'Training' parrots to be 'apartment friendly'

[TinyTimneh]

hey all, just a quick question for ya.

 

due to educational/life changes I will be moving into my mother's apartment for university in ottawa. obviously, i'll be taking the birds with me (wouldn't dream of selling any of my beloved little trio of feathered rats ) problem is, neither of the three (TAG, cockatiel, and now the linneolated parakeet) have ever lived in an apartment (that living situation with a friend of mine never worked out). thus, because where i am living now doesn't mind the noise and we've no close neighbours, although the birds don't 'scream' like what you hear with some of the neglected/abused cockatoos and such, they certainly are very, very loud, particularly when they want attention etc (they're loudest when i enter/exit the room), and no real 'boundaries' are in place to control 'screaming' (i don't know how to set them), i've stll got a year (maybe two) before i go however i know that it takes a while to implement a system. i need to make sure they're 'apartment friendly', thus content to play on a playstand without me (right now they tend to just sit and look bored or in the TAg's case pluck feathers) unless they're roaming around, keep the noise to a minimum, especially while i'm away, and learn that i will give them out-of-cage time and not to bounce around and call and shriek until i let them out (i always go over and say hi and give them a scratch or treat when i first get home) etc. any tips or ideas, or sites or such?

oh, while i'm at it, anyone know any good parrot vets in the ottawa area?