This service is not intended for individuals seeking psychotherapy or counselling services.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Caregiver Training
- Mental health
- Resilience
Learn Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) strategies to prioritize your well-being and enact meaningful behavior changes based on your values. Ideal for caregivers seeking to manage stress and enhance life balance. Tailored support to reduce burnout through practical, value-driven adjustments.
This service is not intended for individuals seeking psychotherapy or counselling services.
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Caregiver Training
- Mental health
- Resilience
Personalized Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) sessions tailored to your goals. Initial assessment identifies key behavior changes—like improving treatment adherence or enhancing selfcare behaviours to mitigate caregiver burnout. Includes daily email support for one week and a follow-up session to refine strategies and confirm progress.
This service is not intended for children that are engaging in severe problem behaviour during the night (i.e., aggression, self-injury, property destruction)
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Consultation
- Sleeping
Learn gentle, value-based sleep solutions without "cry-it-out." Our course includes personalized assessments and tailored strategies to improve your child's sleep. Appropriate for caregivers of children 0-18 years old.
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Play
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Practice and boost social skills through Game On!. Relevant social skills will be covered to enhance the social skill toolbox involving playing games with others, focusing on the individual needs of each participant. We will also focus on learning to play (the game, if required), following the game rules and appropriately handling situations that occur while playing games.
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Play
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
- Teens
Practice and boost social skills through Game On!. Relevant social skills will be covered to enhance the social skill toolbox involving playing games with others, focusing on the individual needs of each participant. We will also focus on learning to play (the game, if required), following the game rules and appropriately handling situations that occur while playing games.
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Play
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Calling all 7 & 8 year olds! Practice and boost social skills through Game On!. Relevant social skills will be covered to enhance the social skill toolbox involving playing games with others, focusing on the individual needs of each participant. We will also focus on learning to play (the game, if required), following the game rules and appropriately handling situations that occur while playing games.
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Play
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Calling all 5 & 6 year olds! Practice and boost social skills through Game On!. Relevant social skills will be covered to enhance the social skill toolbox involving playing games with others, focusing on the individual needs of each participant. We will also focus on joining play with peers, following the rules of the game, and being a good sport.
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Join us for an art-based social skills group. While unleashing your creative side, we will focus on increasing conversation skills such as:
- Joining conversations
- Taking turns
- Staying on topic
- When others are bored
- Using a cover story to exit conversations
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Daily Living Skills
- Independence
- Social Skills
- Teens
Increase independence moving around Thunder Bay. Specific targets will be selected based on participant experience. Program targets could include:
- Navigating sidewalks & intersections
- Planning your route
- Reaching destinations within the city using transit
- Social rules & etiquette for using transit and traveling with members of the public
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
- Teens
Join us for an art-based social skills group. While unleashing your creative side, we will focus on
increasing conversation skills such as:
- Joining conversations
- Taking turns
- Staying on topic
- When others are bored
- Using a cover story to exit conversations
This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school.
- Play
- Resilience
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Curious and creative? Join us for a STEM-themed social skills group focusing on:
- Teamwork
- Compromise
- Flexible thinking
- Confidence
- Creativity
This service is not intended for those with an ASD diagnosis. This service is not intended for those unable to follow instructions within a group setting, with maladaptive behaviour that may put other children at risk, or those who are unable to attend school. This service is also not ideal for siblings who are currently undergoing an ASD query.
- Mental health
- School Age
- Siblings
- Teens
Sibshops is an opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis. Sibshops is not therapy, but rather a venue for sibs to have fun, laugh, talk about the good and not-so-good parts, play some great games, learn something about the services/diagnosis of their brothers or sisters, and have some more fun. This all-day session includes snacks and lunch.
Children and families who are engaged in a similar service with another provider. They can be on a waitlist for services with another agency.
- Antecedent Strategies
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
- Communication
- Consultation
- Daily Living Skills
- Daily Routine
- Early Learning
- Emotional Regulation
- Feeding
- Independence
- Language
- Life Skills
- Picky Eaters
- Preschool
- Reinforcement
- School Age
- Self-regulation
- Skill Building
- Sleeping
- Social Skills
Focused ABA targets one or two behavioural goals at a time. You will virtually meet with our BCBA to help develop programming based on identified goals (joint attention, transitions, communication, selfhelp skills, play skills, etc.). ABA therapists will work 1:1 with your child to help achieve goals. Parents will have the opportunity for BCBA coaching to help generalize learning to the home environment.
