Interested in becoming a LDAO SEAC representative?
If you’re interested in representing LDAO on your local school board’s Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC), please connect with your local LDA chapter to learn more about available opportunities.
If there is no chapter in your area and you’re still interested in serving as an LDAO SEAC representative, please contact us directly.
For local chapters outside of Ontario, please visit the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada’s site.
There are also LD Associations in the United States; begin your search for them at this site: https://ldaamerica.org/.
Chapter Programs
Information Meetings during the academic year.
Better Emotional and Social Times (B.E.S.T) Social Skills Training Program
This program, intended for elementary aged children with LDs and/or ADHD, teaches children to interact successfully with others, through discussion, games, role playing and direct instruction in small groups. Topics may include listening, dealing with anger, friendship, peer pressure, bullying, accepting consequences, ignoring distractions and more.
S.O.A.R. (Some Assembly Required) Transition Planning Program
A transition-planning program for students in grades 7-9 to help them gain an understanding of their LDs and use this information to advocate for their needs and experience a smooth transition to secondary school.
Tutoring Program
A unique one-to-one, after school program for children of elementary school age, offering tutoring of basic academic skills as well as organization and study skills, keyboarding, and assistive technology training.
Social skills, tutoring, SOAR and technology training are also offered in the summer.
Contact information
LDA Chatham-Kent
Telephone: (519) 352-2024
E-mail: LDAck@netrover.com
Website: www.LDchatham-kent.org
Facebook:Â www.facebook.com/LDAChatham/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ldachathamkent/
Chapter Programs
Information meetings during the academic year.
Contact information
LDA Durham Region
Telephone: (905) 430-9230
E-mail: info@ldadr.on.ca
Website: www.ldadr.on.ca
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ldadr/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LDA_durham
Chapter Programs
Annual Workshop/Conference Day – Features guest speaker(s) on a range of topics related to LD and ADHD across the lifespan.
Assistive Technology Workshop Series – Currently piloting a series of four workshops, totaling eight sessions, aimed at helping students and their caregivers learn to use accessible features on the iPad.
Workshops – offered for students, parents, and educators on subjects such as: Transitioning from high school to postsecondary studies, How to interpret your IEP, and ADHD and mental health.
Contact information
LDA Kingston
Tel: (613) 546-8524
E-mail: LDAk@LDAkingston.com
Website: www.LDAkingston.com
Chapter Programs
Adventures in Learning Summer Camp
For Students in Grades 4 to 8Â
This camp is full of fun interactive activities; recreation, swimming, exciting guests and adventures in the community. This camp is designed to help campers make a successful transition from vacation to the social, academic, organizational expectation of school. We assist with developing of new friendships, self-awareness, learning needs, self-advocating skills and helping to increase their self-confidence and self-esteem. Campers will take part in Learning Disabilities and/or ADHD awareness, skill building activities, teamwork, social and problem solving skills, some assistive technology, literacy, math games and art. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
AssistTech Learning
For Student & Parent Grades 4 to 8
This program will provide both students and their parent the strategies for effective and efficient use of technology. The skills and programs covered in this program include: Google Docs (Word Processing), Google Slides (Presentation Slides), Google Read & Write, and apps for time management and organization such as daily agenda, task lists and reminders. Demonstrations may change due to the need of each individual group. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
Executive Functioning Tutoring
For Students in Grades 4 to 10
This program is designed for students to address learning strategies that are helpful for those with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. Weekly topics in this program include: understanding how we each individually learn (learning styles and our best working environment, organization and time management, memory strategies, working independently, attention and focus, note taking, research, project planning/organization, studying techniques, and goal setting. This program is a combination of 50% learning and 50% activity based to reinforce skills learned throughout the program. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
JUMP Math Tutoring
For Students in Grades 3 to 8
Our one-to-one JUMP Math Tutoring is designed to increase our student’s confidence and self-esteem as they work toward improving their understanding of basic math and concepts, which greatly increases their success in math. Our tutors use the Ontario math curriculum. They employ a variety of games, activities and lessons that will allow each student to explore, practice, apply and extend math skills/concepts in a self-paced format. Students will have access to a computer assisted technology throughout this program. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
Leap to Literacy
For Students in Grades 3 to 8
This program is an individualized, one-on-one tutoring literacy program for children struggling with literacy skills. This program is a combination of 80% one on one tutoring and 20% group instruction on new literacy skills. There is also an at home component using the Lexia Core5 Reading online adaptive program utilizing the LDA professional licensing; developing phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
One-to-One Academic Tutoring
For Students in Grades 3 to 12
Students are matched with a tutor for 90 minute individualized sessions over a 10-week time frame. Parents and students will be consulted on an action plan for the tutoring sessions. Tutors will assist with homework, subjects and integrating skills/strategies that students need to practice in working toward improving their grades and competencies. For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
