Autism Services

Explore your child’s interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) while building their social communication and interaction skills with peers. Participants will be given the opportunity to grow their social skills, including initiating and joining conversations and sharing in one another’s interests, while doing STEM-related activities together, such as science experiments, building structures, and completing group challenges. The 3-hour session without a parent/caregiver present will also provide the opportunity to build your child’s independence and participation in a group setting. Facilitated be Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.

This group will help your child build social communication skills with peers, such as initiating and responding to conversation, interactive play, and making verbal requests. Parents/caregivers will participate along with their child to help them respond and engage with their peers. Facilitated by Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.

Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) is a group-based program for kids 8-12 years old. Participants learn and develop the skills needed to make and keep friends through role playing and activities. Parents/caregivers learn strategies to support their children as they develop these skills. Facilitated by Autism Therapists with supervision from an OAP Clinical Supervisor.

Meet with a clinician to address a concern about your child’s behaviour or discuss a specific skill you’d like your child to develop.  You will receive individualized tips and strategies for building skills and reducing challenging behaviours.

This workshop will provide strategies to promote safe experiences for your child in the home and community including: kitchen safety, walking safely, crossing the street, not speaking to strangers, and more.

This workshop provides strategies based on the principles of ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) for helping your child their play skills.  You will learn about the stages of play from independent toy play to more advanced cooperative play with others.