Autism Support Specialists
Our Autism Support Specialists work in class and 1:1 (when needed) with our children to provide Behavior Management, Behaviour Coaching, and skills development support.
Our Autism Support specialist team use a variety of behavioural principles and strategies in our group intervention process to help the child overcome some of their challenging behaviours this help the child with:
- Improves self-regulation.
- Bridges developmental gaps.
- Increases social engagement.
- Greater independence is obtained for the child.
- Reduces problematic behaviours and tantrums.
- Helps children apply newly acquired skills in a variety of environments.
- Improves the child ability to initiate and maintain conversations.
- Increases a child’s understanding of non-verbal cues.
- Assists with relationship building and opens the child up to forming friendships.
- Promotes independence.
- Enhances functional skills that enable children to engage in everyday activities successfully.
- Targets hygiene related delays, daily living skills and general self-care skills.