Parent Advocacy /Consultations – Fee for Service
We help parents understand their child’s learning disability and/or ADHD as it applies to the learning environment. The purpose of the consultation meetings is to increase parents understanding of the educational system and Special Education supports. Our goal is to assist parents in developing effective communication skills and encouraging a productive relationship between home and school. We will attend school meetings as needed upon request. For more information or to set up an appointment, please email: resources@ldalondon.ca
Parent Advocacy Workshops – All parents welcome! No Fee
The special education system in elementary and secondary school can be a complicated, difficult place to navigate. Come learn more to help advocate effectively for your son/daughter. Sessions will integrate effective communication, understanding school board policies and procedures and conflict resolution strategies. Topics include: What is an advocate, Individual Education Plan (IEP), Identification Placement Review Committee (IPRC), Important Skills & Tools For Effective Advocacy. For more information on Parent Advocacy Workshops, please email: supportgroup@ldalondon.ca
Parent Support Group – All parents welcome! No Fee
For parents of elementary and secondary school aged children with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. The sessions provide an open, supportive setting to share experiences, to gain advice or new ideas. There are new topics monthly. Sessions are 7:00 to 8:30pm on the 3rd Monday of each month. For more information on the Parent Support Group, please email: supportgroup@ldalondon.ca
Tech Discovery Summer Camp
For Students in Grades 4 to 8
This camp is full of fun interactive activities; recreation, swimming, exciting guests & adventures in the community. It will also give the campers the opportunity to practice their computer, typing skills & different uses of assistive technology through iPad apps and google docs (word processing), google slides (presentation), Google Read & Write (Text-Speech, Speech-Text) For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
YUP (Youth Upwards Program)
For Student Grades 9 to 12
Student preparation through planning, research and good choices can go far in reaching long-term goals. Areas covered: identifying strengths, needs, transferrable skills, learning style, best working environment, self-advocacy, understanding their accommodations and supports, goal setting and planning strategically for the future; whether it be post-secondary education, apprenticeship or working. This program is 80% tutor lead and 20% instruction. Guest speakers are planned to share important resources for youth. Â For registration please email: k.chute@ldalondon.ca
Contact information
LDA London Region
Tel: (519) 438-6213Â ext. 24
E-mail: LDAinfo@LDAlondon.ca
Website: www.LDAlondon.ca
Chapter Programs
Reading Rocks – An individualized, one-on-one tutoring literacy program for children ages 5 to 16 who are struggling with literacy skills.
Reading Rocks Junior – Early literacy intervention program for children ages four to six who are struggling with early literacy skills.
Let’s R.E.A.D. – A small group literacy program for children who are performing a minimum of one year behind in their reading.
B.E.S.T. (Better Emotional & Social Times) – Self-advocacy and self-esteem program for 6 to 11 year olds with LDs and/or ADHD.
S.L.A.M. (Sunshine Learning Achievement & More) – Full-day summer program for children ages 6 to 10, working on literacy skills and social skills through recreational activities.
H.O.P.E. (Helping Others Parent Effectively) – Support group for caregivers of children with ADHD.
Contact information
LDA Niagara
Tel: (905) 641-1021
E-mail: LDAniagara@cogeco.net
Website: www.LDAniagara.org
Chapter Programs
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Social Skills: 8-week long program that educates kids on social skills while playing games and fun activities. Focuses on unspoken social rules, tone of voice, body language, what friendship is, and how to be a friend.
Executive Functioning: 8-week long group program that helps kids with executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, goal setting, motivation, and completing tasks.
Saturday Morning Social Club: Lego and art activities run for two hours on Saturday morning, providing a safe and enriching place for children to practice their social skills.
1:1 Individual TutoringÂ
RISE: Orton-Gillingham based reading program with a focus on phonics, blending, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Jump Math: Math remediation program for grades 1-8.
Academic Coaching: 1:1 individualized support tailored to each participant’s needs; be it class work, projects, homework, or executive functioning skills.
Jobfit: Designed to help teens and young adults become job ready by determining their skills, strengths,interests and ideal work environment as well as developing essential skills like resume writing and interviews.
Sunshine Day Camp
Low ratio (1:5) two week long summer camp with a focus on social skills for children aged 7-14. Programming is created for those with ADHD, some ASD, and learning disabilities in mind, but everyone is welcome. Each day has a dedicated social skill and a fun activity later in the day to practice what we have learned. Some examples of the social skills are maintaining friendships, managing competition, regulating emotions, and empathy and acceptance.
Lakeside Leadership Camp
Low ratio two week long summer camp for adolescents in grade 10-12. Created to help kids gain a sense of leadership and confidence in themselves, they will gain their First Aid Certification and ten hours of their required volunteer hours, while also completing activities and building their leadership skills. The session ends with the Lakeside Leadership campers running an event on the last day for our Sunshine campers; a perfect opportunity for them to put their skills to test in a real world setting.
