- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Communication
- Early Learning
The Balance program is designed for young children who engage in high levels of uncooperative behaviour and/or some disruptive behavior (e.g., tantrums), especially when they cannot have their way. This program aims to create balance between child-led and adult-led interactions and allows for some shared control over daily activities. Caregivers will work alongside a behaviour analyst to create opportunities for their child to communicate their needs, accept disappointment and build overall cooperation.
- Assessment
- Communication
- Language
- School Age
- Transitions
The VB-MAPP is a developmental assessment and curriculum that assesses language, learning, and social skills, as well as behavioural barriers that are interfering with your child’s ability to learn more advanced skills. This assessment program is based upon Applied Behavior Analysis with a focus on Skinner’s (1957) analysis of verbal behavior. The VB-MAPP can help identify your child’s strengths and weaknesses across a variety of critical skills. The assessment also makes it easy to compare and contrast your child’s skills with those of same aged peers.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Early Learning
- Play
- Social Skills
Reciprocal imitation training (RIT) is a naturalistic intervention designed to teach learners to imitate spontaneously during on-going play interactions with a play partner as a means of social interaction. RIT can be implemented in a variety of play settings and during daily routines.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Behaviour
- Communication
- Early Learning
- Language
- Reinforcement
The child’s individual skills will determine an appropriate form of communication: words, word approximations or using a picture exchange. Initial sessions will be with parent/caregiver then sessions include coaching the child to begin to communicate with the parent/caregiver.
- Language
- Life Skills
- Play
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach school aged learners’ important social skill for engaging in social play and social interactions, building friendships with peers, as well as managing emotions in challenging social settings. Learners will have the opportunity to identify their social strengths as well as an opportunity to practice play skills, language skills, self-regulation skills and school readiness skills. This social skills group will provide a variety of facilitated activities that will encourage learners to connect with peers, enhance their self-awareness skills and practice problem solving and cooperation skills.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Communication
- Language
- Life Skills
- Play
- Self-regulation
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This social skills group will provide learners with an opportunity to explore and practice social skills such as asking for help, greeting peers, turn taking, asking peers to play, and joining in on other peers’ play. Through a variety of facilitated activities, this group will also help learners identify and practice skills needed for managing their emotions and learning to cooperate with others.
- Antecedent Strategies
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
- Daily Living Skills
- Daily Routine
- Emotional Regulation
- Preschool
- Reinforcement
- School Age
- Self-regulation
- Siblings
- Teens
The RUBI Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviours is intended to equip parents with a variety of techniques and tools that can help minimize disruptive behaviours and increase desired behaviours. It provides families with a wealth of information that can assist in their day-to-day planning for their child by including teaching opportunities for play skills, daily living skills as well as opportunities to apply behaviour management skills for encouraging desired behaviours.
- Language
- Life Skills
- Play
- Reinforcement
- Skill Building
The Pretend Play and Language Assessment and Curriculum assesses play skills and accompanying language and provides a behaviourally based curriculum to expand a child’s play repertoire. The assessment and consultation will identify next steps in developing play skills and provide parents with programming to continue to advance their child’s play.
Ages: 12-15 Years
- Communication
- Language
- Social Skills
- Teens
Critical Core is a role playing game that features cooperation between players to achieve goals within the game. Using a game master who facilitates the play, players determine their characters strengths and abilities and use these to work collaboratively with the other players. With a focus on skills that are critical for building relationships and having meaningful social interactions, Critical Core makes learning enjoyable for players.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
Individualized targeted 3 session consultation to work on a specific goal. These may include: functional skills such as toileting, eating, hygeine; communication goals (i.e., functional communication); identifying alternatives to disruptive behaviour, etc.
Children aged 2 - 7
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Communication
- Play
- Skill Building
- Social life
The Pretend Play and Language Assessment and Curriculum assesses play skills and accompanying language and provides a behaviourally based curriculum to expand a child’s play repertoire. The assessment and consultation will identify next steps in developing play skills and provide parents with programming to continue to advance their child’s play.
This skills group will aim to teach school aged learners aged 7 - 11.
- Play
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach school aged learners’ important social skill for engaging in social play and social interactions, building friendships with peers, as well as managing emotions in challenging social settings. Learners will have the opportunity to identify their social strengths as well as an opportunity to practice play skills, language skills, self-regulation skills and school readiness skills. This social skills group will provide a variety of facilitated activities that will encourage learners to connect with peers, enhance their self-awareness skills and practice problem solving and cooperation skills.
This skills group will aim to teach preschool and kindergarten learners ages 4 - 6.
- Language
- Life Skills
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach preschool and kindergarten learners prosocial skills for transitioning into the demands of a school setting. Learners will focus on school readiness skills, play skills, as well as self-awareness skills. This social skills group will provide learners with an opportunity to explore and practice social skills such as asking for help, greeting peers, turn taking, asking peers to play, and joining in on other peers’ play. Through a variety of facilitated activities, this group will also help learners identify and practice skills needed for managing their emotions and learning to cooperate with other peers.
- Anxiety
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Employment
- Resilience
- Self-regulation
The Think Good Feel Good program uses a cognitive behavioural approach to explore and test thoughts as well as learn alternative cognitive and behavioural skills. The program helps learners explore their thoughts and feelings and understand the impact these have on their actions. The goal of the program is to gain greater control over what happens in our lives while increasing overall happiness.
