Media

Funding Announcement and Launch of the Website and Online Training

Camps on TRACKS receives three year funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to grow the program across the province.

Announcement from Fanshawe College Research Program

Camps on TRACKS official launch with the Ontario Trillium Foundation on June 22, 2017.

Websites Highlighting the Camps on TRACKS Program

Research

Read more about the research and publications about the Camps on TRACKS program.

Research Publications
Maich, K., van Rhijn, T., Hall, C., Mallabar, S., Vause, T., Squires, K., Hatt, A., & Ahi, M. (Submitted, October 2020). Employing intensive teaching triads to enhance the impact
of a peer-mediated social skills program. 

van Rhijn, T., Osborne, C., Ranby, S., Maich, K., Hall, C., Rzepecki, L., & Hemmerich, A. (2019). Peer Play in Inclusive Child Care Settings: Assessing the Impact of Stay, Play & Talk, a Peer-Medicated Social Skills Program. Child Care in Practice, 25(2), 27-41.

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Maich, K., Hall, C., van Rhijn, T., & Squires, K. (2018). Investigating stay, play, and talk: A peer-mediated social skills intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder and social challenges.  Exceptionality Education International 28(2), 82-104.

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Maich, K., Hall, C. L., van Rhijn, T. M., & Quinlan, L. (2015).  Developing Social Skills of Summer Campers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study of Camps on TRACKS Implementation in an Inclusive Day-Camp Setting. Exceptionality Education International, 25, 27-41.

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References

Throughout this website we have referred to specific research and research articles.  These articles are listed below:

Battaglia, A. A., & Radley, K. C. (2014). Peer-mediated Social Skills Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Beyond Behavior, 23(2), 4-13.

Sperry, L., Neitzel, J., & Engelhardt-Wells, K. (2010). Peer-mediated instruction and intervention strategies for students with autism spectrum disorders. Preventing School Failure, 54(4), 256-264.

Watkins, L., O’Reilly, M., Kuhn, M., Gevarter, C., Lancioni, G., Sigafoos, J., & Lang, R. (2015). A Review of Peer-Mediated Social Interaction Interventions for Students with Autism in Inclusive Settings. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 45(4), 1070-1083. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2264-x