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

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!

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 autism, 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 formal certification in PRT. 
  • FSCD-Approved
  • The Centre also accepts private referrals

 

Program Details

  • Before the group begins, parents will be contacted to share about their child’s communication style.
  • 11 weeks of targeted coaching
  • Parent group meetings on Zoom from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. we
  • Parents receive one home visit mid-program (can be in person or on Zoom)
  • 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! 

 

Program Offered 4 Times Per Year!
Fall, Winter, Spring & Summer

Via Zoom Video Conference
Sessions run once a week from 1:30 – 3:00 pm.

Next Session: Spring-Summer 2023

Tuesdays, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

  • May 2 – July 11, 2023
    • NO group session on Tuesday, June 13.

 

For more information, including pricing and to begin the registration process, please contact Angele Fournier at 780-488-6600 ext. 211 or at  AFournier@centreforautismab.ca. 

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