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All abilities CElebrated Soccer is a program designed for participants between the ages of 5 - 15 & 16 – 24 with intellectual and/or physical disabilities who are interested in learning more about the FUNdamentals of physical literacy and soccer.
Sundays October 27—December 15, 9:30am—10:25am
CYS Indoor Facility, 745 Fountain Street, Cambridge. CYS jersey provided.
The Just Hangin' Out program (Youth 13-21) will take place at the Chaplin Family YMCA, Teen Drop in Centre located at 250 Hespeler Road. This program is designed to provide a safe and inclusive place where youth with developmental disabilities can develop character building, health and wellness, and life skills while socializing with peers. This program runs for 10 weeks.
Fall Session: September 17 – November 19
Time: 6:00-8:00pm Cost: $140 Bar Code: 15327
Winter Session: January 14 – March 10
Time: 6:00-8:00pm Cost: $140 Bar Code: 15328
Dates: Tuesdays, September 24 - December 10, 4:30-5:30pm
Location: Monarch House, 630 Weber St. N. Suite 204, Waterloo
Homework Club - Homework Club involves collaborative group work through completion of a group project. Participants will be given different roles each week and will learn essential skills such as problem solving, compromising, conversation skills, and team work. Practice sheets will be provided each week to generalize skills outside of the group
session. The program is led by ABA Therapists under the direction of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst®.
This group is intended for children with ASD ages 8-12. Participants must be able to work independently in groups of 2-3 students and have near typical language skills.
Cost: $990/child for 12 weeks
Dates: Thursdays, September 26 - December 12, 4:30-5:30pm
Location: Monarch House, 630 Weber St. N. Suite 204, Waterloo
The ADHD & Asperger's Centre is hosting a 5 session class, "Parents of Kids with ADHD & Asperger's/ASD."
Join with ADHD and Asperger's experts and other parents/caregivers of kids of all ages with ADHD and/or Asperger's to get your questions answered, support from people who've been there, and a hopeful perspective on your child's future. The ADHD & Asperger's Centre sees ADHD and Asperger's as a gift and focus on managing the negative symptoms while helping to find and harness the amazing super powers of our kids (like high intelligence, creativity, kindness, and hyper-focusing).
Part workshop, part support group, these sessions have been described as "self-care I badly needed", "a safe place to not feel guilty, for once!", and "incredibly informative". Refreshments and snacks are also offered.
Topics are voted on at the beginning of each course. Topics often discussed include:
Homework & Chores
Effective Disciplining
Time management & Organization
Anger Management
Parent Self-Care
Communication Skills
Social Skills
Sleep Issues
School Transitioning
Career Navigation
This group will run September 11 to October 9 from 6:00-7:30pm.
Learn more about this opportunity on their website.
The ADHD & Asperger's Centre in Guelph is running a 5 week social group or teens from 13 - 16 yrs old who have ADHD and/or Asperger's/ASD.
You will meet every week for two hours to:
Learn social skills
Discuss dating issues
Have fun
Play games
Make friends with other youth with neurodiversity
Facilitator:
This group is run by Coach Kate, an ADHD & Asperger's/ASD specialized coach with ADHD and symptoms of Asperger's herself. Kate specilizes in working with teens and youth with neurodiversity as she LOVES helping them find and harness their interests and special abilities! Always ready to break into a smile, invent a game out of nowhere, or craft a comedy routine from scratch, teens love Kate because she's young, energetic, honest, willing to embarrass herself at a moment's notice for the sake of learning, and totally nonjudgmental.
In Her Shoes (Youth) is an employment program for female identifying, transgender and non-binary youth who are experiencing significant barriers to securing employment. In this program, participants receive technical training and work experience in the YW Kitchener-Waterloo bricks & clicks social enterprise store- In Her Shoes, where they sell new and used accessories and shoes. Participants will earning minimum wage, equivalent to 30 hours/week.
Participants will receive technical skills training in digital literacy, computers, operating systems and software, customer service and support, online business and e-commerce, retail work, point of sale systems and cash handling, marketing and photography. They will also receive support to develop life skills and employment skills, build their resume, and to secure employment upon graduation from the program in a related job area that interests them.
Eligibility:
Female identified, transgender, or non-binary youth between the ages of 15-30;
A Canadian citizen, or permanent resident or a protected person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
Legally entitled to work in Canada;
Participants cannot be in receipt of EI benefits;
In accordance with funding requirements, priority in hiring will be given to youth facing barriers to finding and keeping employment.
Program Details:
Program Time: Monday to Friday- 2 pm- 8 pm
Program Duration: Each session runs for 18 weeks at a time
Program Location: 84 Frederick Street, Kitchener, On
Bus Pass, work uniform, and dinner are included.
Session Dates:
Session 1: Starts August 6th, 2019
Session 2: Starts December, 2019 (Date TBD)
Session 3: Starts May, 2020 ( Date TBD)
Registration Information:
Eight participants will be selected to participate during each intake period. To apply for the program please complete the following two steps. If you need assistance, please contact us.
Step 2: Once your registration form has been received participants will be contacted to schedule a follow up meeting to talk further about their application and receive a tour of the In Her Shoes retail store and work space.
For more information contact:
Jennifer Gordon Director of Youth Services & Entrepreneurship
Phone: 519-576-8856 x 215
Email: Jennifer.gordon@ywkw.ca
Do you have a child between 8-13 years of age with Neurodevelopmental Disorders?
York University invites you to participate in a research study: Secret Agent Society: Operation Regulation – Trasdiagnostic Trial.
What is the research about?
This study is about a new program aimed at helping youth with neurodevelopmental disorders cope with their emotions and handle the day-to-day stressors in their lives using a variety of activities and tools, like an emotion focused computer game, cue cards, and parent and teacher handouts.
What does participation involve?
Participating involves weekly 1-hour visits to York University where you and your child will meet with a trained therapist for one-on-one therapy. Your child will get to do an assortment of activities and play games (e.g., computer games, problem solving tasks, and role playing). The activities are aimed to help build emotion regulation skills.
You and your child will also participate in research to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
There is no cost to the program, except for parking and travel to the university.
I’m interested! What next?
For more information, please contact sasor@yorku.ca or Dr. Jonathan Weiss, Principal Investigator on the study, at jonweiss@yorku.ca.
Confidential market research occurring in several cities across Canada is looking for feedback from teens with ADHD and their parents - compensation of $175 to $225.
The study will focus on their perspectives and thoughts on new therapies, and gaining insight into ways in which we can help improve the lives of teens with ADHD. Each duo that participates in this study will be compensated $175 - $225 for their time and help. The research is conducted in person and is not a group session but an individual interview with the parent and child.
This is not a sales presentation. It is strictly Market Research. It will give parent and child the opportunity to voice their opinions about this important topic. All information given is strictly confidential and the sponsoring client (a pharmaceutical company) of the research will not get any identifying information about any of the participant. The study is being conducted in several cities Canada.
Basic Qualifications
Parents:
Believes that medication plays a role in the ADHD treatment
May or may not be diagnosed with ADHD themselves
Adolescents:
Between the ages of 13-17 (recruit a mix of age ranges) – must be in High School or planning to attend in the fall
Must have taken medication for the treatment of ADHD for minimum 2 years during the past 5 years – they do not have to be taking medication today
Mix of genders if possible
90-minute sessions: 45 min interview with the parent followed by 45-min interview with the teen. Payment $225
60-minute sessions: 30-40-minute dyad (parent and adolescent together), then 15-20 minutes with the teen only. Payment $175
This session is being held in Toronto on June 24th and 25th.