This service is not intended for severe challenging behaviour and/or self-injurious behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- School Age
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
This is a parent/caregiver mediated program offered to families who would like to work on a specific goal. The 12-week program includes 6 or more face-to-face or virtual meetings throughout the 12-week service. A meeting will occur for the following: discussion around suitability of the goal, observation, assessment, strategy development, parent/caregiver direct support/coaching, and generalization and maintenance.
Children and families who are engaged in a similar service with another provider. They can be on a waitlist for services with another agency.
- Antecedent Strategies
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Coaching
- Communication
- Consultation
- Daily Living Skills
- Daily Routine
- Early Learning
- Emotional Regulation
- Feeding
- Independence
- Language
- Life Skills
- Picky Eaters
- Play
- Preschool
- Reinforcement
- School Age
- Self-regulation
- Skill Building
- Sleeping
- Social Skills
- Teens
- Toileting
- Transitions
- Visuals
Caregivers will work together with the Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist and BCBA, to choose a goal. They will then have 9 sessions of 1:1 coaching and/or consultations with any of the professionals, based on what the needs and goal is.
Following a brief screening by the team, you will discuss strategies related to skill acquisition or a behaviour of concern that the family may find challenging. Caregivers will leave the initial consult with specific, measurable goals. The professionals will develop strategies and will then help coach the family or work with the child directly for the remaining sessions.
This Family PD Day Event is an opportunity for families with school aged children with ASD.
- Communication
- Play
- School Age
- Siblings
- Social Skills
This Family PD Day Event is an opportunity for families with school aged children with ASD to spend a few hours of their PD Day socializing, having fun, and meeting with other autism families while creating and exploring activities. Light snacks and refreshments provided.
Family Craft Event is an opportunity for families with children under 19 years of age with ASD.
- Coaching
- Communication
- Early Learning
- Mental health
- Play
- Preschool
- Resilience
- School Age
- Self-regulation
- Siblings
- Skill Building
- Social Skills
Family Craft Event is an opportunity for families with children under 19 years of age with ASD to spend a few hours of their day socializing and having fun with other autism families while creating and exploring. Sensory crafts and activities will be available to families. Light snacks and refreshments provided.
This service is not intended for children who are nonverbal or cannot participate in one hour of
programming.
- Emotional Regulation
- Life Skills
- School Age
- Self-regulation
Faces and Emotions will teach children to understand the meaning behind the different facial expressions that they see in others, and those made by themselves. This skill will support the learners to improve their ability to connect and interact with people in a meaningful way.
An opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis.
- Resilience
- Siblings
This service will be provided through a certified Sibshop facilitator. It is an opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis to connect with others, have fun, laugh, play games, and learn something about the services and diagnosis of their brother or sister. This all-day session includes snacks and lunch.
- Consultation
- Self-regulation
- Sleeping
This program uses a collaborative model to provide participants with the tools they need to support their children in addressing sleep-related problems. Individualized sessions are offered to address specific behaviours that may be interfering in sleep routines.
An opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis.
Ages slightly above or below may be accepted.
- Resilience
- Siblings
This service will be provided through a certified Sibshop facilitator. It is an opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis to connect with others, have fun, laugh, play games, and learn something about the services and diagnosis of their brother or sister. This all-day session includes snacks and lunch and will have a Halloween focused theme.
- Coaching
- Consultation
- Daily Routine
- Self-regulation
- Sleeping
This program uses a collaborative model to provide participants with the tools they need to support their children in addressing sleep-related problems. Individualized sessions are offered to address specific behaviours that may be interfering in sleep routines.
An opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis.
Ages slightly above or below may be accepted.
- Resilience
- Siblings
This service will be provided through a certified Sibshop facilitator. It is an opportunity for those who have a sibling with an ASD diagnosis to connect with others, have fun, laugh, play games, and learn something about the services and diagnosis of their brother or sister. This all-day session includes snacks and lunch.
Suitable only for children who have been medically cleared to receive behaviour intervention for food
selectivity (i.e., no concerns with safe swallowing).
- Assessment
- Consultation
- Feeding
- Picky Eaters
- Self-regulation
- Sleeping
This program uses a collaborative model to provide participants with the tools they need to support their
children in trying new foods while limiting problem behaviours or eliciting negative emotional responses.
Individualized sessions are offered to address specific behaviours that may be impacting a child’s willingness to eat a variety of foods.
- Behaviour
- Caregiver Training
- Consultation
- Self-regulation
- Skill Building
This program uses a collaborative approach to provide caregivers with the tools they need to prevent challenging behaviours from worsening. Participants will also be equipped with the skills needed to support their children to develop communication and coping strategies in the home environment.
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