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CEO of the Ability Society since 1996. He has over twenty years experience in the not-for-profit industry and works as a Board consultant for agencies across North America. His responsibilities at the Ability Society - Friends include Community Development, Partnerships and Collaborations, Strategic Marketing, Program Development, among others.<br> Adrian is currently a member of the grants committee for Calgary South Rotary Club, the grants committee for Rotary District 5360 and sits on the Children, Youth and Families grants committee of The Calgary Foundation.&nbsp; Over the past thirty years he has been involved in numerous community initiatives, locally and nationally, including past Director on the Board of Rotary Challenger Park, and past Chair of the Health, Seniors &amp; Special Needs Grant Committee of The Calgary Foundation, and many others.&nbsp;</p> <!--no longer there <p><span class="contact-bold">Technology Consultant - <a href="mailto:brenda@abilitysociety.org">Brenda Tempest</a></span><br> Brenda Tempest is a Technology Consultant at the Ability Society with a background in Speech-Language Pathology. Technology Consultants provide information, education, consultations, and assessments to individuals with disabilities to determine what type of assistive technology is best suited to their current environment, skills, and goals.<br> Brenda has over 15 years experience in the area of assistive technology, specializing in augmentative communication, adapted play and environmental control. She has given numerous workshops on the application of assistive technology and has presented at several conferences.<br> Brenda is also the Program Coordinator for our Early Birds/Tech Tots Preschool Program which commenced in September 2000</p> <span class="contact-bold">Technology Consultant ? <a href="mailto:danette@abilitysociety.org">Danette Rowley</a></span><br> Danette Rowley is a Technology Consultant with the Ability Society with a background in Occupational Therapy. <br><br> <span class="contact-bold">Technology Consultant ? <a href="mailto:angela@abilitysociety.org">Angela Roehm</a></span><br> Angela Roehm is a Technology Consultant with the Ability Society with a background in Speech-Language Pathology. <br><br> --> <p><span class="contact-bold1">Director of Operations (Calgary) - <a href="mailto:kelly@abilitysociety.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single"> Kelly Gurtin</a></span><br> Kelly Gurtin is Director of Operations for the Calgary office. Her main responsibility is dealing with the day to day operations of the agency. Her background is Crisis Counseling and has over 17 years experience working in the nonprofit sector. She sustained a spinal cord injury in the late 1990&#39;s and was unable to continue working in her field. In addition to her work with the Society, Kelly had volunteered for the Child Witness Court Prep Program and Victim&#39;s Assistance Unit for the Calgary Police Service.</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Director of Operations (Edmonton) - <a href="mailto:deidre_norris@abilitysociety.org">Deidre Norris</a></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Deidre began working with the Ability Society as a part-time contractor in 2002 and joined as full time in late 2005. She brings with her approximately ten years of accounting and human resource experience, most of which has been in the non-profit environment. Her primary responsibilities include the management of the day-to-day financial affairs of the Society such as paying the bills, invoicing for clinical services, maintaining personnel records and payroll. She is also responsible for happily recording grants and donations and preparing reports for funders.</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><span class=contact-bold1>IT Manager (Calgary &amp; Edmonton)- <a href="mailto:daylin@abilitysociety.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single">Daylin Pillay</a></span><br> Daylin Pillay is the Manager of Information Technology&nbsp; for the entire organization.&nbsp;He has been working with the Ability Society since 2001. His main responsibility is to make strategic planning, manage the various IT needs of the organization in the future, plus maintain the systems currently in place. He has over 20 years experience in the Information Technology field. </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Daylin graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span class=contact-bold1> ComputAbility Program Facilitator (Calgary)- <a href="mailto:linda_jensen@abilitysociety.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single"> Linda Jensen</a></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Linda Jensen is currently training as a ComputAbility Program Facilitator for the Ability Society. Her main responsibility is to complete initial assessments on individuals with special needs that participate in our program. Initial assessments determine what the individuals current skill level and future goals. Following the assessment, she coordinates an appropriate match between the volunteer tutor and participant.&nbsp; Her background is as a &nbsp;Recovered Stroke Survivor and Diabetic.&nbsp; Linda&nbsp;has&nbsp;completed different&nbsp;Volunteer work; Besides working for the Ability Society she volunteers there as a Computer Tutor as a way to give back and help others.&nbsp;She has&nbsp;taken different programs at different facilities, teaches different computer programs, and likes to learn and study American Sign Language.&nbsp; </p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Occupational Therapist - Early Birds (Calgary) - <a href="mailto:leanne_byl@@abilitysociety.org">Leanne Byl</a></b><br> Leanne Byl graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy Degree from the University of North Dakota in 1991. She has been working as a full time or part time Occupational Therapist since graduating. She has worked a number of different Occupational Therapy areas including orthopedics, neurology, rehabilitation, back education pediatrics. Since 2002 Leanne has focused her area of practice in pediatrics. She regularity attends pediatric-based continuing education courses which include a number of sensory processing/integration courses.<br> Leanne is an integral member of a team approach to provide Occupational Therapy services to children and their families in the Early Birds Program. Occupational Therapy intervention is child and family focused. Goal areas may include sensory self-regulation, self-care, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, community integration, leisure/recreation/play activities and life skills. These goal areas are addressed through a combination of direct, indirect and consultative approaches in collaboration with the parents, program assistant, speech language pathologist, psychologist, and clinical co-coordinator.