Ontario Special Needs Roadmap for School

Target has added inclusive Halloween costumes!!!! This is so amazing! Way to go, Target!!! #halloween #inclusivity #inclusiveness #target #halloweencostume #wheelchairlife #disabilityawareness #disabilities #disabilitypride #disabilitylife #hypotonia #cerebralpalsy

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Is your child with complex health-care needs heading back to school? Join virtual town halls hosted by the Kids Come First Health Team to ask your questions and hear from experts. Register: http://ow.ly/WxdR50B9s6s

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A lot of parents are making a very tough decision this week. Lets all remember that every family is unique and will make a decision that is right for them. Please be kind.

What back-to-school looks like across Canada.

Reopening schools safely is now Canadas most urgent task https://www.macleans.ca//covid19-reopening-schools-canada/

Grandview Kids Behaviour Analyst Alicia Creaser and Autism Therapy Assistants Maritza Basaran, and Brittany Brown have put together a very helpful guide for hel...ping children with ASD to learn to tolerate wearing a mask. To read their tips click here: https://grandviewkids.ca/tips-for-helping-children-with-as/ See more

B.C. announces funding to support post-secondary students with disabilities https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-bc-announces-fun/

QUESTION: Should there be a mandatory high school course on race? ~Dahlia Tens of thousands of people have signed a university students petition calling for this in Ontario. CALL: 613.521.8255 and LISTEN: player.cfra.com

SUMMER PARENTING STRATEGIES: Parent with the big picture in mind Keep your big-picture parenting goals in mind: your hopes and dreams for your child, yoursel...f, and your family. Doing so will make it easier for you to make conscious and deliberate choices about your parenting: to parent in a way that you can feel good about, both today and for many years to come. Learn about child development so that you can parent in a way that brings out the best (as opposed to the worst) in your child. Parenting is easier and less stressful when your expectations of your child reflect whats possible for them at this particular stage in their development. Recognize the three things that children need most from their parents at each and every stage of their development. 1 Unconditional love and approval 2 Warm, sensitive, and responsive parenting 3 Support for their growing independence and emerging abilities This is the third in a series of summer parenting strategies that Im sharing this summer. They are based on some of the content in my most recent book, HAPPY PARENTS, HAPPY KIDS (HarperCollins Canada, 2019). #summerparentingstrategies #summerparenting #happyparentshappykids #parentingthroughthestorm #anndouglas : Nicholas Saffran via @unsplash

The OHRC is concerned about and calls for action on potential barriers faced by students affecting students with disabilities in the 2020 2021 school year in ...these areas: 1. Technology 2. Personal contact 3. Professional services 4. Screening and assessment 5. Instruction 6. Specialized programming 7. IPRCs and IEPs and the duty to accommodate 8. Summer learning programs 9. Shared legal responsibility. See our letter to the Minister of Education, school leaders: bit.ly/2Om1tjF

https://www.cbc.ca//return-school-september-pandemic-cheo-

Ottawa beaches now have accessible water wheelchairs available for rent at no cost! Ready to ride at Mooneys Bay Beach (x1), Petrie Island Beach (x2) and W...estboro Beach (x1) daily between noon to 6:30 pm until August 30. For availability, please contact: Mooneys Bay: 613-248-0863 Petrie Island: 613-824-5704 Westboro: 613-792-3875 https://ottawa.ca/en/recreation-and-parks/swimming#beaches #InclusiveRecreation #BeatTheHeat #MyOttawa