Learning+Disabilities

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[|Video: How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop- Understanding Learning Disabilities] Richard D. Lavoie shows parents and teachers how frustrating learning can be for a student with learning disabilities. Participants in the workshop actually do some activities that recreate that feeling of frustration, anxiety, and tension (F.A.T.) experienced all too often by children with learning disabilities.

[|Teacher's Gateway to Special Education] Developed by OTF, with funding from the Ministry of Education, the Teacher’s Gateway to Special Education provides specific strategies and resources to help teachers address the unique needs of students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Well organized and extremely user friendly, the Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education includes links to board special education plans, Ministry documents and other helpful resources. The Gateway also includes definitions of key special education terms, and can be used as a practical guide for teachers building Individual Education Plans (IEPs). [|LD Self-Advocacy Manual] Great detailed resource on different types of processing difficulties, appropriate accommodations, and self-advocacy suggestions.

Articles/ Documents
[|The Autism Advantage, New York Times]

[|Neurodiversity, The Atlantic Magazine]

[|Making Education Brain Science]