Our Team
We are proud of our highly qualified staff at Hils Learning who are graduates of universities in Europe, the Americas, Malaysia, and Australia. They are experienced with children who learn differently and understand the unique needs of each individual child. Behind their qualifications lies their relentless pursuit of helping children become successful.
Hils invests heavily in ensuring that its members of staff regularly receive training. They have been trained by the following experts:
Michelle Garcia Winner on different areas of Social Thinking® including:
Implementing Social Thinking concepts and vocabulary into our school & home
Informal dynamic Social Thinking assessment & core treatment strategies
Goal writing strategies for use at home and school
Organized Thinking: Dealing with the dreaded homework assignment and everything else a student wants to postpone!
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME (kinder – young adult)
I’m going to be a video game designer!” - Helping teens prepare for the adult world (middle schoolers – young adults )
Professor Tony Attwood on different areas in working with people with Asperger’s Syndrome including:
Managing Feelings - cognitive behaviour therapy to manage anxiety, sadness, and anger
Adolescent issues for teenagers with Asperger’s Syndrome
Strategies to reduce being bullied and teased
The profile of abilities in girls and women with Asperger’s Syndrome
Dr. Daniel LeGoff on LEGO®-Based Therapy Training including:
The importance of fun and play in the therapy process
LEGO-Based therapy model: Triads, peer-mediated interventions, and the level system
The relationship between autism and creative play
How to anticipate peer conflicts and individual issues: Antecedent strategies
How to organize and structure a LEGO-Based Therapy group with individuals at different level
Hands-on learning experience on; set building, individual and group freestyle building, and creating a LEGO-Based stop-motion animated film in a group
Dr. Steve Chinn on:
Falling through the Cracks - Working with children with Dyscalculia
Why some children fail at maths
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride on Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS): Natural treatment for autism, ADHD/ADD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, schizophrenia
Dr. Joyce Mills on improving behavior through expressive methods
Susan Hollar on language disorders and behaviour problems in children with ADHD