The People for Education Report on Special Education, released last week, has created a media stir about the issue of caps on assessments. You;ll find several articles written about it in your local media. We encourage your response to the report either in your local papers or comment directly here The Globe and Mail: Half [...]
For people with dyslexia, problems recognizing words can make life difficult. Children usually aren’t diagnosed until elementary school, when it becomes clear they’re struggling with reading. But scientists say it could be possible to diagnose and help kids much earlier by identifying problems with visual attention — long before they learn to read. Read the [...]
Did you miss the conference? It’s not too late – you can still watch our two keynote speakers, Dr Guinevere Eden from Georgetown University in Washington D. C. and Dr. Maureen Lovett from the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. Many thanks to TVCogeco for recording the conference and replaying it. The [...]
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, in partnership with Integra Children’s Mental Health Centre, is launching a newly revised online workshop for parents and those who are helping parents navigate the school system. The course is called Partnering with Schools for Student Success, and promotes a collaborative approach to advocacy, based on knowledge and understanding [...]
CanChild has released a free online workshop about children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Developed through work with families, this creative workshop includes information, resources, videos and strategies that will empower parents to be able to self-manage and advocate for their children with DCD. We encourage you to take a look and to share [...]
A recent study from the University of Padua, in Italy, argues that problems in visual attention may underline the difficulties that children with dyslexia have in learning to read. The researchers administered measures of visual spatial attention, speech-sound processing, and rapid color naming to kindergarten children (age 5, prior to formal reading instruction), and followed [...]
The Learning Disabilities of Halton is very appreciative of our sponsors who have generously contributed their support to the unique learning opportunity for teachers, parents and professionals offered by The Solutions for Learning Conference April 13 2012. GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR For over 30 years Sylvan Learning has been providing personalized learning plans for [...]
March 19, 2012 – Toronto: On March 22, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear Moore v British Columbia (Ministry of Education), a case dealing with the education and equality rights of children with severe learning disabilities. The complainant is arguing that his son, Jeffrey Moore, who has dyslexia, did not receive the education he [...]
A teacher’s “value-added” is defined as the average test-score gain for his or her students, adjusted for differences across classrooms in student characteristics (such as their previous scores). Is teacher value-added a good measure of teacher quality? Read this interesting article from Harvard University The long-term effects of teachers
Raising a child with any disorder, condition or special need, is both a blessing and a challenge. A challenge for the obvious reasons, and a blessing because you don’t know the depths of victory and joy until you see your child overcoming some of those challenges (sometimes while smiling like a goofy bear). Read more [...]