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Project Title:

Promoting Early Intervention

Topics:
* Assessment
* Instruction
* Research

Summary:

In the 1999 budget, $2,000,000 was allocated to the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario by the Government of Ontario to establish the Promoting Early Intervention initiative. The result of this undertaking should have a significant impact on the educational system in Ontario in terms of the special education programmes, services and supports provided to students with learning disabilities. The project will complement the funding already provided to the Learning Opportunities Task Force for post-secondary education for students with specific learning disabilities and may become a part of the Government's response to the McCain-Mustard Early Years Study Report, "Reversing the Real Brain Drain."

Focusing on students age 4 - 8, the initiative will produce deliverables in 5 main areas:

  1. A new definition of learning disabilities that reflects current science, while remaining accessible to a classroom teacher or parent.
  2. Recommended protocols for the effective screening and assessment of verbal and nonverbal learning disabilities in children between the ages of four and eight years. It is our goal to move the time of screening and assessment to a stage in the child's life that will reduce the chances of school failure and the development of self-esteem and behaviour problems.
  3. Recommend preferred approaches for teaching and intervention models, helping to ensure that young children with learning disabilities have access to the services, supports and programming within the school system to meet their needs.
  4. The examination of the current state of education for teachers of children with learning disabilities. The primary mandate of this group will be to examine the current status of teacher education (Preservice) offered by Faculties of Education across the province. This group will also examine teacher training at the School Board level (Additional Qualification). In addition, the working group will recommend effective venues for incorporating the findings of all the working groups into teacher education programs. Collectively we believe this process will substantially enhance the preparedness of educators working with children who have learning disabilities.
  5. The creation of public education vehicles. This working group will be responsible for organizing a one-day symposium to launch the new operational definition of learning disabilities and the preferred practice screening and assessment protocols, as well as developing a brochure on learning disabilities for the parents of younger children. It is our goal that the information developed by the four previous working groups will assist parents in seeking out help and intervention for their children at risk.

Purpose/Objective:

Recommendations will be made for new and more efficient approaches to identifying and remediating young students at risk of school failure and of having a learning disability. As School Boards and students are the end users and beneficiaries of the products, the LDAO has committed itself to fostering partnerships with and between School Boards through an ongoing consultation process.

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Contact Information:

Contact Name: Liz Brillinger
Email Address: liz@ldao.on.ca
Phone Number: (416) 929-4311 Ext.
Fax Number: (416) 929-3905
Organization: Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Organization Website: http://www.ldao.on.ca

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Posted by: sania, on Friday, May 1, 2009 - 16:03

I think it is the best thing thatv have been offered to our kids so far, it is realy interesting and will benefit them.
It is appeciated by everyone.


Posted by: maryjean, on Wednesday, November 1, 2006 - 22:00

Mary Outlaw
I think this is an a good budget plan because there is a need for it. I believe there are many disabilities people that need help that are not being care for properly. Some are being mistreated and mishandle. They have feelings also. These funds will be able to get better teachers to teach them what they need to know and to be able to help themselves. All disabilitity peolpe does not need the same kind of care. Some need more. IT will have a great impact on the education system. Children ages four thur eight need a lot of care. They are suspose to be between the preoperational stage and the concrete stage and most of them probably are not. These funds will help tremendously.They will also be able to finance the materials that they need such as wheel chairs and other devices that they will need. Children know when they are loved no matter who they are.


Posted by: cathy_taylor, on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 20:46

Children with special needs are having a hard enough time with school and the work they have to do. Having some extra help would encourage them and boost their self-esteem. I'm afraid that a lot of children with special needs are "falling through the cracks" of the education system in the United States. I speak from my experience with my own child and his school. I worry that he isn't recieving the best education he can get sometimes.


Posted by: whitehurst, on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 13:32

The idea to allocate funds for children with different disabilities was a great idea. There are many children that have learning disabilities that go unnoticed on a daily basis. Instead of trying to evaluate a child at an later age this program has decided to reach out to the children as well as the parents at an earlier age. This process is very critical. For example, if a child has been taught how to do something all of their life it would be very difficult to re-teach a child another way to complete the task. From ages 4 to 8 it is very critical to instill in a child the necessary tools needed to help them successfully in life whether it be morales, education, or lifelong qualities.I also feel that it is societies responsibility to assist the parents as well as the children and to advocate any programs that may assist with children with learning disabilities.


Posted by: staceystokes, on Monday, October 30, 2006 - 18:00

I think this article was very interesting. School systems need the money to help educate teachers who teach children with learning disabilities. A lot of the time children with learning disabilities get push to the side and ignored, because the teachers do not know how to teach them. I believe all teachers should be required to know how to teach children with learning disabilities. In addition, if these children can get the accurate knowledge when they are young, learning may not be as hard for them when they get older. All children deserve the chance for an equal opportunity to learn. Education is very important. If some of these children with learning disabilities could get the education they need, they too can grow up to be good efficient teachers and help others with disabilities. All schools and teachers need to take into consideration that children with disabilities are important too, and they also want to learn. I think that $2,000,000 is going to a great cause, and it can make a big difference in education for children with disabilities!


Posted by: lacy800, on Monday, October 30, 2006 - 12:16

I think it was a very good suggest that the government of Ontario ha establish the Promoting Early Intervention initiative. Also how the money is help the children will Learning Disabilities Assocation. I think it is really important because chidren with learning disabilities need lots of help, but more people don't have the time for them. I feeling like if a child with learning disabilities should be in the classroom with the other children, but the child should have an assitance. Because no child should be left back. And I think that money can help the school and the day care center to help them hired people with training to help learning disabilities. Then the teacher can telling the class about them and also let them know how they react to something different from us or how you may finish be for them while they still working. And by the teacher, assitance,and the parent work together with the child that will help out alot.


