants, en particulier aux frères et sœurs des enfants atteints d'autisme Mon petit frère de la lune   de Frédéric PHILIBERT  Grand prix et le...

Classifications: Education, Family Life

Pamphlet/Booklet

L'autisme et l'intimidation

Feuillet de sensibilisation à l’attention des élèves

Cet article s'adresse aux enfants et explique comment prévenir l’intimidation envers les personnes autistes. "La Fédération québécoise de l’autisme (FQA) est un regrou...

Classifications: Advocacy, Education

Pamphlet/Booklet

L'autisme et l'intimidation

Feuillet de sensibilisation à l’attention des professeurs

Cet article s'adresse aux enseignants et aux professionnels et explique comment prévenir l’intimidation envers les personnes autistes. . "La Fédération québécoise de l’...

Classifications: Education, Advocacy

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