{"id":3880,"date":"2024-02-01T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T23:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dsocsciprogrampage\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:24:59","slug":"dan-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dsocsciprogrampage\/dan-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Spring (he\/him)"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ custom_margin=”||-50px||false|false” custom_padding=”54px|0px|20px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”|||” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px||40px||true” custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_tablet=”|40px||40px||true” padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”4.16″ title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” custom_padding=”20px|40px||40px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Description” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ header_2_line_height=”1.5em” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”20px|40px||40px|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and BC Certified Teacher working online to provide support to Autistic and neurodivergent people throughout the province using my specialized modality.<\/p>\n

My doctoral research focuses on optimal developmental contexts for autistic people and is supported by the CGS-D scholarship and the Mitacs fellowship. It has also won numerous accolades, including Royal Roads\u2019 Communicating Research Ideas, Best Articulated Research Problem, Leadership, Potential to Advance Practice, and Caring Colleague awards.<\/p>\n

I have an interdisciplinary MA from Antioch University in the social sciences with a focus on Neurodiversity. I have a bachelor\u2019s degree in Education from UBC and one in English from the University of Waterloo.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_social_media_follow follow_button=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Social Media Follow” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ custom_padding=”25px||0px|40px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”linkedin” url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/danspringcounselling\/” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#007bb6″ global_colors_info=”{}” follow_button=”on” url_new_window=”on”]linkedin[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dsocsciprogrampage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2024\/02\/DanSpring2024.png” alt=”DanSpring2024″ title_text=”2023-DSOCSC-Nancy Coldham-640×600″ align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Picture” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ width=”100%” custom_margin=”|||” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|desktop” custom_padding=”30px|40px||10px|false|false” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation=”top” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”35px||35px|40px|false|false” border_width_top=”1px” border_color_top=”#f5f5f5″ collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Tags” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” global_colors_info=”{}”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiVGFnczogIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIiwiZW5hYmxlX2h0bWwiOiJvZmYifX0=@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”40px||||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Previous Link” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\u00ab\u00a0Donnie Oulton <\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Next Link” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

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