Hurry and submit your referral to the Front Door.  This group offers families respite and your child/youth the opportunity to make friends, practice new social skills and most of all have fun.

During the March Break ASPEN group the kids learned about; activities that help to calm you down and pump you up, manners, body language, how to make friends and how to enter into conversations without interupting.

They participated in the following activities; eating out at a buffet restaurant, rock climbing, painting pottery and bowling.  The group discusses topics or role plays in the morning and then they go out into the community to practice what they have learned in the afternoon.

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Interested in having your son/daughter (age 12-17) attend a social skills group specifically designed for those diagnosed with ASD?

Please contact the Front Door 519 749 8740 and complete the referral form (parents, teachers, social workers etc. can refer).  The identified youth will be placed on a waiting list and contacted once a space becomes available. 

Youth often request to attend the group over and over again, unfortunately they are able to access this group once only. 

The next group…

Researchers at the Offord Centre for Child Studies are working to improve early detection and intervention so that children with ASD and their families can lead better lives. Their work includes investigating the genetic causes of autism, studies designed to track the development and outcomes of these children over time, and attempts to find the most cost-effective forms of early intervention that meet the varying needs of children with this condition.

Also of interest, please note Peter…