Start Program
Using Pivotal Response Treatment to Increase Verbal Language: A Parent Coaching Group

The Start Program is a sought-after group program for parents/caregivers of young children with autism. Based on Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), a therapy model developed by the Koegel Autism Centre in California, this innovative program teaches parents practical strategies to support their child in:

• Using words and sentences to ask for things
• Answering questions
• Making choices
• Copying what other people say

The Centre for Autism Services Alberta is the only facility in Western Canada that offers this extraordinary coaching program

• Designed specifically for early language development in children with ASD, ages 2-8
• Program development based on 40 years of research
• Strategies designed to be implemented during daily routines
• All sessions are led by an experienced Speech-Language Pathologist with a formal certification in PRT

Program Details

• A home visit will be conducted prior to the program start date
• 11 weeks of targeted coaching
• Parent group meetings from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. weekly
• Parents receive one daytime home visit mid-program
• Childcare can be provided
• Taking and sharing home videos of PRT practice is required
• Each session will be a positive and interactive experience!

The START Program from the eyes of a parent: read Lucas’s story! 

Spring Session
March 11, 18 & 25
April 1, 8, 15 & 22
May 6, 13 & 20
(No group on April 29)

Where
Centre for Autism Services Alberta, 4752 – 99 Street NW, Edmonton

REGISTER NOW – SPACE IS LIMITED!
Contact Angele Fournier, SLP
780.488.6600 ext. 211 | afournier@centreforautism.ab.ca 

Please contact Angele for pricing information.