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Prince George, BC
| Monday | 8:30am - 5:30pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30am - 5:30pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8:30am - 5:30pm |
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Our story begins in 2010, when we started to have concerns that our two-year-old son was not developing speech and social skills as his older brothers had. In the following months, as more family, preschool teachers, and ultimately our doctors began to support our concerns we realized it was important to pursue a formal assessment. With little direction, but believing knowledge is power, we started to educate ourselves by reading books and Internet articles, quickly learning time was of the essence. Our son was added to a 14-month waitlist for assessment, so we immediately started investigating other options. To obtain a quicker diagnosis, we travelled over 750 km to Vancouver to receive a private assessment; this was our closest option. On January 20th, 2011, our son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and our lives were changed forever.
Following the diagnosis, we did not know where to turn. We called anyone with a connection to autism; friends of family, even complete strangers, hoping someone would show us a clear roadmap forward to help our son. Resources were unaligned and fragmented at best, and non-existent at worst. There was certainly no single service or individual that could assist us with navigating the needs of our newly diagnosed son. As a parent, wanting the very best for our child, that was an incredibly helpless and lonely feeling. As we researched, we learned that an Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) program supervised by a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) was considered the most recognized, respected, and effective treatment for autism. As we continued our journey, we found the nearest Behaviour Analyst was based in Dawson Creek, over 400 km away. We spent most of the following year renovating our spare bedroom into a therapy classroom and setting up a home-based ABA program. Our BCBA trained several Behaviour Interventionists, including our sister, Leigh Thibault, who at the time was completing her undergraduate degree.
Throughout the next number of years, we have witnessed the benefits of ABA and how it has changed our familyโs life. Thanks to intensive ABA therapy, our son not only attends school full time, but also excels! He participates in extra-curricular activities, including rock climbing, swimming, and piano lessons! When we first received the diagnosis, it was difficult to envision his future. Now we have new dreams for him and so does he!
