When: February 1, 2020
Where: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X7
THE WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.
Description: Presentations will be made by experts explaining service options for children up to 17 years of age.
The presentations will also be helpful to parents currently receiving funding.
Objective: To provide information for parents so they can make informed choices.
Topics include: What’s covered under the childhood budget, the newly announced Interim One-time Funding, questions to ask service providers, scope of services, social skills programs, preparing teens for employment, and more.
Workshop Information:
Date: Saturday, February 1st, 2020
Registration: at 8:00am
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Location: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 7X
A light lunch, snacks and beverages will be provided.
Priority registration is for parents/guardians.
Workshop Schedule:
Moderator: Suzanne Jacobson (QuickStart Early Intervention for Autism)
8:30 Welcome, Suzanne Jacobson
8:40 – 9:30 Kelsey McDaniel, Service Navigator with Autism Ontario for the East Region– Ottawa, Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry with Autism Ontario
Kelsey has the latest information from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCS) on the one-time funding being issued to families on the Ontario Autism Program wait-list.
- What’s covered under the ‘one-time funding’
- What’s the newest information she has received from MCCS
- Early Intervention resources being offered ‘Foundational Services’
- How she’s able to assist you
9:30 – 10:30 Yolanda Korneluk PhD., CPsych. Psychologist, Clinical Director at Emerging Minds
- How to build an effective and well-functioning circle of care around you child with ASD
- Strategies for ensuring that a treatment plan is truly comprehensive and developmentally anchored (and why this matters)
- Why and how parents should truly be at the helm of their child's treatment plan
- Comprehensive/intensive therapy vs goal-oriented therapy
- What’s the right # of therapy hours based on the latest study
- Types of assessments
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Robin Gaines Ph.D., SLP (C), CASLPO,
Speech/Language Pathologist and Clinical Researcher (Emerging Minds)
Robin will speak about the Scope of Speech/Language Pathology related to ASD
- What questions to ask when hiring a Speech/Language Pathologist
- Models of intervention: parent coaching, individual, small group therapy
- Areas that speech/language pathologists typically serve: receptive/expressive language, articulation and pragmatics/social language use
11:45 – 12:45 Vero Chiasson, Occupational Therapist/Ergothérapeute
Early Start Denver Model Trainer/Formatrice Modèle de Denver pour jeunes enfants at Emerging Minds est
Vero will speak about the Scope of Occupational Therapy related to ASD.
- Different areas of daily living, where Occupational Therapists can intervene
- What questions to ask when hiring an Occupational Therapist
- Client centred practice, the treatment effectiveness/evidence-based especially of sensory based interventions
12:45 to 1:30 Lunch
1:30 to 2:15 Q&A.
2:15 – 3:00 – Kim Moore, BCBA from Aspire Academy
Kim will speak about ABA therapy.
- One-to-one therapy
- What to look for in a group (proper placement)
- Proper ratios for your child
- Breakdown of the schedule of the day
- Academic vs non-academic group settings
- Priorities and how to accomplish them in a group
- Focused vs intensive
3:00 to 3:15 – Break
3:15- 4:00 Hugh Nelson, Executive Director at Y’s Owl Maclure
Hugh will speak about:
- Social skills programs
- Employment coaching program for teens
- What questions to ask when considering social groups for your child
4:00 – 4:30 Anne Huot, Vice-President Child Development and Community Services at CHEO
Anne will speak about:
- Current status of what CHEO is offering to children & youth with autism
- What CHEO is doing now in this transition to needs based program
- Update on working throughout the province to support this transition
- Speak on her role on the implementation working group as chair
- CHEO’s role to support the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCS) role for the one-time funding and supporting families through these challenging times.
Please email: info@quickstartautism.ca if you have any questions.
QuickStart Early Intervention for Autism is pleased to present this free workshop for parents/guardians, sponsored by Coordinated Access.