A May 07, 2012 report from People for Education reveals that many Ontario schools and boards place caps on waiting lists for professional assessments for special education services. The report is a pre-release of one section of People for Education’s Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools, which will be released on May 28th.
LDAO Responds to Drummond Report
In March 2011 the Ontario government established the Drummond Commission to provide advice on how to make long-term, fundamental changes to the way government delivers services, as part of its commitment to eliminate the deficit by 2017-18 while protecting education and health care. The report was received in February 2012, and there were a number of issues addressed that had the potential to impact individuals and families who are dealing with LDs. The LDAO Legislation & Policy Committee prepared a Response and sent this with a letter to Premier McGuinty, copied to the four Ministers responsible.
LDAC one of 17 Interveners in Moore case at Canada’s Highest Court
March 8, 2012 (Ottawa) –The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC) along with 16 other groups have been granted intervener standing in the appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada of Moore v BC (Ministry of Education) and School District 44 North Vancouver. The Appeal which is to be heard on March 22, 2012, at [...]
ABCs of Mental Health
New parent resource and updated teacher resource launched February 6, 2012 by Hincks-Dellcrest Centre
The ABCs of Mental Health provides two free, web-based Resources – one for teachers and one for parents – to help answer questions about children’s behaviour and ways to respond. The Resources include ideas for promoting the mental health of children and [...]
The US National Institutes of Health announces new funding for learning disabilities research centers
January 17, 2012
Funding for four centers to conduct research on the causes and treatment of learning disabilities in children and adolescents has been provided by the National Institutes of Health.
The centers were established in 1989 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The NICHD Learning Disabilities Research Centers [...]
Ontario loses dedicated advocate for students with special education needs
Lindsay Moir
LDAO was sad to learn that Lindsay Moir passed away suddenly in his 66th year on Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
Lindsay retired from the Ministry of Education in 1997 and has been assisting agencies, associations and parents in obtaining appropriate special education services for ‘exceptional pupils’, including those with learning disabilities, ever since.
He will be [...]
Human Rights Review wants to hear about your experiences with the new Human Rights process
On June 30, 2008, the human rights system in the Province of Ontario fundamentally changed with the full coming into force of the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006. The Act, formerly called Bill 107, became law on December 6, 2006 and, once fully in force, altered the system of human rights enforcement in the [...]
CADDAC Welcomes Revised Guidelines for the Application of Special Education Categories from Ontario Ministry of Education
Students with ADHD and/or other neurological disorders in Ontario should now have greater accessibility to equitable education opportunities
TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Ontario children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should now have easier access to special education services following a memorandum recently sent to school boards by the Ontario [...]
LDAO supports increased access to special education for students with ADHD
Toronto, ON, January 10, 2012
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO) congratulates the Ministry of Education on the release of its December 19, 2011 Memorandum on Categories of Exceptionalities (http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/2011CategoryException.pdf). The implementation of this memorandum within school boards around Ontario should result in increased access to special education services [...]
Change to dispensation process for ADHD medications
The Ontario Ministry of Health has changed the way doctors prescribe and pharmacists dispense most drugs used to treat ADHD as of November 1, 2011. You need to make sure you have identification when you see your doctor. Your doctor will record your identification number on the prescription. If this is not done, the pharmacist will [...]