<br> <br> <b>Psychologist - Early Birds (Calgary) - <a href="mailto:robin_swift@abilitysociety.org">Robin Swift</a></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Robin Swift is a Chartered Psychologist with the Province of Alberta. She has 11 years of experience working in the field of mental health. Her main area of specialization is providing counseling and assessment services for individuals with a dual diagnoses (i.e., developmental disability and a mental health condition). She currently divides her time between her position as Psychologist with the <i>Early Birds Program</i> at the <i>Ability Society</i> and her Private Practice, <i>Lodestar Psychological Services</i>.&nbsp; In her position with the <i>Ability Society</i> Robin works with a multidisciplinary team to provide specialized supports and programming to preschool and school aged children with severe disabilities.&nbsp; As well, she assists in the program development and implementation of Early Birds, a program designed to meet the needs of families who have a child with a disability.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As a private practitioner, Robin provides clinical (diagnostic) assessment and individual (child and adult) and family counselling.&nbsp; The clientele Robin serves is broad spanning and includes, but is not exclusive to, individuals with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, adjustment disorders, life transitions, and grief and loss issues. Robin has training and experience in a variety of treatment modalities including, play therapy, cognitive therapy, solution- focused therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, cultural diversity, inclusive practices, and formal assessments.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Therapy Assistant - Early Birds (Calgary)- <a href="mailto:kathy_burns@abilitysociety.org">Kathy Burns</a></font></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Kathy Burns is a Therapy Assistant for the Ability Society - Early Birds. Her role is to assist the therapist by preparing tools that will help the child develop their skills. Along with this role she also maintains a position as a Program Assistant in home to a child with Autism. Her past experiences have included working with adults with special needs, also have volunteered in Emergency women&#39;s shelters with Abused children, also had her own dayhome to which she mainly worked with Special Needs children. Married for 23 years and both ADD. We&nbsp; raised two children of her own with ADD. Although a struggle, they have become wonderful members of society both with compassion for others. Her son has gone on to University to study Computer Science and her daughter who would like to study Child Psychology and has now become a Program Assistant for the Ability Society working with Autistic Children. Children with Special Needs have always been Kathy&#39;s passion and she hopes to continue this for many years to come. The rewards are priceless... </font></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Clinical Supervisor&nbsp;  Early Birds (Calgary)- <a href="mailto:jade_powers@abilitysociety.org">Jade Powers</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jade Powers comes the Ability Society with a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Arts with a focus on Creative Arts Therapies. Jade s main area of specialization has been to work with young children with Autism. Over the last six years, Jade has worked in various roles, starting as a PA and moving up to supervisory roles with agencies who focused on working with preschool aged children with autism in Toronto, Montreal and with a young child in Bermuda. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Training for Jade began with the principles of ABA, particularly the Lovaas approach for working with preschool aged children with autism, with a steady progression into alternative approaches and other means of developing a child s skill level including Carbone s Verbal Behaviour and the use of art as an approach to treatment. Currently, trained as an Art Therapist, Jade has always considered herself to be a Behaviourist, where she believes that developing communication skills, be it through verbal speech or an augmentative communication system is often the avenue for improving a child s behaviour. For her Master s thesis, Jade worked with a group of 12 year old boys with autism, using art as the medium for communication for non-verbal children, with exceptional results. Jade works developmentally to build on the skills that a child currently possesses, focusing or using the interests of that a child, as a way to encourage interaction and to further skill development. The mandate of the Early Birds Program to use a Play Therapy approach works well with Jade s training and ideologies of working with children with autism. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jade enjoys and has a lot of experience in working with families over the years. The child is always at the center and the panicle of her treatment plan, but she is always aware of the needs of the family and the support that the family requires. Her counseling background and experience helps her to be a strong advocate and support for parents of children with disabilities.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: 700"> Occupational Therapist  Early Birds (Calgary)- <a href="mailto:lisa_mcbride@abilitysociety.org">Lisa McBride</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman"> Lisa graduated from the University of Alberta in 2007 with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Occupational Therapy. Throughout her school fieldwork placements she gained a broad range of experience working in orthopedics, mental health, neurology, return-to-work programming and school health. Her final fieldwork placement was with the Calgary Board of Education working with children ages 5 - 9 years, helping to develop strategies to enhance classroom participation and improve academic achievement.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman">In the past, Lisa has gained experience working with people of many different ages and abilities as a daycare worker, volunteer with the Special Olympics, camp counselor at Camp Easter Seal, and as an employee of the Saskatchewan Association of Community Living. She has recently moved to Calgary from Saskatoon, SK and is excited to be full-time employee of the Ability Society.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Speech Language Pathology - Early Birds (Calgary) - <a href="mailto:lyse_cormier@abilitysociety.org">Lyse Cormier</a></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> <font face="Times New Roman">Lyse has recently moved to Calgary from Nova Scotia where she has worked and gone to school for the past 10 years.&nbsp; She graduated from Dalhousie University in 2006 with a Masters of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology.