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		<title>On-Line Auction Fundraiser &#8211; LDA of Peterborough</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LDA of Peterborough second annual On-Line Auction ]]></description>
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		<title>Caps on waiting lists for assessment reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>New toolkit for meaningful parent involvement in schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People for Education has released a new toolkit with practical tips for principals, teachers and parents]]></description>
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		<title>Walk a Mile in My Shoes for Siblings (for children &amp; youth ages 10 – 18 years)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an adaptation of Walk a Mile in My Shoes, the experiential workshop on LDs designed to increase knowledge and understanding about how it may feel to have LDs. This version is designed for siblings of children with LDs, or other children and youth who could benefit from understanding more about LDs. Participants should come with an adult.]]></description>
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		<title>LDAO Responds to Drummond Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; Policy Committee prepared a Response and sent this with a letter to Premier McGuinty, copied to the four Ministers responsible.]]></description>
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		<title>LDAC one of 17 Interveners in Moore case at Canada’s Highest Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABCs of Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LDAO supports increased access to special education for students with ADHD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The US National Institutes of Health announces new funding for learning disabilities research centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario loses dedicated advocate for students with special education needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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