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NEWS

Our Condolences on Tragic Event from Monday, April 23, 2018

APRIL 27, 2018

We ask that those reporting on this tragic event and community members to not associate living with autism as a motive to committing senseless acts of violence

NEWS

Light It Up Blue – Show Your Support and Help Raise Awareness for World Autism Awareness Day

MARCH 29, 2018

Surrey Place is pleased to “go blue” in honour of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on Monday, April 2, 2018

NEWS

“What I Bring to My Community”: Show Your Support and Help Raise Awareness for World Down Syndrome Day

MARCH 20, 2018

We believe people with Down syndrome must have opportunities to contribute to the community they live in and live valued lives in all aspects of society

NEWS

Women’s Xchange Funding Award

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Surrey Place staff receive the Women’s Xchange $15K Challenge grant by the Women’s College Research Institute for their research project

STORIES

University of Toronto’s S.M.I.L.E. Program

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership Experience (S.M.I.L.E.) program participants shared their feedback with us

NEWS

Common Ground Co-operative: A Dream for the Future

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Learn about Common Ground Co-operative and how they promote the inclusion of persons with developmental disabilities in the workplace and more

NEWS

Minister of Children and Youth Services Announces Investment in Two South Asian Autism Awareness Centre Programs

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Government of Ontario is investing in programs to support parents of children and youth with autism provided by the South Asian Autism Awareness Centre

NEWS

Innovative Clinical Work: Teaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Respond to Complex Questions

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Surrey Place clinicians co-authored a study about teaching a child with autism spectrum disorder to learn to respond to complex questions

NEWS

Cresa Toronto’s Donation to Surrey Place Centre Will Provide Important Augmentative Communication Supports to Infants, Children and Youth in the Toronto Region

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Cresa Toronto’s donation will provide more infants, children, youth and their families and caregivers with faster access to critical aids, devices and supports

NEWS

Innovative Clinical Work: Teaching A Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder To Request Information

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Surrey Place clinician Frances Noto wrote an article about teaching a child with autism spectrum disorder to learn to request information

NEWS

Help Raise Awareness and Acceptance for National Autism Awareness Month – Add “I Support” Twibbon Badge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We want help raise awareness and advocate for the needs of children, adults and families who are living with autism across the country

NEWS

Ontario Government Continuing Support for Innovative Housing Solutions for People with Developmental Disabilities

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Developmental Services Ontario Toronto Region helps adults with developmental disabilities find permanent housing as part of the Bridges to Housing program

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By 2 months

Has your baby had their hearing screened? YES NO

By 6 months

Does the child?

Startle in response to loud noises? YES NO
Turn to where a sound is coming from? YES NO
Make different cries for different needs (hungry, tired)? YES NO
Watch your face as you talk? YES NO
Smile/laugh in response to your smiles and laughs? YES NO
Imitate coughs or other sounds such as ah, eh, buh YES NO

By 9 months

Does the child?

Respond to their name? YES NO
Respond to the telephone ringing or a knock at the door? YES NO
Understand being told no? YES NO
Get what they want through using gestures (reaching to be picked up)? YES NO
Play social games with you (Peek-a-Boo)? YES NO
Enjoy being around people? YES NO
Babble and repeat sounds such as babababa or duhduhduh? YES NO

By 12 months

Does the child?

Follow simple one-step directions (sit down)? YES NO
Look across the room to a toy when adult points at it? YES NO
Consistently use three to five words? YES NO
Use gestures to communicate (waves hi/bye, shakes head for no)? YES NO
Get your attention using sounds, gestures and pointing while looking at your eyes? YES NO
Bring you toys to show you? YES NO
Perform for social attention and praise? YES NO
Combine lots of sounds together as though talking (abada baduh abee)? YES NO
Show an interest in simple picture books? YES NO

By 18 months

Does the child?

Understand the meaning of in and out, off and on? YES NO
Point to more than 2 body parts when asked? YES NO
Use at least 20 words consistently? YES NO
Respond with words or gestures to simple questions (Where's teddy? What's that?)? YES NO
Demonstrate some pretend play with toys (gives teddy bear a drink, pretends a bowl is a hat)? YES NO
Make at least four different consonant sounds (p ,b, m, n, d, g, w, h)? YES NO
Enjoy being read to and sharing simple books with you? YES NO
Point to pictures using one finger? YES NO

By 2 years

Does the child?

Follow two-step directions (Go find your teddy bear and show it to Grandma.)? YES NO
Use 100 to 150 words? YES NO
Use at least two pronouns (you, me, mine)? YES NO
Consistently combine two to four words in short phrases (Daddy hat. Truck go down.)? YES NO
Enjoy being around other children? YES NO
Begin to offer toys to other children and imitate other children's actions and words? YES NO
Use words that are understood by others 50 to 60 per cent of the time? YES NO
Form words or sounds easily and without effort? YES NO
Hold books the right way up and turn the pages? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 30 months

Does the child?

Understand the concepts of size (big/little) and quantity (a little/a lot, more)? YES NO
Use some adult grammar (two cookies, bird flying, I jumped)? YES NO
Use over 350 words? YES NO
Use action words such as run, spill, fall? YES NO
Participate in some turn-taking activities with peers, using both words and toys? YES NO
Demonstrate concern when another child is hurt or sad? YES NO
Combine several actions in play (puts blocks in the train and drives the train, drops the blocks off.)? YES NO
Put sounds at the beginning of most words? YES NO
Use words with two or more syllables or beats (ba-na-na, com-pu-ter, a-pple)? YES NO
Recognize familiar logos and signs involving print (Stop sign)? YES NO
Remember and understand familiar stories? YES NO

By 3 years

Does the child?

Understand who, what, where and why questions? YES NO
Create long sentences using five to eight words? YES NO
Talk about past events (trip to grandparents house, day at child care)? YES NO
Tell simple stories? YES NO
Show affection for favourite playmates? YES NO
Engage in multi-step pretend play (pretending to cook a meal, repair a car)? YES NO
Talk in a way that most people outside of the family understand what she/he is saying most of the time? YES NO
Have an understanding of the function of print (menus, lists, signs)? YES NO
Show interest in, and awareness of, rhyming words? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 4 years

Does the child?

Follow directions involving three or more steps (First get some paper, then draw a picture and give it to Mommy)? YES NO
Use adult type grammar? YES NO
Tell stories with a beginning, middle and end? YES NO
Talk to try and solve problems with adults and with other children? YES NO
Show increasingly complex imaginary play? YES NO
Talk in a way that is understood by strangers almost all the time? YES NO
Generate simple rhymes (cat-bat)? YES NO
Match some letters with their sounds (letter b says buh, letter t says tuh)? YES NO