Boma Learning Centre

Youth ages 13-25 are welcome to join in on the Youth Exploring Possibilities (YEP) Social Summer Celebration Day (PD Day) on this Friday June 28, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM at KW Habilitation. Get ready for the summer ahead with some fun water activities, creating your own tie-dye shirt, painting bird houses, and more! Sign up on https://shop.kwhab.ca/product/yep-social-summer-celebration-pd-day/

Check it out!!

Our Teen Hangout Group Summer Day Respite is filling up fast, but we have a few spots left!

Enjoy the outdoors at Waterloo Park on July 9. Known as the jewel of the city, Waterloo Park has a lake, animal farm, picnic areas and so much more.

Geared towards teens aged 13-17. Interested? Learn more and register: https://www.eafwr.on.ca/programs/teen-hangout-group/

Our family is expanding!! We want to give a warm welcome to two beautiful new babies 💙🩷 We wish Melissa and Nicole the best and congratulations on the new additions to your families.

As we celebrate our 5 year milestone, we are renewing our “vows” to our families.

The word Boma comes from the Swahili language meaning “home”. Our name came to Amy when she was volunteering in Kenya. She worked at a rehabilitation centre called Boma Rescue that offered hope, education, meals, and a safe place to impoverished kids and orphans. She executed a student outreach program called Mimi Ni Mabadiliko (“Be the change”) to inspire the children in Korogocho to use their incredible talents to make the world a better place. As we commemorate our fifth year, we look back on how far we have come as a home, the people we have helped and continue to help through our services and approach. We strive to continue offering the highest quality of evidence-based services to every person that walks through our door.

Calling families and ABA professionals !

We have been excited for regulation, but we have questions regarding how the current process and standards may affect how the public is protected.

A helpful group for families: Ontario Autism Coalition

To the foundations of our lives, we love you! 🫶🏼
*Thank you for the mystery delivery, the lavender is beautiful, and hopefully we don’t kill them!

We’ve had some staff level up recently! 🔊

Mabruka has completed her undergraduate degree and hopes to pursue her Masters in ABA 🙌🏼🎉 Mabruka has been in the world of ABA for many years and it is so rewarding to see her be a strong clinician with a wide range of learners! You have been on the receiving end of some painful behaviours but with your quick thinking and function-based approach, they never seem to happen again or for long. I am so proud of you and your life, Mabruka! 🤍

Kelsey has earned her Masters of Science in ABA and did so with speed and grace. Kelsey excels not only in our science, but her ability to stay organized and ahead of the game, and she dives right into some challenging firsts. Kelsey, it has been inspirational to watch you climb the ranks with ease and kindness. 🤍🎖️

We are so blessed to have you both, and we are excited to see how many lives you will change! 🤍🤍

✨Our final day of giveaways brings us to another area of need we often work on: communication! 🗣️ when we have a learner with challenging behaviour and limited communication, we always look at increasing communication as one of our first goals.
📢Don’t worry, if it’s beyond our scope, or we aren’t 100% sure, we have an SLP to help guide us. 👌🏼
 
Today’s giveaway is only made possible with the hard work from the team at . Linggo is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app that we LOVE to use at Boma. 🫵🏼 it is a different layout than the ones we see some learners come with, and we gotta tell ya.. it’s top of our list for many of our kids!

Not only will the winner of today’s draw win a license for this gorgeous app, Linggo has ALSO offered to throw in a complimentary parent training course (Introduction to AAC for Children with Autism) with this giveaway ‼️🙏🏼

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To enter
1. Follow us on Instagram or Facebook.
2. Like and comment.
3. Tag your friends! One tag is one entry - The more you tag, the better your chances.
 
Eligibility:
You must be 18+, living in Ontario🇨🇦. You do NOT have to be a client of ours, we just want to share our gratitude.
 
This giveaway will close at 12am (EST) on March 16 2024. Any late entries will not be entered for the draw. The winner will be drawn March 22.
 
Disclaimer:
Our giveaways are not affiliated with anyone, any company or any online platform. We will never ask for your financial information, so please be mindful of anyone asking for it.

The women in your life deserve your love and respect today and every day! 💪🏽🔥

We’ve got a whole bunch of incredible ladies at Boma and we are forever impressed with what a woman is capable of.

Happy birthday to the one and only! 🐱 🐾

We think Josh is around 5, and he shares his birthday with some pretty special people.
Josh was found on a farm in rough shape. He was such a friendly cat that they couldn’t leave him behind. Ever since, he has been spreading joy to anyone he meets!

