EDUCATION WORX
Education & Behavioural Specialists
building instructional plans to increase the learning capacity for individuals
OUR ASSOCIATES.
At Education Worx, the goal is to create a safe learning environment that allows individuals to lower their guard and be heard. Our team consults closely with parents and other professionals to maintain this sense of security.
Our director, Diana Kilby, has focused her 12 years in clinical practice on understanding the developmental roadmap and educational needs. Diana follows her client’s lead to attain successful outcomes by capitalizing on their motivation, utilizing family connections, building on their strengths and adapting their weaknesses.
building learning capacity through safety.
Diana Kilby M.Ed. BCBA
Director & Behaviour Consultant
Our director, Diana Kilby, is a certified teacher and part of the Registered Autism Service Providers in the Province of British Columbia. Her MEd in Special Education (concentration in autism and related developmental disabilities) came after years of experience working with children, youth and adults with developmental and physical disabilities and mental health issues. Diana has been in the field of special education since 1998 and trained in mental health facilities, schools and home settings.
As a practitioner in the field, Diana Kilby, provides services that use standardized assessment, observes developmental trajectory, incorporates trauma-informed and sensory support perspective while offering family-centred practice. Her assessment training allows Diana to investigate academic and behaviour issues using standardized assessments that are recognized by other professionals (i.e., clinical/school psychologists, speech and language pathologists and occupational therapists). Diana has the ability to interpret these assessments to maximize their effectiveness in education programs.
Her professional teacher experience gives Diana insight into the special education services that are provided by the school system. She has worked in elementary, secondary and resource programs at the school, district and provincial levels. Her experience offers a breadth of knowledge to families which gives them that knowledge to navigate the education system for their child.
More recently, Diana has presented on trauma-informed practice and inclusion at school districts and community events across British Columbia.
LET US HELP.
OUR APPROACH.
Examine. Individualize. Adapt.
At Education Worx, our experience tells us that strengths and deficients are often not from a single diagnosis. Our specialists understand, not only neuro-developmental disorders, but recognize that most individuals have other outlining diagnoses that may be impairing them from moving forward; limited or no speech, coordination disorder (gross and fine motor skills), sensory disorder, learning and/or gifted disabilities, behavioural issues, complex trauma and executive functioning weaknesses.
We take these confounding variables into account, with the development disability, and use evidence-based research to teach adaptive and functionally appropriate skills based on the needs of the individual.
CREATE ACCESSIBILITY
Neurologically Safe
By using trauma informed and sensory supported strategies, our team creates a space of safety and understanding that allows individuals to co-regulate and trust the people that are working with them. This allows individuals demonstrate their understanding and knowledge.
DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
Getting It Right
Standardized assessments are used to validate the strengths of the individual and bring understanding to their struggles. These assessments are selected based on the individual, and interpreted to maximize the best strategies that bring understanding to the educational needs of our client.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Raising the Bar
Our plans look at the whole person and are based on individual and are family-centred. Individualized goals are prioritized and integrated into the program as our client’s skills are mastered.
BEHAVIOURAL CONSULTATION
Road to Success
Our programs are developed and tailored to the needs of the individual. Our team acts as the agency of change for your child and gives your child the autonomy they desire and deserve. We strive to change developmental trajectory, create empathy and show that behaviour has meaning.
OUR TESTIMONIALS.
Diana’s experience and education were instrumental in facilitating the biggest turnaround in family life that I’ve ever seen, and it was with my own family, so I’ll be forever grateful. Within one year of working together we toilet trained my son, and taught him to communicate using a device. He is now working above grade level, and able to play games with his peers in his grade two class. He can tell me his thoughts and has began to speak. At seven my boy could finally say “I love you Mom” , and made a Christmas list for Santa for the first time. Diana has also been successful in breaking through his issues around food, and he now enjoys a healthy diet after years of issues. This has been the most incredible year of my life, and my son has a new confidence and happiness that was not there before. I couldn’t recommend her enough.
Annaliese
As a parent of a nonspeaking autistic high school student who was struggling in his segregated classroom, I sought the expertise of special education teacher and BCBA, Diana Kilby. It turned out to be an excellent decision. My son had recently learned to communicate through typing on an iPad, and was frustrated that his educational placement did not reflect the advanced level of understanding he was demonstrating at home. While my son had been in a very low-level academic program, Diana used her knowledge as a teacher to adapt the general curriculum, so that my son could work for academic credit, at grade-level. Further, she performed educational tests which confirmed my son’s academic abilities, and conveyed this information to school staff in a professional manner. What I really admire about Diana is her vast experience in working with students who require support, and the way in which she is innovative in her approach. She is curious and creative, rather than simply relying on scripted protocols. Diana is a big-picture thinker, who believes in her students’ abilities, and views them as humans with potential. For this I am truly grateful. Seanon Jones
May I simply just say, what a comfort to uncover an individual who actually knows what they are talking about on the internet. You definitely realize how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More and more people have to look at this and understand this side of your story. Its surprising you aren’t more popular because you surely possess the gift.
Stevie
Our director, Diana Kilby, is a Registered Autism Service Provider for the Province of British Columbia
