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Funding the Future Guide
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Our guide for families working out how to pay for services. Download it now, no email needed.
While You Wait
While You Wait is a live, RBA/BCBA-led caregiver program for Ontario families registered with the Ontario Autism Program who do not yet have core funding. Each week you learn one thing you can do at home, get your questions answered by a behaviour analyst, and leave with a plan that fits your child and your family.
Waiting for OAP funding should not mean waiting to help your child. This program was built for the years in between, and for the age group the early years programs stop at.
Free, no email needed.
Why We Built It
91,974children were registered in the Ontario Autism Program
71,263of them had no core funding agreement
Figures published by End the Wait Ontario from AccessOAP data, 13 May 2026. Registration and funding numbers change; ask us for the current picture.
The caregiver-mediated early years programs stop at 48 months, private ABA runs to thousands of dollars a month, and the pages families land on are free information with no program behind them. This is the part in between: weekly teaching from a behaviour analyst, at a price a waiting family can carry.
What You Get
A Weekly Live Coaching Call
- Sixty minutes with an RBA/BCBA or a supervised clinician. Bring the week you had.
Eight Practical Modules
- Communication, behaviour, sleep, feeding, toileting, routines and screens, school and IEPs, and navigating funding.
A Monthly Funding Clinic
- OAP registration, Determination of Needs, SSAH, ACSD and the Disability Tax Credit, with a receipt and document tracker.
A Private Community of Families
- Parents on the same road, moderated, with office hours between sessions.
Priority Placement in Our Clinics
- When your core funding arrives, you are already known to a team in Oshawa, Bowmanville, West Toronto or Scarborough.
The Options
Self-paced
Foundations
$297 one time
The eight modules on your own schedule, with the workbooks and data sheets. Yours to keep, and it counts towards your first month if you move up to the membership.
Core program
Guided Membership
$149 per month
Everything in Foundations, plus the weekly live coaching call, the monthly funding clinic, the private community and office hours. Cancel any time.
Founding families: the first 30 join at $99 per month, held at that price for as long as you stay.
One to one
1:1 Caregiver Coaching
$549 per month
Four 45-minute virtual sessions a month with an RBA/BCBA, an individualised home plan, video review of what you are practising, and priority clinic placement when core funding arrives.
Embers for Access
Sponsored Seat
$149 per month, donated
A donor funds a Guided Membership seat for a family below the Embers income threshold. Families apply through the existing Embers for Access intake. Donors receive a tax receipt.
Prices are in Canadian dollars. Foundations is a one-time purchase; the memberships are monthly and you can cancel any time.
School Support, on Its Own
Not every family wants a membership. This one is a service you can book by itself.
Standalone service
IEP and IPRC Support
$340 flat fee
Two consultations with a clinician to prepare for your child's Individual Education Plan and their Identification, Placement and Review Committee meeting, plus one written report you can hand to the school. No membership needed, and it does not require a place in the program.
How Registering Works
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Register
Tell us which part of the program fits and where your family is with OAP. It takes two minutes. The Funding the Future Guide needs no registration: download it and read it today.
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We Confirm Your Seat
A clinician reads every registration. If a different part of the program suits your child better, we say so before you pay anything.
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We Send an Invoice
Payment is arranged after that, by invoice from our accounting system. This page never asks for card details.
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You Get the First Session Date
Live sessions run weekly on Zoom and are recorded for the families who cannot make that hour.
Scope, Plainly
This matters more than the price list, so it is on the page rather than in a footnote.
What This Program Is
- Caregiver education and coaching. You learn strategies and practise them at home with a behaviour analyst guiding you.
What It Is Not
- It is not a funded core clinical services plan, and it is not direct therapy for your child. Keep your OAP registration and your Foundational Family Services active while you are with us.
Group Teaching and Individual Plans
- The weekly call is group teaching, so we discuss examples rather than your child's record. Individualised plans and written recommendations come with 1:1 coaching.
Consent and Recordings
- You sign a consent form at intake. Sessions are recorded for members who miss them, we tell you when recording starts, and you can keep your camera and name off.
Whether OAP Funding Covers It
- Core clinical funding may be eligible for caregiver coaching. We are confirming that with AccessOAP, so ask your care coordinator before you count on it, and never file a claim on our word alone.
Who Delivers It
- Behaviour analysts practising under the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario, with supervised clinicians named accurately on every session. Our behaviour analysts are triple certified: Registered Behaviour Analyst (RBA) in Ontario, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and International Behavior Analyst (IBA).
Questions Families Ask
Do I Have to Be Registered with the Ontario Autism Program?
No. The program was built for registered families who are waiting for core funding, and that is most of who you will meet on the call. Families who are not registered are welcome, and the funding clinic covers registration itself.
My Child Is Older Than Five. Is This for Us?
Yes. The caregiver-mediated early years programs stop at 48 months, which leaves the largest group of waiting families with nothing structured. This program is built for children aged four and up.
What Happens When Our Funding Arrives?
Tell us and we will help you plan the transition. Members get priority placement at our clinics, and the documents you have been keeping in the funding clinic are what your care coordinator asks for.
Can I Use My OAP Funding to Pay for This?
Ask your care coordinator first. Caregiver coaching may be eligible under core clinical funding, and we are confirming the details with AccessOAP. We would rather you wait for a clear answer than face a clawback.
Can I Cancel?
Yes, any time, and you keep access until the end of the month you have paid for. The Foundations course is yours permanently.
We Cannot Afford It.
Apply for a sponsored seat through Embers for Access. Donors fund Guided Membership seats for families below the income threshold, and the application is the intake form Embers already uses.
Is This Instead of Therapy?
No. It is what a family can do in the years before funded therapy starts, and it is how you arrive at therapy organised, practised and known to a team.
Register
One clinician reads every registration. Nothing is charged on this page.