Intensive Behavioural Intervention for Instructor Therapists

In 2007, CONNECT, in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, offered an exciting training initiative. Aimed at Instructor Therapists working with children with autism, whose families had chosen the Direct Funding Option in the Autism Intervention Program, CONNECT coordinated a series of workshops aimed at enhancing the Instructor Therapists’ IBI knowledge and skills.
This training was delivered exclusively in colleges offering Autism and Behavioural Science programs funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities., and to fully meet training needs province-wide, an on-line version of the curriculum was developed, going live in 2009.

The workshops were based on the curriculum endorsed by MCYS, and topics included:

  • Autism: description, behavioural characteristics and assessment
  • Intensive Behavioural Intervention
  • Arranging Physical Environments
  • Arranging Antecedent Conditions
  • Arranging Consequent Events
  • Data Collection
  • Imitation Training
  • Teaching Language
  • Promoting Peer Interaction
  • Professional Behaviour

Please contact us for further information about these or other past CONNECT projects.

If you are interested in further education in Autism and Behavioural Science programs, please contact one of the following Ontario colleges for more information:

Algonquin College
Contact:  Julie Cassie
Phone:  613-727-4723 ext. 1457

Conestoga College
Contact:  Joan Wagner
Phone:  519-748-5220 ext. 3656

Confederation College
Contact:  Terry Lowey
Phone: (807) 475-6326

Fanshawe College
Contact:  Carmen Hall
Phone:  519-452-4430 x3996

George Brown College
Contact:  Jennifer Donnelly
Phone:  416-415-5000 ext. 6064

Humber College
Contact:  John Kosmopoulos
Phone:  416-675-6622 ext. 3481

La Cité Collégiale
Contact:  Lise  Bourdeau
Phone:  613-742-2483 ext. 2060

Lambton College
Contact:  Amy Hawkes
Phone:  519-541-2435

Mohawk College (Full-Time Program)
Contact:  Michelle Turan
Phone:  905-575-1212 ext. 3337

Mohawk College (Part-Time Program)
Contact:  Shelley Kitchen
Phone:  905-575-2706

Seneca College
Contact:  Susan Bond
Phone:  416-491-5050 ext. 4106

ABA Interventionist program
(geared for parents and others with an interest but not requiring the full ABS certificate)
Workshop Series
(Working with Children with ASD and Working with Adolescents and Adults with ASD)
Contact:  Ann Hersch
Phone:  416-491-5050 ext. 2528

St. Clair College
Contact:  Christina Angileri
Phone:  519-972-2727 ext. 5057

St. Lawrence College
Contact:  Meaghan Shaver
Phone:  613-544-5400 ext. 1128