Autism Services

This group is designed for children who enjoy building and constructing with Lego and other building materials to practice using their social skills in a motivational setting. Autism Therapists will guide the group using child-friendly instructions and children will be encouraged to share their creations with their peers.

During this workshop you will learn about the pathway for communication development and the many ways that children can send messages. Various strategies to support your child with increasing their meaningful communication with you and others will be shared.

This group will introduce a variety of social skills that help to build and maintain friendships with other teens. Each week will target a different social skill during a 1-hour group session, while parents simultaneously learn strategies to promote further teaching and generalization at home. Topics will include conversational skills, use of technology in social interactions, and how to respond to rejection or bullying, among others. Facilitated by Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.

This group will help parents and caregivers learn strategies to support their child across a variety of group-based activities. The teaching strategies used are based on the science of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and will help you to prepare your child to transfer their skills to different settings, such as school, recreational activities, camp, etc. The focus will be on learning readiness skills, including attending to a leader/teacher, following a visual schedule, transitioning between activities, and remaining appropriate near peers. Parents/caregivers will participate along with their child within this group, which is facilitated by Autism Therapists who provide hands-on coaching with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor

This group will help parents and caregivers learn strategies to support their child across a variety of group-based activities. The teaching strategies used are based on the science of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and will help you to prepare your child to transfer their skills to different settings, such as school, recreational activities, camp, etc. The focus will be on learning readiness skills, including attending to a leader/teacher, following a visual schedule, transitioning between activities, and remaining appropriate near peers. Parents/caregivers will participate along with their child within this group, which is facilitated by Autism Therapists who provide hands-on coaching with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.

The Making Friends group will provide children with opportunities to socialize and build skills to make friends. This group will teach children how to ask peers to play or join activities, respond to feedback from their peers, and further develop their conversational skills. Parents and caregivers will participate along with their child to help coach them to respond and engage with their peers. This group is facilitated by Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.