Growth & Innovation
Agency Growth & Development
Over the past year, 43 new employees joined our team, and we are excited to work alongside them. Our incredible team continues to work towards furthering their knowledge, education and certifications through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). Throughout the year 9 more employees achieved their Registered Behaviour Technician certification, and 4 more became Board Certified Behaviour Analysts.
Onboarding New Staff
The Training Coordination Team, created as part of an OAP Workforce Capacity Grant, has done an incredible job onboarding new employees at LRCSS. The team has been an integral part of LRCSS’ onboarding success. Not only did they assist in the onboarding of 36 new employees, but the training team also developed and implemented the following:
Employee Orientation Packages for all new employees
Created and managed employee schedules to facilitate learning opportunities
Supported employees with training, observation opportunities and program development
Observed employees providing therapeutic services and provided feedback
Developed employee goals; supported employee allocation based on an assessment of strengths, goals, and areas of improvement
Disseminated the goals of the Training Coordination program across the agency
In addition to prioritizing the new hires within the Entry to School Program, they also:
Facilitated and supported 22 student placements to disseminate knowledge and practice of Applied Behavioural Analysis
And oversaw the expansion and implementation of 7- RBT internships across the agency
In addition to prioritizing the new hires within the Entry to School Program, they also:
Facilitated and supported 22 student placements to disseminate knowledge and practice of Applied Behavioural Analysis
And oversaw the expansion and implementation of 7- RBT internships across the agency
Employee Certifications
Our incredible team continues to work towards the goals of furthering their knowledge, education and certifications through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). Throughout the year 9 more staff achieved their Registered Behaviour Technician certification and 4 more staff became Board Certified Behaviour Analysts.
New Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA)
Katrina Zealand
Jessica Lyall
Leslie Bosman
Carly Farrugia
New Registered Behaviour Technicians (RBT)
Sanjitha Kugan
Olivia Findlay
Jessica Herley
Simon Bégin
Shevya Stewart
Sefra Schiafone
Carissa Dickinson
Shagini Thevakumar
Alicia Montrait
Internship
Our internship program was developed in March of 2021, and we have just embarked on our third year of interns. The role of the internship program is to provide ongoing training to develop staff competencies so that these individuals are able to grow into strong skilled clinicians.
During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, two interns successfully graduated from the internship program, moving into Behaviour Consultant roles. Both clinicians have since accrued the required hours and been accepted to write their BCBA exams.
Congratulations to Samantha Chiodi and Jeff La Frenais.
Staff Training
LRCSS is committed to the professional development of all our employees as part of the agency's culture to ensure all staff have opportunities for continuous learning and development. This is done through formal training events, Linkedin Learning, CEU events, and presentations to other professionals.
11 events First Aid/CPR Training Sessions (Total of 17 First Aid Training Days). 71 employees certified this fiscal year. 11 SMG Training Sessions (Safe Management Group). 43 employees received “Crisis Intervention Training Developmental - Initial Training - Includes Children’s Program. 91 employees received “Crisis Intervention Training Developmental - Refresher Training - Includes Children’s Program. 134 employees trained in SMG this fiscal year in Total. 187 Number of Employee Professional Development Training Events Attended. 3,172 hours Total hours of Employee Professional Development Training. 69 Professional Development Training Events Presented. 565 hours Total hours of Professional Development Training Events Presented.
Accredited Continuing Education (ACE)
LRCSS is an Accredited Continuing Education provider with the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board. Over the past year, LRCSS has continued to offer professional learning opportunities to clinicians. LRCSS hosted 15 continuing education events and issued 400 certificates to participants.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning continues to be a valuable resource for our staff’s professional growth over the past year. Staff access on-demand resources based on their professional goals or select from several learning pathways that apply to all staff designed by LRCSS.
Stone Soup Conference
Since 2013 Lake Ridge Community Support Services has been hosting Stone Soup. What started out as an internal training initiative to bring the top clinical expertise to our team has evolved into a large virtual conference attended by clinicians all across North America and as far away as Australia.
The shift to virtual in 2020 opened the door to completely re-imagine this event as not only an opportunity to align with our value of growth for our staff but a key part of our fundraising platform and raising money for the #ABAforAll Campaign. Since then the event has grown exponentially. 2022 was our most successful event to date and we hope to continue to build on our success in 2023.
“I can’t think of many times in life where I’ve been this inspired before 7am.”
STATISTICS
Stone Soup Conference by the numbers. 7 incredible speakers. 548 attendees. 520 app downloads.
1,700 BACB CEUs were issued. Over $35,000 was raised for ABA for All.