He became our office cat to bring more love to our clinic! 🫶🏼
Sending Joshy some love !! 🤍

One of our learners made a flower wand that we can use to spread kindness and love. All you have to do is point ✨ 🪄

⚠️Uh oh!
Please contact us via email or at (226) 581 2682

Thank you for your patience!

As 2023 comes to a close, we reflect on how thankful we are for our incredible team! The biggest shoutout to Jazlyn for being this year’s MVP. We are so blessed to have you 🤍

Happy restful holidays, we look forward to a big and bright 2024! 🎉

We forgot to take another full team photo again - but we love them all.
*missing: Mabruka, Wilder, Brianna, Brooke & Nicole

To give our clients and staff a much deserved rest, we will be closed today until the new year. We will see you all back on ⚠️January 8th⚠️ for regular sessions!

Happy holidays, and may you find peace and love in your heart for everyone you meet. 🫶🏼🏡

Say hello to Alex 👋🏻

Alex is one of our Behaviour Consultants, who does a lot of assessments, behaviour plans, program writing and staff training. If you’re looking for a creative way to teach something, or if you need support, Alex is your girl!

Alex is always looking out for her clients and coworkers, and she is a strong advocate for everyone around her. Alex once jumped into a very gross river to keep a learner safe, WOW! 🤩🫶🏼

If you ever have a chance to have a good laugh with Alex, she will leave an impression on you forever. We love you Alex! 🤍

✨ Boma Staff Spotlight ✨

Say hello to Brooke 👋🏻

Brooke is one of our Behaviour Therapists (BT)! As a BT, Brooke is responsible for running direct therapy sessions with our clients. Brooke works with a wide range of client profiles and service types, including 1:1 and group services.

Brooke is always full of energy and kindness 💕 She shines the brightest when working directly with our clients. Anybody who sees her can tell how dedicated she is to making her direct sessions fun and filled with learning opportunities! 😁✏️

We are so lucky to have her! 💙

✨ Boma Staff Spotlight ✨

Say hello to Jazlyn 👋🏻

Jazlyn is one of our Senior Behaviour Therapists (SBT)! As a SBT, Jazlyn is a pivotal part of our team at Boma. She covers client sessions when the regularly scheduled therapist is away. Additionally, she helps create therapy materials which allows programs to be implemented right away ⏱️

Jazlyn is always ready to jump into new challenges with a smile on her face and positive attitude. Her creativity, kindness, and humour are just a few things we value about her! ☺️

We are so lucky to have her! 💙

🔔 Summer shutdown reminder 🔔

We will be closing our doors tonight at 5pm and re-opening up on Monday August 14th. Our office will be closed for all sessions, meetings, and appointments.

We hope this time off is restful and fulfilling for all of our clients and staff!

Enjoy ☀️🍉⛱️

✨ Boma Staff Spotlight ✨

Say hello to Amy 👋🏻

Amy is Boma’s founder/owner and is a Clinical Supervisor. Amy started Boma Learning Centre in March 2019 and has always worked hard to make Boma feel like home for its staff and clients 🏠♥️

Amy is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst with over 6 years of experience using applied behaviour analysis (ABA) across various settings. She has training in the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a certificate in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Group therapy, Crisis intervention and prevention.

We are so lucky to have her! 💙

Check it out, our group flyer is officially here 😍

Which group will you be signing up for? Don’t see the group you’ve been hoping for? Tell us about the group YOU would like in the comments below ⬇️⬇️

To have such positive people around you in the place you spend most of your time REALLY makes a difference. ✨

We are blessed to have such hard working, kind, forgiving and funny team members. If you have had the pleasure of working with any of these incredible women, you know what I am talking about! This is truly a team to be proud of.🤍🙏🏼

👉🏼We also can’t forget about the staff that had to leave for sessions, and past staff for driving a long way in to celebrate grad!

Today is the day we celebrate father figures in our lives, and we hope you are spending some good quality, present moments with yours today too!

Sending very special wishes to our Boma dads today 🩵

Relaxing day at the office for our guy, Josh! 🐾

Our Boma Buddies group working on collaborative play: designing an obstacle course! 🤸🏽‍♀️

Working in a group is not always easy, but these learners did an awesome job!

Come visit us and many other vendors at the Womb to Walking Baby Show.

When: Sunday April 23, 2023 - 10am to 4pm

Where: Bingemans, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive Kitchener, ON.

Tickets on Sale Mar 12

Good morning!
We are still open today, but will not be transporting any clients due to inclement weather.

Please give yourselves extra time to travel safely today.

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We are closed today, February 23, due to inclement weather. All sessions are cancelled.

Be safe and stay warm!

Good morning!
We are still open today, but will not be transporting any clients due to inclement weather.

Please give yourselves extra time to travel safely today!