On Monday, January 3rd the Ontario Government returned our province to a modified step 2 of the COVID-19 recovery plan. Read our official response and how it could affect services.

Due to the high and rapid spread of the current variant please be advised that we are continuing to follow all Public Health protocols. Find out more about our response to growing concern over Omicron including changes to our COVID-19 screening process for staff and clients.

Executive Director, Sandie Hoskin looks ahead to the start of a new year.

Every year Lake Ridge Community Support Services recognize staff that exemplify the values of our organization in exceptional ways through the Culture & Spirit and the James Reaume Award and this year was no different. With a plethora of deserving individuals, we consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have an extremely committed team. Here is how we recognized exceptional performers in 2021.

The OAP Entry to School (ETS) program has been awarded to OAP-Durham. OAP-Durham (OAP-D) is a partnership between Lake Ridge Community Support Service (LRCSS)…..

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.