A body map is an exercise you can do with your child to help bring more awareness to their body's response to situations that trigger their anxiety.

Explore ways you can make the holiday season more accessible and enjoyable for individuals with autism/autistic individuals.

Ideas on how to have a safe and autism-sensitive Halloween amid a 4th wave of COVID-19 in 2021.

LRCSS’ Diversity, Equity and Belonging Committee have developed a Land Acknowledgement statement. Read the statement and learn more about the process used to develop it and how it will be used in our organization moving forward.

8 places you can find authentic orange shirts from Indigenous creators, Indigenous-owned organizations or shops that donate profits to Indigenous causes.

Orange Shirt Day was named after Phyllis Webstad’s favourite orange shirt which was taken away from her in 1973 on her first day at a residential school.

Beginning summer 2021, the OAP-D will be offering caregiver-mediated programs through the Ontario Autism Program. Learn about how LRCSS will be serving families with children up to 48 months through Project ImPACT.

Today Ontario Autism Program announced the launch of the Caregiver-mediated Early Years Programs.

This has been a year like no other. Our Lake Ridge Community Support Services staff and Board of Directors remained forward-focused and creative through a year of unknowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last week Social Skills Training Institute (SST) officially welcomed Lake Ridge Community Support Services’ Clinical Supervisor, Melissa Legree to their team.

We're deeply saddened by the news out of Kamloops last week.

Last week "the bodies of the 215 children were uncovered during a search of the grounds at the site of the former residential school near the city of Kamloops, B.C." http://bit.ly/cbc-res

As the province starts planning to reopen, so are we! We are looking forward to resuming our in-person services at our Lake Ridge locations.

Heather Redmond, BCBA explores how applied behaviour analysis (ABA) needs to evolve to rise above criticism and better serve individuals and the outcomes they need.

On Thursday, May 13th our provincial government announced an extension to our current stay-at-home order. The order will now be in effect until June 2, 2021. Although this is news that many of us did not want to hear, we all want to continue to do our part to see the COVID case numbers decrease so we can open up safely and not return to another lockdown.

As we continue to navigate and monitor the COVID-19 situation in our province we will continue to offer virtual services through to May 20th, 2021. May 20th is when the current provincial stay-at-home order is in effect until.

On Friday, April 16, 2021, our Provincial Government introduced further restrictions across Ontario. At this time we have decided to suspend all in-person service. We will continue to monitor the situation in Ontario and provide another update, regarding service, by Friday, May 7, 2021.

Late this afternoon Premier Ford announced further restrictions within the province to work towards decreasing the COVID-19 cases.

Are you new to the world of Applied Behaviour Analysis/ABA? If you’re researching ABA on the internet, you can find many positive experiences that children and their families have had with ABA therapy. You also may find some information about some controversies surrounding ABA. This post busts the 4 biggest myths about ABA so you can make informed decisions about whether it’s right for your child.

As of 12:01 am Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Province of Ontario will be in a ‘stay at home’ order as announced by Premier Ford today. During this ‘stay at home’ order, Lake Ridge Community Support Services will remain open to continue offering both in-person and virtual services during this period.

Earlier this afternoon, Premier Ford announced that Ontario is implementing a “province-wide emergency brake” that will remain in place for the next four weeks.