Autism Services

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.

Comprehensive psychological assessments are used to investigate complex behavioural presentations that may include all or some combination of cognitive, learning, and/or social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.  These difficulties are significantly impairing your child’s ability to cope and navigate life successfully.  These assessments may be used to make a decision as to whether their challenges can be accounted for by additional diagnoses including neurodevelopmental disorders (eg. Intellectual Disorder, Special Learning Disorder) and/or mental health disorders (eg. anxiety, mood, obsessive-compulsive disorders).  Recommendations are made to inform treatment planning and enable access to appropriate supports at school, home, and in the community.

This workshop focuses on making activities, like getting a haircut, washing hands, going to the store, or visiting the dentist, more seamless for the entire family. You will learn strategies to help reduce your child’s interfering behaviour during these activities, such as understanding how to develop a gradual approach to increase your child’s tolerance of these activities and situations. This workshop is facilitated by a Behaviour Therapist who is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.

This workshop will provide information about emotion regulation in children with autism and evidence-based strategies for improving emotion regulation skills.  Topics will include emotion recognition and understanding, along with some strategies to help children stay calmer.