Special Education Information Brochures for Students and Parents:
Types of Assistive Technology Available to Students
Articles
Helpful websites and organizations related to Special Education
Supporting Gifted Students at Home (available upon request)
Presentation Slides from Oct. 17, 2019 by Leonila Liko
The presentation includes notes on: one of Lev Vygotsky's theories of learning/cognitive development ; Carol S. Dweck's growth mindset theory of intelligence which is fully developed in her book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006); and the VIA Strengths survey at www.viacharacter.org (both youth and adult surveys are available online for free).
- Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- School Support Team (SST)
- Identification, Placement & Review Committee (IPRC)
- Parent Concern Protocol
- One page contact sheet on getting Resource support for students with an IEP
Types of Assistive Technology Available to Students
- Google Docs
- Inspiration
- Read and Write Gold (background information link only)
- Software from the TDSB
- Smart Ideas
Articles
- The Other Epidemic - The problems in Toronto’s schools didn’t start with COVID-19—our underfunded education system has been in a slow-motion crisis for decades. The Local, Winter 2020 Issue
- ABC Ontario - 2020 Educational Resources
- ADHD: Controversy, Key Research Findings, Rising Prevalence, and Promise - Brain & Behaviour Research Foundation, January 12, 2021
- Supporting Students with Dyslexia in Ontario Public Schools - Position Statement by the Ontario Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
Helpful websites and organizations related to Special Education
- Academic Resource Centre NSS (formerly known as the Special Education Department)
- Northern Secondary School - Gifted Program
- The Association for Bright Children of Ontario (ABC Ontario)
- Children's Mental Health Ontario
- Center for ADHD Awareness, Canada (CADDAC)
- For Adolescents - Understanding ADHD
- Teens with ADHD - Video Education Series
- Specific to Adolescent/Post-Secondary
- 10 Ways to Achieve Success
- Youtube Channel
- ADDitude - Inside the ADHD Mind
- Dyslexia Canada - Webinar
- Shift Your Thinking - Shifting how parents, professionals and youth view learning differences.
- Bright Lights Psychology Clinic - Free webinars as well as paid resources.
- Lives in the Balance - Advocating for vulnerable students
- Hospital for Sick Children Adolescent Medicine
- The Integra Program - Child Development Institute
- International Dyslexia Association - Assistive Technologies
- Reading Rockets - Helping Struggling Readers
- National Association for Gifted Children (For Parents section)
- Hoagie's Gifted Education Page (especially Hoagies' Gifted Blog Hops)
- Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
- Mensa Canada (Parent Resources)
- Kids Help Line
- Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO)
- Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO)
- Ontario Ministry of Education - Special Education Section
- Parent Involvement Advisory Committee (PIAC)
- Parent's Advocacy in the School
- TDSB Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)
- TDSB Special Education Page
Supporting Gifted Students at Home (available upon request)
Presentation Slides from Oct. 17, 2019 by Leonila Liko
The presentation includes notes on: one of Lev Vygotsky's theories of learning/cognitive development ; Carol S. Dweck's growth mindset theory of intelligence which is fully developed in her book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006); and the VIA Strengths survey at www.viacharacter.org (both youth and adult surveys are available online for free).