Contact information
LDA Ottawa-Carleton
Tel: (613) 567-5864
E-mail:Â info@LDAottawa.com
Website: www.LDAottawa.com
Chapter Programs
Social Skills – a group facilitated program for students from grades 1-8. The structure of our program focuses on 4 levels: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced within both junior and senior sections. We use a strengths based approach to promote positive communication skills, while building on the child’s self-esteem. Our program will encourage these helpful social skills by using role-modelling, positive feedback and self-awareness activities.
STATA (Stop, Talk, Ask, Team-Up & Agree) – a group facilitated program for students from grades 1-8. The objective is to teach skills and strategies in positive conflict resolution. The term STATA (Stop, Talk, Ask, Team Up, and Agree) engages students in role playing, self-awareness and self-reflection activities that develop their abilities to deal with emotions, conflicts and disagreements.
Academic Support – provides one-to-one tutoring services for elementary, secondary school students, as well as adults.
Orton-Gillingham – the approach is a powerful tool of intervention used in remediation for individuals with language based difficulties/dyslexia. The program is multi-sensory involving visual, auditory, kinaesthetic/tactile modalities for learning. It is also highly individualized (diagnostic/prescriptive) and focuses on mastering skills prior to developing new skills in areas of decoding, encoding, writing skills, and remediation.
Mindfulness for Kids – a specialized program to teach children about mindfulness and why it can be beneficial to practice. Participants will learn ways to help them be aware and focus on the present through breathing exercises, guided visualizations, and interactive activities.
Mindfulness for Parents and Adults – a program created for caregivers of children and youth with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. We explore mindfulness through breath, bodywork, guided mediation, and expression.
Reading Rocks – a highly successful reading program designed for children and youth with learning disabilities who have difficulty with learning to read using phonics, sight words, and fluency. Children are matched up with a professional tutor who adapts a poster board workstation and literacy program based on each child’s specific needs. This program focuses on a sight reading curriculum for children whose strengths are visual memory, visual motor, or kinesthetic. Reading Rocks teaches 50 high frequency sight words by pointing, touching, cutting, and “doing” and children who previously had difficult reading find great success. Each week, children will set goals and graph their success on their poster board, contributing to motivation and self-regulated learning. Reading Rocks makes reading fun!
Kidz Konnect Summer Camp – is more than your typical camp. It includes different programming to meet the diverse needs of our participants. In the mornings the campers participate in Social Skills and Academic Skills programming run by our Program Facilitators. After lunch, the campers participate in recreational activities that promotes the development of social skills.
Resource Counselling – Parents, families, and adults can meet with our Resource Counsellor to seek information on Learning Disabilities, ADHD, community services and resources, deciphering and reviewing IEPs and Psychoeducational Assessments, and much more!
Workshops for Parents and Adults – Workshops offer relevant topics geared towards parents and adults living with a Learning Disability and/or ADHD.
Psychoeducational Assessments – conducted by partnered Psychologists for Brampton residents. The assessment utilizes a wide variety of methods and tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students as well as behavioural and emotional issues. Educational recommendations and accommodations can then be made to assist with any struggles and to help achieve educational goals.
Contact information
LDA Peel Region
Tel: (905) 272-4100
E-mail: info@LDApr.ca
Website: www.LDApr.ca
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Chapter Programs
Friendship Club – Social skills program with groups for ages 5 to 7, 8 to 10, and 11 to 13.
Youth Empowerment Leadership Program (Y.E.L.P.) – Activity-based social skills program for ages 14 to 17.
Youth Group at the YMCA Academy – Social skills program for ages 14 to 17.
Young Adults Social Group – Program to develop social skills, life skills and problem-solving skills, for ages 18 to 24.
Keyboarding for Kids – Keyboarding training for ages 7 to 13, in four locations.
Week-long Keyboarding camps during March break and in the summer.
Assistive Technology Training for Kids – Training for ages 8 to 17, with or without parent(s), in Kurzweil 3000 and Read and Write Gold.
Smart Kidz Tutoring – Jump Math program for grades K to 7 and 8 to 12, in three locations.
Mindfulness – Programs for children (ages 8 to 12) and youth (ages 12 to 15) that teach them to be aware and focus on the present through breathing exercises, guided visualizations and interactive activities.
S.T.Y.L.E. Program (Skills Training for Youth through Learning and Education) – Offered in 9 high schools for students at those schools.
Social Skills Summer Camp – One week programs over the summer for 7 to 13 year olds.
Mindfulness for Parents – 6-week series.
Preparing the Parent Workshops – Workshops on a variety of topics over the academic year.