Posted by: cathy_taylor, on Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 09:39

I found this article very interesting. Being the parent of a child with a learning disability it was very informative. It's good to know that some people have recognized that having a learning disability is not always easy to recognize. Alot of times children that may need extra help with somethings are automatically labeled with some kind of major disabilty just so teachers don't have to deal with them. This is a great thing that happened in Ontario maybe it'll catch on here in the US and things can be changed here as well. Cathy


Posted by: watson4218, on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 20:20

Promoting Early Intervention was a very good article. The money that was allocated went to a very good cause. People with learning disabilities have the right to learn and be educated in a normal classroom setting just like people who believe they are normal. People that are different sometimes have their own strong points and can share their strengths with the class. Special needs children should be included in all classroom activities. People with learning disabilities should have good strong mentors, teachers, and educators that are able and willing to take the time to give them the help that they need to become better readers and solve problems. Some of the money that was allocated by the government should go toward training people on how to help the people with a learning disability. I also think that the program was focused on an appropriate age level because if you can help the disabled learners at an early age, as they grow older they may become better learners and focus more.


Posted by: jae, on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 12:07

I think that it is a great idea that the money was been disbursed to help children with different disabilities and not just a learning disabilities. I feel that children with disabilities are left behind most of the time and it hurts their self-esttem as a result of it. I am greatful that the government is finally doing something about it. I am also greatful that the government sees that their are a great need to redefine the term disability, because there are some disability that some people would not be able to see because it is invisible to the eye of normal public. This would also help teachers because they would have a better understanding what a diability is. There is a great need to educate teachers in how to help and teach the curriculum to disabeled children. Without this knowledge the teacher would not be of any help to these children and that would only be unfortunate because it would be a waste of time for them as well as for the children. So, I am glad that the government see that the teachers need to be educated in how to teach a curriculum to disabled children as well. It can be fraustrating to teach a curriculum with not knowing how to present it to the disabled children, and it can also be fraustrating for that child to that can result in behavior problems. I feel that some teachers overlook that sometimes.
I feel that my son will benefit from this government funding tremendously.

Jae Jin J. Bazemore


Posted by: angelc06, on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 09:40

What I thank is it good that they have different learning activities for children. Children that have a disablity and children that have a hard time learning certain subjects. I also thank that they should have more school that help the special need children, they can do just as much as we can do. I don't see then as being different I see that they just have troble learning certain activitys. children mean alot to me they are my heart, I just love working with them, and helping them the best way that I can, I would do anything in my power to make sure that they are happy and tooken care of. We need to communicate beter with them, we need to be able to understand them and all of their need, we need to be able to show them that we care for them just like if we was their parents. That how I feel about this, and this artical.


Posted by: chante, on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 09:38

i think this artcile was very good. i like the idea of the whole concept of helping the children with learning disabilities. it gives them a chance to have the same learning experience as the children that don't have a learning disabilities. also they are making sure that the teachers that are going to teach these children are well qualify to handle them. this way is some sufficant and more comfortable for the children to learn without feeling bad for themselve for having a diability. maybe they will learn a whole lot better and be able to actually unberstand and then use what they have learn. i really enjoyed this article because anything or anyone that is helping somebody is always good. and this is helping these children learn as much and as well as other children do.


Posted by: cheyennemile, on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 22:28

I really enjoyed reading this artical. it showed that there are people out there that are willing to help the less fourtanet in the world. it seems now a days that everyone is complaining that they are less privalged, and that the govornment or any one else is not helping them. i learned a lot from this artical and it showed me really how much people do care and are willing to help the disabiled children in the school system. it is really good that these people are doing all of these extra steps the make sure that the challenged students have as much oppertunitys as the other children. They are also making the schools less intimidating for these special needs children, which will lead to these children being more comfortable around other people and they will ask more questions and ask for help when they need it. i think that if this kind of program keeps up, then there will be a dramatic increase in the number of special needs children that advance in their schools and grades, whice will provide them more oppertunity in their future and will also help build their self-esteem. i look forward to seeing the statistics going up of the number of special needs children that will graduate high school and recieve a high school diplomma.


Posted by: liz0484, on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 10:42

from reading this i found out more than what i know befor i did not really know all that much about this subject. i belive that every child should beable to learing in there on way the best way for them to leran every child is different in mine ways but children that have a learning disabilities so be able to go to class with every one eals and they should help them out in the class if they need and if the ask for help. As a person who grow up with and reading and math disabilities i have leran ways of doing this for my self with out asking for help because growing up was really hard back when i was growing up no body what people to know that there child had a problem in inway sape or form.When you have a disabilities people seem to trite you different then every body eals and it's not fair iam just like every one eals ya i may not be a able to read and spile and do math as well as every body eals but there are other things that i am really good at doing that make up for what iam not so good a doing i choce to get in this eare of work because i know how child like me with a disabilites can make and do something with there selfs you can do inthing that you put your mind to. all you have to do is really want it bad a nuf to over come every thing that people say that you can not do and show them that even thow you have a disabilities that you are just like everybody easl and you can do in thing that you put your mind to. I blieve that every child how has a disabilities or not should get a change to make somthing out of there self and to get to full fill there dreams. i would like to think mrs. speller for telling us about this site and have us to read this article it is a really good article to read.


Posted by: sspeller, on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 13:55

Hello Class,

This is a good article. Read and take notice! have a good day.
Mrs. Speller


Posted by: kendra, on Saturday, July 9, 2005 - 22:36

I THINK ITS A GOOD THING THAT CHILREN ARE ABLE TO LEARN THER LEARNIG STYLES ARE AND BE ABLE TO BE HELPED.


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