**This class is a prerequisite for Challenging Behaviour: Why it Happens & Effective Supports 2**
In this class, participants are introduced to a practical way of understanding challenging behaviour. Using the tools of Applied Behaviour Analysis, participants will be empowered to investigate the causes of challenging behaviour in the lives of the people they support. This class is an essential prerequisite for Challenging Behaviour 2, in which today’s knowledge will be used to begin developing behaviour support plans.
**Highly recommended to first attend complete Challenging Behaviour: Why it Happens & Effective Supports 1**
Challenging behaviour can be disruptive, it can be an impediment to learning important skills, and it can interfere with the development of meaningful relationships with peers. In the last class, participants were introduced to the behavioural interpretation of challenging behaviour, why it happens, and the elements in our environment that influence learning. Today we will use that knowledge to begin developing behaviour support plans of our own to help the people we care about to reach their fullest potential.
**Highly recommended to first attend Meaningful Goals & Successful Teaching Strategies 1**
Building on the material from the last class, participants are introduced to more advanced learning concepts, including prompting, shaping, skill fluency, and higher-order problem-solving and creativity. To become good at something – whatever that may be – is the surest way to build self-confidence. But what does it really mean to be good at something? And what’s the best way to get there.
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Fulfilling Potential Workshop Series: Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder
December 20, 2024
Participants are introduced to the common signs and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this class, we encourage participants to imagine how the characteristics of autism can influence children’s experience as they grow up. Using many examples and personal stories, the official diagnostic criteria for ASD will be explored and explained in understandable language.
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Fulfilling Potential Workshop Series: Planning Happy Days 1
December 20, 2024
**This class is a prerequisite for Planning Happy Days 2**
In our everyday life, and as we grow up, we are faced with many options and decisions. It is important for the people we support to learn how to choose wisely and act effectively to enrich their quality of life and to get closer to the lifestyle and values that are important to them (and their community). In this workshop we explore many reasons why it can be difficult for people to understand their options and to act effectively when given choices. Many tips and possible solutions are offered. We will discuss personal values, skills and capabilities, personal supports, personal history, and more.
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Fulfilling Potential Workshop Series: Planning Happy Days 2
December 20, 2024
**Highly recommended to first attend Planning Happy Days 1**
What’s the difference between a good day and a bad day? Today we will examine the ingredients that make up a ‘good day’ and explore strategies for creating good days with those we support. Good days include healthy routines, adequate sleep and nutrition, use of visual supports or other tools, and flexible expectations. Additionally, plans are better and days are happier when we work together with the people we support, taking the time to understand their capabilities and to personalize their supports. Many of the tools discussed in this class are appropriate for learners of all ages and abilities.
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Fulfilling Potential Workshop Series: Toilet Training Like a Pro
December 20, 2024
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn to conduct toilet training like a pro! You will be guided through a realistic training process which is based on clinical expertise and established science. Also included are practical tips and discussions of signs of readiness and common barriers during toilet training. Sample datasheets will be provided.
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Fulfilling Potential Workshop Series: Encouraging Language & Early Communication Skills *NEW*
December 20, 2024
To be human is to live in a world with others. To be safe, loved, and happy, we need the ability to communicate with others. In this class, we will discuss foundational communication skills that learners may use to get their needs met, and we will explore strategies for teaching those skills. This workshop will include many realistic examples and opportunities for discussion.
Telling others how you feel, making small talk while waiting for the bus, inviting friends to your birthday party, telling jokes and giving high fives… These social skills may seem simple. But if you look closely at how we learn them, it can quickly become complicated! In this class, we will explore social skills in a systematic way, and we will learn which skills to teach and how to teach them. We will pay special attention to the characteristics of autism, which can make some skills more difficult to learn, and we will acknowledge personal preferences and individual differences in our desire for friends and meaningful connection.
Inspired by decades of classroom experience, today’s workshop is filled with highly valuable tips, skills, and ideas that can be used to create the ideal environment for all children to learn and grow, and to feel safe, valued, respected, and appreciated. Topics include uncommon safety tips, the use of visual supports, emotional regulation, transitions and distressed behaviour, supporting early communication, the use of alternative communication forms and devices, and a lot more. Focus will be placed on creating environments that meet a wide variety of individual needs while also providing opportunities for group learning.
