Atlas Behaviour Consultation

Happy new year everyone! 2020 was a strange year, we hope everyone has had a chance to reflect on the lessons taught and ready to take on a new year with new goals and new perspectives! We’d love to hear about your goals for the year ahead!

No matter what, how, when or where you are celebrating, we hope you have a wonderful time, get a chance to relax and recharge, play in the snow, and reflect on a wild year that has given some lessons in all its chaos. Happy holidays everyone!

Premack principle, aka. first-then, aka. grandma’s law - an effective tool for everyone. First do something we don’t love, and then get someone we love! We’re so thankful for our staff that share their delicious baking with us!

Antecedent strategies are just as important for staff. Do these gorgeously organized and labelled storage bins make anyone else feel excited and satisfied?! #allthewaystoaba #visuals #antecedentstrategies

It’s an ice cream shoppe kind of Friday afternoon! Working on managing materials, seeking out people, maintaining space, requesting, memory, reading, writing and it’s so fun and delicious! #AllTheWaysToABA #ABAEveryday #ABAInRealLife #ABAfun #LearningInPlay

Today’s theme was Ancient Egypt - built some pyramids with sugar cubes #AllTheWaysToABA #ABAEveryday #socialgroup

Yesterday was all about video games! We played pin the moustache on Mario in pairs - working on perspectives, giving and following instructions and team work! We also played guess who featuring video game characters and learned about good questions to ask! #AllTheWaysToABA #ABAEveryday #SocialSkills #GroupABA #ABAinRealLife

Sometimes... it can be really challenging to stay on task, and get through all the have to do’s (it’s too hard, I don’t want to). We’ve been working on almost on task in the meantime. #ProgressNotPerfection #CopingStrategy #FakeItToMakeIt #AllTheWaysToABA #ABAEveryday #ABAInRealLife

Taking our fine motor skills to real life. #allthewaystoaba #abaeveryday #abainreallife #chores #appliedskills

Our very own Jess Cauchi will be the keynote speaker at this online event about self-advocacy for young adults! The event takes place November 18th, and includes a panel with individuals on the spectrum and a member of student accessibility services. For more information, find McMaster Autism Assistance Program on Facebook, or email, [email protected].