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.

Our Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) Services will target your child’s behavioural health needs. Under the supervision of a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) OAP Clinical Supervisor, our highly trained clinicians will focus on goals related to increasing social and practical daily living skills. Our BCBAs are also able to focus on reducing behaviours that interfere with daily living. Through your active participation in sessions, you will be taught how to apply strategies to support your child’s adaptive behaviour.

ABA Assessment

This intake assessment is used to evaluate a child’s practical daily living skills and/or why a behaviour is occuring in certain situations. The BCBA will meet with you to review a written report which will provide strategies and make recommendations regarding therapy.

Filling out funding applications can be difficult. This workshop provides a step-by-step review of completing the Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD) application. ACSD is a monthly financial benefit for parents of children with severe disabilities. It is needs tested to help with the ongoing costs arising from the child’s disability. In order to be eligible for this program the following requirements must be met: the child must be under the age of 18 years, the child must have a severe disability resulting in functional loss, the extraordinary costs must be as a result of this disability, the applicant and the child must be residents of Ontario, and the family income must be less than $64,000.

This workshop will provide information about how anxiety presents in children and youth with Autism, and evidence-based strategies for coping with and preventing anxiety.

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.