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.

Beating the Odds IBI & Child Development Services
Beating the Odds
IndustryHealth
Founded2015
FounderAmber Maloney
Headquarters,
Canada
ServicesApplied Behaviour Analysis, Intensive Behavioural Intervention
OwnerAmber Maloney
Websitewww.beatingtheoddsautism.com

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]

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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.
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