Dawn Bates, BA 

Behaviour Therapist

Dawn is a Behaviour Therapist working with Progressive Steps Training and Consulting Inc. with a background of Creative Arts Learning through play and experimentation. She works with children with ASD and other developmental disabilities in both our home and group settings and incorporates play and experimentation to help improve fine motor, problem solving, critical thinking, language and social skills. 

Dawn is enthusiastic about working with learners who have ASD and developmental disabilities. By helping to improve their quality of life, always treating everyone with respect and understanding each learners needs are essential in achieving the best outcome to reach the learner’s goal. 

Dawn loves to travel and discover new places in her free time, originally from Scotland, United Kingdom. She has a true passion for creative arts and being experimental with different mediums for example: painting and photography. 

Experience

• 2+ years of in-home childcare, including children with neurodiversity

• 1+ years ECA daycare experience 

• 1+ years Art Tutoring experience 

• 1 + years of Art Class Facilitating experience 

• Teaching children with ASD social skills, classroom readiness and emotional regulation skills in a group setting using ABA. 

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Education & Training

• Final year of Child, Youth and Family studies program at the University of Guelph

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI)

• Canadian Red Cross first aid and CPR certified

• Creative Arts Honours Degree

• 40-hour RBT training (in progress)

• Direct Instruction 

• Trauma-informed ABA

• Data collection

• Natural Environment Teaching