My passion comes from having special needs within my family. My daughter and son both have developmental and behaviour struggles, my nephew is autistic and my step daughter has fetal alcohol syndrome as well. Over the past 3 years I have worked in a group home as the primary caregiver with a 10 year old autistic girl, non verbal behavioural issues and 4 months with a 16 year old girl who is autistic and non verbal to date. Part of my job is to follow behavioural plans, use the token system, daily charting and written reports, life skills teaching, training other staff house hold duties, and I also have my non-violent crisis intervention instructor certification and specialized autistic non-violent crisis intervention instructor certification. I love working in this field and feel very honoured to be able to make a difference.