Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Maltby Centre is now offering a series of workshops for parents, caregivers, and youth! Our workshops are designed to help families understand concepts related to Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), access resources, and increase overall parent/ youth capacity. This online workshop is for parents living in Ontario with a valid OAP registration number.

As part of foundational family services, you may choose to meet for an individual session with a family support coordinator after attending a workshop, to help you apply the workshop content to your specific family situation.

This workshop will be most helpful for caregivers who are looking for simple, easy-to-understand information on autism. Caregivers are often looking for ways to explain their child’s autism to others and after this workshop they will have the language to do so. This workshop will discuss diagnosis, common terminology used, prevalence rates and research in the field of autism.

As a result of participating in this workshop you will be able to:

• Describe common key terms, language, and acronyms.
• Describe the process of diagnosis of ASD.
• Describe the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder and ways in which related behaviours may occur.

Please note this workshop is only offered in English.

Please note registration closes October 17, 2023.