A³ Campaign

A³ which stands for April Autism Awareness is the first large-scale Autism Awareness campaign organized by Autism Partnership Group. We have incorporated different elements in our campaign to ensure that it reaches not only professionals, families and parents who care for children with Autism but also corporate, parents-to-be and parents with typical children so they will learn more about the fastest growing developmental disorder and be more aware, understanding and welcoming to children affected by it.

 

Below is the April full schedule for the A³ Campaign:

Events	Description	Schedule
A³ Campaign Kick-off Ceremony	- Autism Survey Result Announcement - Pizza Making with Autism Partnership School Students	April 2, 2011
A³ Restaurant Fundraising Campaign	El Grande Group Restaurants will be fundraising for the Autism Partnership Permanent School Project. For every coffee order, half of the proceeds will be donated to the project.	April 2-30, 2011
A³ Professional Conference	A hands-on practicum workshop to educate professionals and care-takers	April 8-10, 2011
A³ Open School	The registered Autism school in Hong Kong will be opened to the public for visits	April 11-15, 2011

Kick-off Ceremony
On April 2, 2011—the United Nations World Autism AwarenessDay, AP Foundation will kick-off the Autism Fundraising & Awareness Campaign in Hong Kong. In the kick-off ceremony, the following content will be featured:

1. VIP for Opening Speech
2. Release the newest Autism-related survey findings in Hong Kong
3. Announcement on A³ Awarenes & Fundraising Campaign participating restaurants & corporate
4. Pizza-making experience with AP School Students

A³ Restaurant Fundraising Campaign
The following restaurants will be participating in Autism Partnership Permanent School Fundraising Project. For every order of coffee, half of the proceeds will be donated to the captioned project.

• Grappa’s Ristorante, Pacific Place
• Grappa’s Millennio, Taikoo Place
• Grappa’s Cellar, Jardine House
• East End Brewery, Quarry Bay
• Inn Side Out, Causeway Bay
• Hong Kong Brew House, Lan Kwai Fong
• Cochrane’s Central, Central
• Slim’s, Wan Chai
• Spuntini, Wan Chai
• Mostaccioli Brothers, Central
• Fatt’s Place, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Tequila Jack’s, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Happy Valley Bar & Grill, Happy Valley
• Domani Ristorante, Admiralty

A³ Professional Conference

A 3-day intensive Hands-on Training: Discrete Trial Training presented by Mr. Toby Mountjoy, M.S. ABA and staff of Autism Partnership is intended for those who are new in treating individuals with Autism or those who have had some experience working with individuals with Autism, It features small group skill-based training and topics will include

1. Different Motivational Systems
2. Knowing what kind of reinforcement to use and when to use it
3. How to develop social reinforcement
4. How to fade the use of reinforcement
5. Systematically using a variety of prompting strategies
6. How to effectively fade assistance and prompts
7. How to conduct Discrete Trial Training in a flexible, natural style

For more experienced participants, advanced aspects will be provided such as

1. How to build momentum and use it for children with limited reinforcement
2. Using more stimulus prompts to reduce teacher-directed prompt dependency
3. Using expanded trials
4. Teaching multiple curricular goals simultaneously
5. Using differential reinforcement strategies
6. Using concurrent reinforcements

A³ Open School

The first and only Autism School in Hong Kong will be opened to the public. Visitors may schedule to come see how students with Autism learn effectively in ABA classrooms. Live teaching will be showcased and classroom introduction and tours will be given by our Principal. Students’ work will also be displayed and the School Development Manager will also be there to answer any questions related to the Renovation Project.

School opens from 9:00-11:30 am from April 11-15, 2011. No visitors are allowed without advanced appointment.

April, 2011 is only the beginning of our A³ Campaign. Our long-term plan is to maintain the Campaign on a yearly basis. We will continue to expand our network of supporting organizations, corporate, and restaurants so through different network, we can promote awareness on Autism while raise fund for Autism Partnership School’s ongoing operation. We are confident that the kick start of the A³ Campaign will mark a new turn on Autism education.