Foundational Family Services

In this Lunch & Learn series, each 30-minute session introduces parents to the fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and practical tools to support their child’s development at home. This workshop focuses on how to use positive reinforcement to encourage helpful behaviours and support their child’s learning.

In this workshop, parents and caregivers will learn about navigating the different pathways of autism system funding and support. Caregivers will be informed about the requirements/eligibility criteria that are required to apply to various programs in the community.

Do you need support reconciling your budget with the OAP, filling out funding forms or have other questions? We can help with these and more! Our Autism Outreach and Education team will meet with each registered family for a 60-minute consultation focused on support with visual aids, autism-related paperwork, or troubleshooting family goals.

In this Lunch & Learn series, each 30-minute session introduces parents to the fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and practical tools to support their child’s development at home. This workshop focuses on how to use prompting effectively to support your child as they learn new skills.

In this workshop, caregivers will learn how autism impacts the developmental stages of play. We will also discuss fun and creative ways for caregivers to support their child’s learning during play opportunities.

This workshop will teach caregivers how to maximize communications opportunities in their home and community, how to be a good communication partner and support caregivers to remain active and engaged in their child’s ongoing communication development.

In this Lunch & Learn series, each 30-minute session introduces parents to the fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and practical tools to support their child’s development at home. This workshop focuses on using a First-Then Board—a visual tool that helps motivate children to complete a less preferred activity by showing that a more preferred activity will follow.

In this Lunch & Learn series, each 30-minute session introduces parents to the fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and practical tools to support their child’s development at home. This workshop focuses on using a visual schedule—a tool that helps children know what is happening next, understand the sequence of events, anticipate changes and transition from one activity to another. Visual schedules may include objects, pictures or written words.

This workshop will teach parents and caregivers about the changes that occur all through puberty, as well as how to support their youth during this time. Caregivers will learn to help youth understand and prepare for body changes associated with puberty, teach and encourage good hygiene, understand public/private places and behaviours, and how to handle issues surrounding consent.