Giant Steps School in Montréal, Québec
Episode 218 of the We chose play from Affect Autism podcast, hosted by Daria Brown, titled "Giant Steps School in Montréal, Québec" was published on January 7, 2023 and runs 38 minutes.
January 7, 2023 ·38m · We chose play from Affect Autism
Summary
On this episode I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Resource and Training Centre Coordinator at Giant Steps School. Giant Steps is a bilingual, developmental approach, individualized private school in the public interest in Montréal, Québec with 93 students aged 4 to 21 with an autism diagnosis. They have both English and French instruction and students are grouped by age clusters. Their school was visited by DIRFloortime® creator, Dr. Stanley Greenspan, in their early days and recently had Dr. Gil Tippy speak at their professional development day. They are now in the process of building their new facility that will open in the summer of 2023.Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2023/01/07/giant-steps/Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://affectautism.com/support/
Episode Description
On this episode I’m speaking with Marla Cable, the Resource and Training Centre Coordinator at Giant Steps School. Giant Steps is a bilingual, developmental approach, individualized private school in the public interest in Montréal, Québec with 93 students aged 4 to 21 with an autism diagnosis. They have both English and French instruction and students are grouped by age clusters. Their school was visited by DIRFloortime® creator, Dr. Stanley Greenspan, in their early days and recently had Dr. Gil Tippy speak at their professional development day. They are now in the process of building their new facility that will open in the summer of 2023.
Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2023/01/07/giant-steps/
Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network or becoming an Affect Autism member for bonus content and support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://affectautism.com/support/