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Online Video

Positive Behavior Support in Schools

Discussion and Question Period

By Preetinder Narang, MEd, BCBA with Nathan Ngieng, Tina Gunn, MEd, BCBA, Victoria Knight, PhD, Ainsley Boudreau, PhD, R.Psych.

This ACT - Autism Community Training video features a panel discussion of Positive Behavior Support in schools. Panel participants include: *Nathan Ngieng, Director of Instruct...


Classifications: Education,  ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

Online Video

Including Students with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities in Schoolwide PBS: All Means ALL!

By Pat Mirenda, PhD, BCBA-D

This ACT - Autism Community Training video introduces the elements of school-wide Positive Behavior Support, demonstrating how students with autism and other developmental disabili...


Classifications: Education,  ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

Website

Life On The Spectrum - The Autism Family Podcast

By Life On The Spectrum Podcast

A podcast created for families living with Autism. Hosted by broadcaster and special education assistant Katie Bennison, who has a teenage daughter on the spectrum. Featuring the v...


Classifications: Family Life,  Education

Online Article

Know Your Rights: Guardian Edition

By Learning Disabilities Association of BC, South Vancouver Island

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

By Heather McCracken

The Autism Demystification® Online Course provides participants with the knowledge, tools and techniques to implement the Friend 2 Friend Autism Demystification® Puppet Program c...


Classifications: Education

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 Article

360 Thinking

An Executive Function Model and Program

By Katz, Mark

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

By Eveleth, Alexander; Vivian, Amanda; Sinclair, Jim; Grantham, Leah Jane; Brown, Lydia with Davis, Samatha April; Kapp, Steven; Gross, Zoe

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

By McNeil, Brian

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

By Volkmar, Fred; Thierfeld Brown, Jane

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

By Gerland, Gunilla

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 Video

Transitions

By Adams, Allison

This online video discusses how children on the autism spectrum can have difficulty moving from activity to activity. The video suggests that tools and visual supports can be used...


Classifications: Education,  Tools And Technologies

Online Video

Work Experience

By Bezo, Jacquie

This online video presents an example of how a student who completes work experience in school and in the community. It discusses how visual supports, rewards, and other strategie...


Classifications: Education,  Employment

Online Article

Daily Life Therapy and Autism

By Research Autism

This online article describes and evaluates Daily Life Therapy, an approach which provides specialized education to children on the autism spectrum. The therapy focuses on physica...


Classifications: Evaluating Autism Information,  Education

Online Article

Bullying Guide for Parents

By National Autistic Society (NAS)

This online article discusses how children on the autism spectrum are at an elevated risk of being bullied, and it discusses how parents can notice and address bullying. Founded...


Classifications: Safety,  Education

Online Article

Bullying

By Ambitious about Autism

This online article discusses how children on the autism spectrum are at a high risk for being bullied, and it provides suggestions which parents can use to help address bullying. ...


Classifications: Safety,  Education

Online Article

Anxiety at School

Children and Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Raising Children Network

This online article discusses how parents can work with schools to address anxiety in their children on the autism spectrum. Raising Children Network is an information resource ...


Classifications: Mental Health,  Education

Online Article

Design for Autism

By Scottish Autism

This online article describes how the New Struan School, for students on the autism spectrum in Scotland, was designed with the sensory issues experienced by people on the autism s...


Classifications: Education,  Sensory Issues

Online Article

Avoiding Over-use of Paraeducator Support for Individual Students

By Stetson, Frances

This online article discusses some of the problems which can arise if students receive excessive support from para-educators, or education assistants. It suggests that para-educat...


Classifications: Education

Online Article

Effective Educational Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

A Resource Guide

By Ontario Ministry of Education

This online guide is intended as a resource for school teachers. It provides an introduction to autism, offers teaching strategies, introduces interventions and strategies for soc...


Classifications: Education

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