&nbsp; Prior to moving to Calgary, she worked as a speech-language pathologist providing home and pre-school based services to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. There, she was provided with a vast amount of training on communication skills for children with autism.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> <font face="Times New Roman">Lyse has always had an interest in children and in the past has worked and volunteered in a number of different positions, including: pre-school teacher in a classroom for children with special needs, working as a camp counselor in a specialized camp for children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and camps for children with a variety of special needs, as well as teaching swimming lessons to children with special needs.&nbsp; </font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> <font face="Times New Roman">Lyse is excited to be a part of the Ability Society and is looking forward to all the fun and the challenges that this new position and Calgary have to offer!</font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2"><b>FutureWays Coordinator</b></font><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> - Early Birds&nbsp;(Calgary)- <a href="mailto:emma_paynter@abilitysociety.org">Emma Paynter</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Emma Paynter recently joined the Ability Society after moving from Fredericton, New Brunswick. Emma graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 2007 with an honors degree in Psychology. Since then, Emma has worked with the University of New Brunswick s Autism Intervention Program, and as an Autism Support worker. In the past, Emma also gained experience working with at-risk children and youth, and as a children s art educator. Emma s role within the Ability Society is to coordinate the FutureWays program, and provide PA support. Emma has always felt passionate about contributing to improving the quality of life for those in challenging situations, and is excited to be joining the Ability Society. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: 700">Future Ways Workshop Leader (Calgary) - <a href="mailto:hilda_lam@abilitysociety.org">Hilda Lam</a></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">Hilda Lam is a workshop leader for Future-Ways; she is responsible to plan weekly programs and activities base on children s interests and needs. She will be completing her social work diploma by the end of April 2008; also she is studying part time in Early Childhood Education. She has 3 years experiences working with children that involve developing programs for children and helping parents with effective strategies at home. Out of office, Hilda works with a child who has developmental delay and autistic and she supports her reaching the potential goal. She also volunteers at the Calgary Family Service assisting programs and events in the center. Hilda has a passion working with children and supporting families in the community; she will be continuing her education and creating more activities for children in future-ways. &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"><b>Program Assistant Trainer (Calgary) -&nbsp; <a href="mailto:shannon_sims@abilitysociety.org">Shannon Sims</a></b></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">I am a registered social worker, since 2000, and have been a PA with the Ability Society since September 2005. I have my diploma in social work from Mount Royal College and am currently working on my social work degree through the University of Manitoba, in their Distance Education Department. I have worked with special needs children since I was 14, started out volunteering with them in the classrooms. My last few years being a PA, has strenghened my enjoyment for working with the children and their families.&nbsp; </span> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"><b>Accounting Assistant (Edmonton) -&nbsp; <a href="mailto:kirsten_austin@abilitysociety.org">Kirsten Austin</a></b></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">Kirsten is the newly-hired Accounting Assistant.&nbsp; She brings with her years of experience in retail management and office administration.&nbsp; Her duties include accounts payable &amp; receivables, entering payroll information, tracking employee hours and various administrative tasks.&nbsp; She uses her accounting skills outside the office while serving as Treasurer for a local non-profit community choir.&nbsp; </span> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">She enjoys candle-lit dinners and long walks on the beach!</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"><b>Behavioural Therapist &amp; Clinical Coordinator </b> <b>Early Birds (Edmonton) </b> <b> <a href="mailto:felicia_bobyak@abilitysociety.org">Felicia Bobyak</a></b></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">Felicia Bobyak graduated with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology with a specialization in Developmental Psychology in 2004. &nbsp;Currently, she is finishing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. &nbsp;Her thesis explores issues around online dating and its effects on the individual when brought from the virtual world into a face-to-face relationship. &nbsp;She has 5 years of experience working with children and families dealing with a wide range of mental health issues including drug and alcohol related dependencies, physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse, developmental delays, and behavioural issues. &nbsp;Her main area of specialization is providing behavioural modification strategies to parents through the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.&nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">In her role as a Behavioural Therapist, Felicia works with a multidisciplinary team providing support and programming for children who have been diagnosed with severe disabilities. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">In her role as a Clinical Coordinator, Felicia is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the services provided for the children involved in the Early Birds program. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">Helping children succeed in life has always been a passion of hers and she hopes to continue her training and education in Play Therapy and Art Therapy, which are two areas of treatment where children can explore their world and express themselves free from judgement.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <!--End of third table- row 2 of main table--><!--Start of fourth table- row 3 of main table--> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <!--End of text content--> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=627 colspan=2 style='width:470.25pt;background:silver;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><!--Start of Lower contact menu--> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable bor