Our Mission:

“To operate a licensed non-profit child care centre to provide intervention and direct instruction based on the principles of Applied Behavioural Analysis to children who are diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in order to increase their cognitive, language and social abilities in the home, school and community and help each individual reach their potential.”

At Spectrum Intervention Group, our programs are an extension of our core values. First and foremost is respect and dignity for the learners as individuals. Our top priority is the welfare of each of our learners, that we are privileged to work with, and programs are individualized to maximize the unique potential of each one. We are also committed to achieving and maintaining high professional and ethical standards and integrity.

What is Spectrum Intervention Group?

A child care centre licensed under the Day Nurseries Act of the Province of Ontario
A non-profit federally incorporated registered charity (we are pleased to accept donations from individuals and organizations and issue tax receipts)
Governed by a Board of Directors comprised significantly of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, experienced professionals in the field, as well as business people.

Therapist With Boy As a registered charity, our objective is to provide quality services that are as affordable as possible to families through a combination of fees and fundraising.

Fundraising directly offsets some of the teaching/instructor therapist costs incurred in the delivery of Spectrum's programs. Effectively meeting the needs of the children we work with, often means maintaining a very low staff to child ratio - typically either 1:1 or 1:2. Our experience has been that this low staff to child ratio, combined with our commitment to providing ongoing clinical training and supervision of our staff, are the key variables contributing to our success in delivering high quality programs based on ABA principles and procedures.

ABA programs that take into account Skinner's analysis of verbal behaviour (commonly referred to as "VB programs"), are at the core of Spectrum's programs. Our knowledgeable and well-trained staff, develop and provide individualized programs based on each child's needs. The teaching procedures used are evidence-based.

At Spectrum, our aim is always to help each child reach his/her potential. Our goals for each child enrolled in our intensive intervention programs, include an individualized combination of social, speech and language, cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, play and academic goals. Programs are delivered via individual, small group, or larger group instruction, depending on the needs of the child. Our ratio of staff to child is generally 1:1 or 1:2. Programming is closely supervised and staff is provided with on-going clinical training.

Spectrum is also committed to the education of both professionals and parents in the Autism community. To this end, we offer training workshops and seminars periodically throughout the year, geared to providing on-going education, on various topics related to autism. We offer workshops on various topics presented by our own staff, in addition, from time to time, we will present outside experts and professionals. We also provide on-site training, practice and experience to students of the Autism and Behavioural Science Program at Algonquin College, child-care, developmental services worker, psychology and or related educational programs.

As well, because families are of primary importance in a child’s development, the staff strives to bring about collaboration between home and Spectrum in ways that enhance the child’s development. The staff has a solid commitment to developing strong partnerships with the families we serve in order to facilitate consistency of goals and approach across the environments the child is involved in (including home and school/day care). We are also pleased to collaborate and liaise with other outside professionals already involved with the child’s programming. In addition, we have access to other professionals in other related fields such as psychologists and occupational and speech therapists, with whom we can consult with when the need arises