All Bases Covered – Workshop series for parents providing concrete parenting and teaching skills to promote healthy thinking and healthy behaviours in their children.
Adult Support Group – Open to adults who have or think they have a learning disability or AD(H)D. The group provides a place for open discussions, problem solving and support.Â
Adult EmployABLITY – A program to guide, teach, train, coach, and empower our adults to become EmployABLE, regardless of their abilities.
Seniors Heritage & Folklore Circle – A program that is designed to engage seniors that are challenged with LD and/or other challenges.
Contact information
LDA Toronto District
Tel: (416) 229-1680
E-mail: admin@LDAtd.on.ca
Website: www.LDAtd.on.ca
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Chapter Programs
Reading Rocks – an individualized, one-on-one tutoring program for children aged 6-12 who are struggling with literacy skills. Offered 1-2 times a year.
Information meetings/workshops – with field professionals 3-5 times a year on a variety of topics relevant to parents and adults.
Peer Support Network – meetings 1-2 times a year, with the aim of parents helping other parents through resource and knowledge sharing.
Family Conference – a FREE full-day conference hosted on an annual basis, on the 3rd Saturday of October.
Contact information
LDA Wellington County
Tel: (519) 837-2050
E-mail: info@LDAwc.ca
Website: www.LDAwc.ca
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Chapter Programs
BEST (Better Emotional/Social Times) Program – Social skills training for ages 8 to 12.
ABC & 123 Tutoring Program – Small group tutoring in Windsor and Essex settings using A to Z Reading and JUMP Math tutoring methods, for ages 8 to 14.
Summer Enrichment Camps – For students in or entering grades 3 to 6.
SOAR (Some Assembly Required) Transition Planning Summer Program – Self-advocacy and transition skills for students entering grades 6 to 9.
Youth Recreation Program – Activity-based social program for youth ages 13 to 18.
SOAR High School Program – Transition program for young adults ages 16 to 21 who are completing high school, have recently completed high school, or have dropped out of high school.
PACE: LD (Parents Advocating/Children Excelling) Advocacy Training Program – Interactive parent advocacy course for parents of children or youth with a diagnosis of LD.
PACE: ADHD (Parents Advocating/Children Excelling) Advocacy Training Program – Interactive parent advocacy course for parents of children or youth with a diagnosis of ADHD.
Adaptive Technology Training – Computers, iPads, and Chromebooks with adaptive technology are available for use in the chapter library, and introductory training on adaptive technology can be arranged.
Brainology Camp – An interactive program that incorporates online activities and videos to assist youth in understanding the brain and how it works for ages 11-14.
Workshops & Conference
Contact information
LDA Windsor-Essex County
Tel: (519) 252-7889
E-mail: info@LDAwe.ca
Website: www.LDAwe.ca
Address: c/o Maryvale 3640 Wells St. Windsor, ON N9C 1T9
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Chapter Programs
Educational Workshops/Annual Conference – Sessions for community members, students, and/or professionals on topics related to learning disabilities and/or ADHD.
Parent Support Group – Provides parents and guardians with the opportunities to exchange strengths, areas of improvement, solutions, and more information with other parents and professionals.
SOAR Mindful Transitions – Elementary, grades 7 & 8 and secondary ages 16 To 20 years old – Program for students to develop skills on: learning strategies, self-advocacy and transitioning to high school, post-secondary education or the workplace. Sessions available one-on-one or in groups.
Social Skills Programs – Provided in Richmond Hill and Newmarket locations for children ages 6 to 16 with primary diagnosis of LD and/or ADHD. Also includes Parent Sessions to help parents implement the strategies taught in Social Skills at home.
Social Skills Summer Camp – A one-week activity-based day camp for children ages 7 to 12. In a safe, encouraging and positive environment, learning social skills has never been so fun.
March Break Camp – A one-week March Break camp for children ages 6 to 14. Children will get the opportunity to foster their creativity as they discover various tools and techniques while making projects.
Strategies for Life – An 8-part series focusing on academic and socio-emotional effects of LDs and/or ADHD. Students ages 17 to 25 work towards developing strategies to become more resilient as they progress into the next stage of life. Sessions available upon request.
Tutoring Services – One-to-one literacy and numeracy tutoring program for students in grades 3 to 8 with trained volunteers.
Adult Support Group – Provides opportunities for adults with LD and ADHD.
Job-Fit Program – A program to help adults with LD and/or ADHD explore interests, strengths, weaknesses and how to ask for accommodations.
Contact information
LDA York-Simcoe
Tel: (905) 884-7933
E-mail: info@ldays.org
Website: www.ldays.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LDAYorkSimcoe
LinkedIN:Â https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldays/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lda_ys/
Address: 9030 Leslie St #216 Richmond Hill ON L4B 1G2
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