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
- Daily Routine
- Skill Building
The RUBI Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviours is intended to equip parents with a variety of techniques and tools that can help minimize disruptive behaviours and increase desired behaviours. It provides families with a wealth of information that can assist in their day-to-day planning for their child by including teaching opportunities for play skills, daily living skills as well as opportunities to apply behaviour management skills for encouraging desired behaviours.
- Play
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach school aged learners’ important social skill for engaging in social play and social interactions, building friendships with peers, as well as managing emotions in challenging social settings. Learners will have the opportunity to identify their social strengths as well as an opportunity to practice play skills, language skills, self-regulation skills and school readiness skills. This social skills group will provide a variety of facilitated activities that will encourage learners to connect with peers, enhance their self-awareness skills and practice problem solving and cooperation skills.
- Language
- Life Skills
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach preschool and kindergarten learners prosocial skills for transitioning into the demands of a school setting. Learners will focus on school readiness skills, play skills, as well as self-awareness skills. This social skills group will provide learners with an opportunity to explore and practice social skills such as asking for help, greeting peers, turn taking, asking peers to play, and joining in on other peers’ play. Through a variety of facilitated activities, this group will also help learners identify and practice skills needed for managing their emotions and learning to cooperate with other peers.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Self-regulation
Individualized targeted 3 session consultation to work on a specific goal. These may include: functional skills such as toileting, eating, hygeine; communication goals (i.e., functional communication); identifying alternatives to disruptive behaviour, etc.
Age Group: All ages
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Daily Living Skills
- Daily Routine
- Feeding
- Independence
- Life Skills
- Picky Eaters
- Reinforcement
- Skill Building
- Toileting
Individualized targeted 3 session consultation to work on a specific goal. These may include: functional skills such as toileting, eating, hygiene; communication goals (i.e., functional communication); identifying alternatives to disruptive behaviour, etc.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 16 - 18
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
- Teens
This social skills group will aim to teach important social skills for high school learners transitioning to adulthood. It will provide the learners with an opportunity to practice skills such as conversing and cooperating with others, building, and maintaining friendships with their peers as well as coping with peer rejection and managing social conflict. Through a variety of facilitated group activities and take-home assignments, learners will have the opportunity to explore their current repertoire of social skills and identify their challenges in social settings. This social skills group includes many strategies for helping teens develop the necessary skills for coping with the demands and expectations of transitioning to adulthood.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 13 - 15
- Life Skills
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
- Teens
This social skills group will aim to teach important social skills to early high school level learners. This skills group will focus on providing learners with an opportunity to enhance their conversation skills, explore their social skills, practice managing peer related conflict, as well as practice making and building strong friendships with peers. Through a variety of facilitated group activities, games and take-home assignments, learners will be provided with an opportunity to make peer connections, build confidence in their social abilities, and enhance their self-awareness skills.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 10 - 12
- Social Skills
This social skills group will aim to teach important social skills to school aged learners at the intermediate school level. This skills group will focus on providing learners with an opportunity to explore their social strengths and identify their social challenges as they prepare for transition to high school. Through a variety of facilitated group activities, games and take-home assignments, learners will have the opportunity to work on their conversation skills, friendship building skills as well as learning to develop strategies for managing conflict with peers and coping with other peer related challenges.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 7 - 9
- Life Skills
- School Age
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach school aged learners’ important social skill for engaging in social play and social interactions, building friendships with peers, as well as managing emotions in challenging social settings. Learners will have the opportunity to identify their social strengths as well as an opportunity to practice play skills, language skills, self-regulation skills and school readiness skills. This social skills group will provide a variety of facilitated activities that will encourage learners to connect with peers, enhance their self-awareness skills and practice problem solving and cooperation skills.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis between the ages of 4 - 6
- Life Skills
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This skills group will aim to teach preschool and kindergarten learners prosocial skills for transitioning into the demands of a school setting. Learners will focus on school readiness skills, play skills, as well as self-awareness skills. This social skills group will provide learners with an opportunity to explore and practice social skills such as asking for help, greeting peers, turn taking, asking peers to play, and joining in on other peers’ play. Through a variety of facilitated activities, this group will also help learners identify and practice skills needed for managing their emotions and learning to cooperate with other peers.
Parents with a child with an ASD diagnosis, who are looking for techniques and tools to help manage their child’s disruptive behaviours.
- Behaviour Prevention
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
- Daily Routine
- Skill Building
The RUBI Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviours is intended to equip parents with a variety of techniques and tools that can help minimize disruptive behaviours and increase desired behaviours.
It provides families with a wealth of information that can assist in their day-to-day planning for their child by including teaching opportunities for play skills, daily living skills as well as opportunities to apply behaviour management skills for encouraging desired behaviours.
Service Providers
ABA Northern Services and Training Inc.
Applied Behaviour Analytic Services
Breakthrough Speech & Language Therapy
Brenna Lanktree and Associates, Inc.
George Jeffrey Children's Centre
Kerry Maisels Behaviour Consulting Inc
Northern Outreach & Clinical Services