Beating the Odds

Autism school in Canada

Beating the Odds IBI & Child Development Services

Trade name

| Beating the Odds

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Industry| Health
Founded| 2015
Founder| Amber Maloney
Headquarters|

Utopia, Essa, Ontario

Canada

Services| Applied Behaviour Analysis, Intensive Behavioural Intervention
Owner| Amber Maloney
Website| www.beatingtheoddsautism.com

Beating the Odds IBI & Child Development Services, commonly known as Beating the Odds, was a Canadian company that provided therapy to children on the autism spectrum.

Founded by Amber Maloney in 2015, the company initially provided home-care visits, and opened a therapy centre near Barrie, Ontario in 2022.

The centre was shut down in 2023, shortly before the owner was arrested.

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Beating the Odds IBI & Child Development Services was founded in 2015 by Amber-Lee Maloney[1] (born 1986 or 1987).[2] Based in Essa, Ontario,[3] the company provided Applied Behaviour Analysis and Intensive Behavioural Intervention therapies.[1] Initially providing autism therapy via home-visits, the company opened a therapy centre on June 23, 2022.[4] By July 2023, the centre had not obtained a license to operate the therapy centre.[5]

On July 18, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Education issued a protection order to the school, declaring "an imminent risk to the safety and wellbeing of the children receiving care."[6] The order prohibited the centre from operating.[6] The Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General issued a statement discouraging parents from using the centre.[5] The day prior, the Ontario Provincial Police issued a public advisory about Lauriston Maloney (born 1980 or 1981[6]) the husband of Amber Maloney and a convinced sex offender.[3] Lauriston Maloney was operating a construction company, registered to the same address as the centre and lived on the same premises.[5] From 2002 to 2004, Lauriston Charles Maloney operated a business managing sex workers. According to Maloney, one of his workers was under 18 years old.[7] In 2004, Maloney was arrested[8] and charged with offences after a fourteen-year-old girl from Brampton was allegedly forced to perform sex work for one month.[9] In their public advisory, police noted Lauriston Maloney's sixteen convictions in relation to "trafficking and sexual offences involving minors."[10] His convictions occurred in 2004 and 2013.[11]

Parents of the children who attended the centre held a second protest outside the centre on July 19.[12] The same day the centre was searched by police[13] and both Lauriston Maloney and Amber Maloney were arrested.[3] Lauriston Maloney was charged with "two counts of assault, trafficking a person, receiving material benefit from trafficking a person and forcible confinement". Amber was charged with "trafficking a person, receiving material benefit from trafficking a person, administering a noxious substance, fraud and uttering a forged document."[12]

## See also

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* Autism therapies
* List of schools for people on the autism spectrum

## References

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1. ^ a b Hicks, Amanda (2022-05-10). "Autism school for kids to open on farm just outside Barrie". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
2. ^ Rocca, Ryan; Rodrigues, Gabby (20 July 2023). "Ontario children's centre owner, sex offender living there charged with human trafficking". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
3. ^ a b c Philips, Kim (2023-07-19). "Convicted sex offender and wife arrested 2 days after Ontario police issue rare public advisory". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
4. ^ Hicks, Amanda (2022-06-23). "New autism school opens near Barrie". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
5. ^ a b c Pritchard, Brad; Herald, Alliston (2023-07-19). "Unlicensed autism facility near Barrie served protection order after police warn public about sex offender living at property". Simcoe.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
6. ^ a b c Aguilar, Bryann (2023-07-19). "Ontario facility ordered to stop providing child care after police reveal sex offender lives on site". CP24. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
7. ^ Philips, Kim (2023-07-18). "Convicted sexual offender speaks out after OPP issues rare public advisory". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
8. ^ Mitchell, Bob (4 August 2004). "Teenage prostitution ring busted". Toronto Star. p. B02. ProQuest 438729315.
9. ^ Douglas, Pam (6 August 2004). "Brampton men face string of prostitution- related charges". The Brampton Guardian. ProQuest 362368495. "Peel police say they have rescued a 14-year-old Brampton girl forced to work 10-hour days turning tricks in hotel rooms throughout Mississauga ...Lauriston Charles Maloney, 23, of Brampton is charged with procuring a person to become a prostitute, living off the avails of a juvenile prostitute..."
10. ^ Philips, Kim (2023-07-17). "OPP issue rare public advisory about sex offender in Simcoe County". CTV News. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
11. ^ Rocca, Ryan (17 July 2023). "Man convicted of human trafficking of children is living at Ontario children's centre: police | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
12. ^ a b Herald, Alliston; Ramsay, Janis (2023-07-20). "Essa Township couple running autism day camp held for bail hearings following human-trafficking charges". DurhamRegion.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
13. ^ Phillips, Kim (2023-07-20). "Human trafficking probe at autism camp leaves Ont. community shaken". CTV News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-21.

## External links

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* Official website (23 October 2022 archive)
* Facebook page