Looking for some fun activities to keep your child with autism engaged during March Break this year? Here are 5 ideas that are easy to do with very little if any preparation.

Today our government announced that Durham Region school boards will be returning to in-person learning on Monday, February 8, 2021. In response to this announcement, Lake Ridge will also be working on returning to in-person service, based on appropriateness, effective Monday, February 8, 2021.

Explore 9 key resources curated for Behaviour Technicians covering important topics including, ethical practices relating to consent, privacy and confidentiality, business and billing practices.

This post is a guide for educators and other professionals to learn more about Applied Behaviour Analysis and access some tips on how to work collaboratively to better support the individuals you work with.

In order to be responsible and responsive to today’s announcement, Lake Ridge Community Support Services will be moving back to virtual services only, effective Thursday, January 14, 2021. Following public health and safety guidelines is a priority for our Agency as is the health and safety of our clients, families and staff. We want to continue to protect our clients, families and staff and help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Are you new to the world of ABA? Maybe you have just started seeing an ABA clinician or you have a loved one who is receiving ABA services. Or, maybe you’ve started doing some research on available services and are interested in learning more about ABA. Here, we’ve come up with 4 must-read resources that cover everything from understanding ABA to your rights as a client and caregiver to help you to navigate your ABA services journey.

After limiting applied behaviour analysis (ABA) services in Durham Region to virtual-only amid the Ontario-wide shutdown on Boxing Day 2020, Lake Ridge Community Support Services will re-open on January 11th with strict protocols and capacity restrictions.

Lake Ridge clinicians were recently published in the Journal on Developmental Disabilities. Their manuscript focused on studying the impact of the Ontario government’s Quality Assurance Measures on adults with ID receiving behaviour therapy.

On December 21, 2020, Premier Ford announced an Ontario-wide lockdown beginning on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2020 until at least January 22, 2021. Find out how we’re responding at Lake Ridge Community Support Services and the impact on in-person services in January.

Oh, Christmas. What a joyous time filled with new experiences. The lights, the baking, the snow, the crowded house and the malls, the smell of a freshly cut Christmas tree. All those wonderful events and smells, the loved ones that you associate with at such a joyous time of year. It was not always so wonderful for our family though.

Dr. Jack Michael (January 16, 1926 - November 13, 2020. It is with great sadness that our field of ABA has lost Dr. Jack Michael at age 94 years. Dr. Michael was an American psychologist and professor at Western Michigan University. He developed one of the first token economies and is also a pioneer of behaviour modification and what is now referred to as applied behaviour analysis

Lake Ridge Community Support Services is launching a new hub for On-Demand Foundational Family Services. This site will provide families registered to the OAP with videos, pre-recorded workshops, articles, downloadable and printable tools, tip sheets and more.

This is a copy of the DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMUNITY of PRACTICE (DEI CoP) – DURHAM REGION’s Commitment Statement issued by the committee on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 9:01 AM in response to the disturbing news on school yearbooks emanating out of Pickering, ON. in which a black student’s yearbook tribute to his grandmother was replaced with a racist slur

10 fun tips to reimagine Halloween for your child with autism during the Covid-19 pandemic. From scavenger hunts to games and activities we have the best tips for Halloween 2020 and beyond. Plus a bonus tip.

The demand for applied behaviour analysis (ABA) has grown over the two last decades and as a result, independent ABA providers and centres serving individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities have multiplied. so here are some key criteria to consider when choosing an ABA provider to meet your child’s needs.

Practice is incredibly important when teaching new skills to individuals with autism in order for them to perform those new skills correctly. Here are some tips on when and how to practice teaching new skills.

Behaviour Consultant and Mom, Tarra McPail provides 7 essential tips for how you should approach your child's behaviour therapy plan with your BCBA.

Immediately following ‘the diagnosis’ I informed the school and meetings were held, and magically there were answers and strategies available to help my child learn. Although this started off positively, I soon realized that the strategies the school had were from a list of ‘known fixes’ and they were going to use these, and only these, strategies. The truth is that the education system has been struggling for a while to get the right supports and staff in place for children with varying needs.

Person first language is considered the correct way to refer to an individual with a label; with a disability. There is a widespread and pervasive understanding that we should see ‘the person first’ or ‘the person - not the disability’…. I challenge this notion as I find it places a negative and ableist understanding of disability, of autism, onto a person.

This spring, the Lake Ridge Community Support Services (LRCSS) received word that it received a three-year, $549,000 Grow grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to launch an evidence-based treatment program called, “Facing Your Fears” in Durham Region. This program is intended to support children with children and adolescents from ages eight to 12 diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).