News from the World of LDs
Ontario Skills Passport has New Features
Date: 2010-02-12
The OSP offers high school students, adult learners, job seekers, workers, employers, teachers, trainers, practitioners, job developers and counsellors a common language, resources and tools that help build competence, confidence and connections.
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Check out these great NEW OSP tools and resources!
Date: 2010-02-11
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New ADHD Treatment Option Available in Canada
Date: 2010-02-03
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Summary of National ADHD Survey released
Date: 2010-02-03
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Give a Book Change a Life
Date: 2009-12-15
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Final Proposed Accessible Information & Communications Standard goes to MCSS Minister
Date: 2009-10-29
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Final Proposed Employment Accessibility Standard goes to MCSS Minister
Date: 2009-10-29
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CONCERTA Medical Information
Date: 2009-04-09
Announcement:
Concerta listed on Ontario Drug benefit Formulary
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Research Study
Date: 2009-04-08
Transition Experiences of Students who have Learning Disabilities from Secondary School into Employment or Postsecondary Education.
My name is Stephanie Fullarton and I am a PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa. I am conducting a study on the transition experiences of students who have learning disabilities as they transition from secondary school into postsecondary education or employment. I am recruiting adolescents currently in grade 11 or 12 who have been diagnosed with a learning disability and who are in the process of making the transition from secondary school to postsecondary education or employment.
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Families needed for study
Date: 2009-03-03
Families are needed for a research project at Sick Kids, which is investigating the genetic basis of reading disabilities.
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Adderall Medical Information
Date: 2009-03-01
Shire Canada Inc. is pleased to announce that effective immediately, Adderall XR® (mixed salts amphetamine extended-release capsules) 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, 25mg and 30mg capsules is available for reimbursement through the Ontario Drug Benefit Programs on an Exceptional Access basis under the same criteria that are currently in place for the other long-acting treatments used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Two Valuable New Resources for People Working with Students who have Learning Disabilities
Date: 2009-02-23
Special Education Handbook: A Practical Guide for All Teachers (2007)
The LD Resource Guide (2008)
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LDA of Canada (LDAC) ADHD Resolution, adopted June 2007
Date: 2008-12-01
LDAC officially recognizes the significant rate of co-morbidity between LD and ADHD and that this co-morbidity complicates a person’s learning disability and therefore a person’s potential for learning; and
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Affordable Assessments for Postsecondary Available at ARCs
Date: 2008-06-03
How can students with learning disabilities make a successful transition to post-secondary education? It’s as easy as A-R-C.
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Decision In Moore Case Ruling Will Be Appealed
Date: 2008-04-04
Ottawa, April 4, 2008 - The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC) is praising the Moore family’s decision for filing an appeal of the B.C. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 2005 Human Rights Tribunal Ruling claiming the B.C.'s Education Ministry and the North Vancouver school board discriminated against students with LD when it failed to give their son, Jeffrey, proper support with his severe learning disabilities. The Moore family started the action a dozen years ago on behalf of their son, Jeffrey, who was struggling to read.
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University of Ottawa Research Project - Announcement
Date: 2008-02-11
University of Ottawa Researcher looking for aAdvocacy experiences of parents of adolescents and young adults with learning disabilities
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Putting a Canadian Face on Learning Disabilities: The PACFOLD Project
Date: 2007-02-01
Putting a Canadian Face on Learning Disabilities (PACFOLD) was a groundbreaking applied research study initiated in 2004 by the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC), with a $302,000 contribution from the Social Development Partnership Program - Disability Component. The goal of the research study was to find out what it means to be a child, youth or adult with learning disabilities in Canada.
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Follow-up study on ADHD treatments leads to some confusion
Date: 2007-01-20
On July 20, 2007, a press release by the (American) National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reported on a study which followed-up children who had participated in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA).To read the full article, please select the link.
