Autism Behaviour Habilitation Services

Beep beep! All the vehicles have a spot in the parking lot.

With spots being labelled and numbered, kids have the opportunity to work on reading and numeracy skills while at play! 🚗🚙

We strive to help our kids make connections across as many skills as possible.💫 This activity, incorporated coloring, sorting, identifying, requesting, and commenting. A great way to develop generalization 🙌

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Perfect piece of art to wish everyone a happy weekend! 🌈

Super fun times playing twister with our kids today!
Twister gives great opportunities for teaching turn taking, colours, and gross motor skills!

with SpongeBob and play dough.

Play dough is one of our favorite activities since it offers so many opportunities for imaginative and sensory play and fine motor development.

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🌈Our sensory room is coming together! 🌈

Sensory rooms can be a great place to relax and have a break, but they can also provide play and learn opportunities.

We can't wait to sing songs, play games, and learn about our senses in this space!

Our Centre focuses on building skills with kids in a variety of ways including playing, doing and creating!

Sometimes it gets messy but that's the way to learn and grow!

Find out more - hit the link in our bio to see a few ways to work with us and help to support your family

Enjoy the extra day today!

Remember that play builds skills and cuddles build happiness :)

Happy !

It's on Monday and a nice time to engage your child in activities that help to develop skills, with a heart shaped theme!

Some ideas to try are:

- cutting out hearts of all sizes from construction paper to hang in the windows
- using stickers to decorate homemade cards for the special people in your life
- baking cupcakes and using the time to learn about measuring ingredients

We hope your Valentine's Day weekend is full of sweet moments!

Have you had a good experience here at The Discovery Centre? If you have, we'd be so appreciative for a review on Google! Favourable reviews can help our Centre to become more visible to people searching for services & allow us to reach more people.

Thank you!

We're planning on introducing more social programs this month and get back to more connecting, learning and play!

Is there anything you want to see from our programs? Please let us know if the comments!

A new month is always feels like a mini re-start (especially after that January, whew!)

We can all use more support these days and we welcome you to get in touch with us. If you've been thinking about options please reach out for a chat with our Clinical Director, Mary Philips. She will help you sort out options and plans for your child.

Don't wait for another month!

We our pleased to offer an initial free consult with our team to better understand your needs and introduce you to our practice.

Hit the link in our bio to schedule your appointment!

Kids with ASD can often find it hard to deal with the change in weather and temperatures.

Finding a routine that helps your child to build skills in winter dressing, understanding the types of clothing needed for cold weather and also the reasons why it's important helps them to build the independent skills they'll always need.

Winter dressing is not always an easy task, but one that takes patience and lots of extra time too (!). How does your child do in winter dressing?

How has your ASD child reacted to going back to school? Whether they're going in-person or virtually, the inconsistency of the school year is hard for any child to understand and manage over time.

Tips for helping your child through challenging times:

- Try to plan and stick to a routine that everyone feels good about (including you!)
- Reach out for support from other caregivers, family and external services
- Go with your gut - if you feel like something isn't working for your child, be empowered to find another way

What other tips do you have for our community? Please share!

We're excited to start with our workshops again this year! Offered virtually, and when able, in-person our groups include Parent Training on different aspects of skill development and also on various topics about ABA Therapy.

Stay tuned to this page for updates and registration!

Well, this New Year and "back at it" isn't as energized as we'd all hoped. Our team here at The Discovery Centre is ready to support and help our current and new families living with ASD.

Funding models may be changing too (!) but please reach out directly to our Clinical Director, Mary Phillips to talk about how we can help build a better future for your child.

DYK the Canadian Medical Assoc Journal approx 1-2% of Canadians are on the spectrum, meaning approx 135,000 are in

If you're a parent of a child w/ ASD we can help w/early interventions & therapy. Please reach out
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Often children with ASD have a hard time engaging in free play. Our programs build this activity into skill building as it's an important one.

Being able to play freely and independently is part of the skill-based growth we focus on.

DYK that we offer a variety of options in Consultative Services including both Home Based and Centre Based Consulations?

Our goal is to provide options that are support your individual family needs and priorities. Visit our website (link in bio) to find out more!

We often will help kids build their vocabulary using picture cards.

Picture cards help kids learn about all the things in their world - what they look like, what categories they fit in, how they work.

This type of play helps to build learning and functioning skills with repetition and memory at work!

Don't forget our Parent Workshop tomorrow, December 15th!

Encouraging Communication in kids w/ASD
December 15th at 9:30a
Email [email protected] to register today!

We are commited to building a safe and caring community at The Discovery Centre. Our programs and services are offered both in-person and virtually to serve the needs of our families.

Connection and community are so important to both children and their caregivers throughout the early autism journey. Reach out to us to find out more about how we can support you and your family.

Parent Workshop Alert:

We'll be hosting a workshop for parents on December 15th at 9:30am. This will begin our series of workshops that we will offer.

Our first topic will be on Encouraging Communication in children with ASD and how this can help to decrease challenging behaviours.

For more information or to register please email Mary at [email protected]

A positive thought going into the weekend.

You're child is worthy of good care and love.

And you as parents and caregivers are just as worthy too. Take a moment for yourself this weekend.

Great news for our families! Our Respite Service is going to begin next week! This service provides support for caregivers who want to take some time for themselves for a couple of hours and need a safe and fun space for their children.

Our professional team will provide activities for your child and care while you go do some of the things you need to do: holiday shopping, house matters or even some time for yourself!

For information or to register please email Mary at [email protected]

We love this initiative - what a great way to be creative and create an income stream for autistic artists!

An Autism diagnosis can be a scary time for a family.

Understanding what it all means for your child, finding the appropriate resources and developing a plan for therapy is a lot to manage and very often, stressful.

Our team of dedicated professionals truly understand this and work with all of our families to manage that stress and create peace of mind for all.

You don't have to go through this journey alone. Give us a call or email to find out how we can work together to support your child, and your family.

Do you have questions about what we do here? Curious about our programs and workshops? Drop us a comment or hit the link to get in touch directly!

We'd love to hear from you!