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Autism Videos @ ACT – no login, and easier navigation

Beth Ann Malow Sleep 2As B.C.’s largest provider of community-level autism training and support, we know that not everyone can attend our live events. Online presentations allow ACT to serve the autism community no matter where our viewers live, providing access to practical information, allowing you to watch when and where you wish, and to review or share the parts that are relevant to your family, team members or colleagues. Did you know that AVA has international users from Katmandu to Nairobi, as well as from across B.C. and Canada? No matter where parents and professionals live, they tell us they appreciate our non-commercial, positive information about living with autism.

Browse the Autism Videos @ ACT online.

Autism Videos @ ACT is possible thanks to many different collaborations.

Families
ACT is very grateful to the generosity of the many parents who have allowed ACT to use videos of their families to educate the broader community about the tremendous potential of children with autism — and the crucial role of parent training and engagement. These videos demonstrate that effective treatment involves the whole family.

Presenters
AVA has been possible thanks to the presenters who allow us to record them, demonstrating their commitment to knowledge translation by their willingness to share their research and clinical experience.

Support from Simon Fraser University’s Creative Services
Sponsorship from SFU’s Department of Psychology and SFU’s team of professional videographers who record and edit our videos, have enabled ACT to provide highly professional videos.

Platform Sponsors 
Thanks to our platform sponsors, we were able to develop this new platform to make navigation and access easier in 2014. This was made possible thanks to Row4Autism and ELS for Autism Canada.

Sponsors for Individual Videos
Sponsorship for individual videos support production costs, maintenance and content development. AVA is only possible thanks to Row4Autism, Canucks Autism Network, Autism Speaks Canada, B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development, NeuroDevNet, Autism Speaks – Autism Treatment Network/ Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health.

More information on our sponsors.

You can help: donate to help support Autism Videos @ ACT

ACT’s New Online Registration System

ACT has been working hard to bring you a new online registration system.

  • It is easier to use
  • Enables registration directly from the events page
  • You can register someone other than yourself for an event
  • Allows registration for multiple attendees and automatically applies the group discount.

Download 2014 receipts before January 30, 2015: Receipts for events delivered prior to November 2014 are available at:www.actcommunity.ca/amember

If you have any questions, please contact our office at [email protected] or 1-866-939-5188

ACT’s 2013 Annual Report now available

ACT’s 2013 Annual Report (pdf) is now available. Read about ACT’s progress:

  • Distributed over 1200 New Diagnosis Parent Packages
  • Managed the RASP with 519 professionals listed
  • Provided $12,500 in bursaries
  • Completely renovated our website & Autism Information Database
  • Garnered over 111,000 website visits
  • and more…

Download the ACT Annual Report for 2013 (pdf).

 

The 2012 Annual Report is also available for download

Share your Family Photos with ACT

Calling all Photographers!

This month ACT’s staff is busy updating all of our information materials, and we are hoping that you may be inspired by this wonderful weather to provide us with some fresh photos.

As you will have seen from ACT’s materials, we like to include photos of kids/young adults with their peers and their families having fun and engaging in community or family activities.

Please consider sharing family photos with us, to help liven up our print materials and our website, to help grow autism awareness and entice people to use ACT’s resources. To share your photos, either reply to this email*, or use our online submission form.

For examples of how we use photos, you may wish to see our:

  • ACT’s Autism Manual for BC page
  • 2012 Annual Report
  • Flyers that we hand out at information tables

Best regards,

Deborah Pugh
Executive Director
ACT – Autism Community Training

* If you choose to send us a photo via email, please note:

  • When you submit your photos to ACT, you are giving us permission to use them in our information + promotional material we in print and online (including but not limited to: email newsletters, Facebook, event handouts and information cards).
  • These photos will not be used commercially and we will not name any of the individuals in the photos.

We will not use every photo submitted and cannot guarantee photo credit will be given every time the photo is used.