Why Emotional Regulation Comes Before Learning
It’s easy to think that learning happens when a child is paying attention, sitting still, or following instructions. However, at Children’s Autism Services, we know learning starts well before any...
Finding Your Child’s Rhythm: Adjusting to School After the First Weeks
The first days of school are filled with newness; fresh supplies, exciting classrooms, and plenty of first impressions. However, as the weeks pass, many families begin to notice a shift....
The Regulation Reset: How Families Can Prepare For The Emotional Side Of September
As the last days of summer wind down and school supply lists start to fill your kitchen counter, the back-to-school transition can feel like a whirlwind. For families raising Autistic...
Back-to-School Success: Preparing Your Autistic Child for a Confident Start
As summer winds down, many families begin thinking about the return to school, a time filled with anticipation, questions, and sometimes anxiety. For Autistic children, transitions like starting a new...
Combatting After School Restraint Collapse
Often times school can be an overwhelming sensory environment. Combined with task demands and regulation needs it can be a lot for Autistic children. Many will arrive home from school...
School for autistic children opens in Edmonton
The new Jim Jiwani Autism Academy in Edmonton is unlike any school in western Canada in that it focuses on kids with autism. Amanda Anderson reports.
Specialized school for students with severe autism opens in Alberta
Western Canada’s first specialized school for kids on the autism spectrum has opened in Edmonton. As Jaclyn Kucey reports, the Jim Jiwani Autism Academy follows the Alberta education curriculum, while...
Edmonton home to Alberta’s first-ever school for autistic children
“Some of our kids need more specialized support and intervention and for them to get that specialized support with the experts that need to be there to help them, they...
Preparing for the School Year
Starting a new school year can be an exciting and sometimes stressful time for children and their families. Proper preparation can ease the transition, reduce anxiety, and set the stage...
Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy: Private education for autistic children
There will soon be a new private educational option for austistic children in Edmonton. Thomas Pasterfield is the intake program co-ordinator with Children’s Autism Services of Edmonton.
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