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Learning Disabilities: Critical Concepts

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This session will provide insight into the neurodevelopmental basis of learning disabilities, the different types of LDs, terminology, the criteria used to diagnosis LDs, and frequent co-existing conditions. This session is designed as a core class for Centre for Literacy Teachers, along with teachers, education assistants and other professionals in the community. The purpose of this session is to highlight...

$40

Board Games Night for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Centre for Literacy, with the kind support of the Larry and Janet Anderson Philanthropies, is delighted to host Board Games Night.  Held every second Thursday, it provides an opportunity for adults or older teens on the autism spectrum to get together. A formal diagnosis of autism is not necessary to participate. Games at Games Night range from Role Playing Games...

Free

Using Testing to Inform Reading and Mathematics Remediation

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This session will provide an overview of how assessments can be used to create a profile of a learner and support the development of short, medium and long-term plans for remediation. The session will cover formal psychoeducational evaluations, speech-language reviews, executive function/attention reviews, and tools for continuing progress monitoring like the Feifer Assessment of Reading (FAR) and Feifer Assessment of...

$40

Board Games Night for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Centre for Literacy, with the kind support of the Larry and Janet Anderson Philanthropies, is delighted to host Board Games Night.  Held every second Thursday, it provides an opportunity for adults or older teens on the autism spectrum to get together. A formal diagnosis of autism is not necessary to participate. Games at Games Night range from Role Playing Games...

Free

Parent Support Group

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Description and Objectives The Parent Support Group is a new program offered at the Centre for Literacy. Participants from the Parenting a Child with Learning Disabilities/Disorders workshop asked that the Parent Support Group be established. As active participants in the Parenting a Child Workshop, they wanted to keep the conversation and mutual support going. The purpose of the Parent Support...

Free

Foundations in Reading Remediation: Part 1

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The focus of this session will be on the use of evidence based multi–sensory strategies (hearing, seeing, and feeling) to build phonological and phonemic awareness to support a student to gain understanding of sound-symbol connections (the alphabetic principle). Secure understanding of phonological processes is a critical prerequisite for reading competency. Difficulty with phonological processes is the most common reason students...

$75

Board Games Night for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Centre for Literacy, with the kind support of the Larry and Janet Anderson Philanthropies, is delighted to host Board Games Night.  Held every second Thursday, it provides an opportunity for adults or older teens on the autism spectrum to get together. A formal diagnosis of autism is not necessary to participate. Games at Games Night range from Role Playing Games...

Free

Board Games Night for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Centre for Literacy, with the kind support of the Larry and Janet Anderson Philanthropies, is delighted to host Board Games Night.  Held every second Thursday, it provides an opportunity for adults or older teens on the autism spectrum to get together. A formal diagnosis of autism is not necessary to participate. Games at Games Night range from Role Playing Games...

Free

Parent Support Group

Centre for Literacy 100, 9797-45th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Description and Objectives The Parent Support Group is a new program offered at the Centre for Literacy. Participants from the Parenting a Child with Learning Disabilities/Disorders workshop asked that the Parent Support Group be established. As active participants in the Parenting a Child Workshop, they wanted to keep the conversation and mutual support going. The purpose of the Parent Support...