Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of resources, and we will continue to add more as they become known to us.

Education

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ School Support ~ This is the

          Government of Manitoba site which contains information about

          Special Education in Manitoba.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Individual Education Planning A Handbook for Developing and Implementing IEP's

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Guidelines for Early Transition to School for Children with Special Needs ~ The Guidelines for

         Early Childhood Transition to School for Children with Special Needs

         are based on the belief that those who know children with special

         needs well, their families, preschool service providers and support

         agencies, are the most effective people to work with school personnel

         to ensure a successful transition into the school system.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Supporting Inclusive Schools: A Handbook for Developing and Implementing Programming for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder ~ Supporting Inclusive Schools:

        A Handbook for Developing and Implementing Programming for

        Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder recognizes the need of

        educators for a resource to support appropriate educational

        programming for students with ASD.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Supporting Inclusive Schools: School-Based Planning and Reporting ~ This document provides

         a framework for educators when working with planning teams,

         creating school plans, and reporting to the Department,

         division/district, and community    

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Bill 13 - Appropriate Educational Programming~ Bill 13 will assist all students, particularly

     those with special needs, in receiving the appropriate educational

     programming they require

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Special Needs Funding ~      Special Needs Funding is available for students who require and

     receive extensive supports based on a comprehensive educational

     needs assessment.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Funding Guidelines ~

          Categorical Support is available for students with special needs who

          require and receive extensive supports based on a comprehensive

          educational needs assessment. Level II and Level III Support is an

          addition to Level I and Coordinator/ Clinician Support.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Special Needs Categorical Funding Booklet ~ The material provided in this booklet is designed to

          provide Student Services Administrators with reference and support

          materials for the Special Needs Categorical Funding Level II and III

          process.

Boards of Education ~ A site created by the University of Toronto to link

          you to any school board in any province.

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth ~ Individual Education Plans

University of Manitoba, Certificate in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) -

Continuing Education and Department of Psychology

Government

Canada Benefits ~ This is the Canadian Government website for disability.

         Click on the province that you want, then on a the "I am..." a person

         with a disability, then click on the disability connection.

The Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Manitoba's Ongoing Commitment to Early Childhood Development

         ~ is committed to supporting early childhood development. As a

        result, new and expanded early years programming has been

        introduced

Services/ Service Providers

Disability Weblinks ~ Links you to information about programs, services

          and contacts anywhere in Canada.

MFEAT ~ Manitoba Families for Effective Autism Treatment ~ ABA

          treatment for young children with autism, based on decades of

          research by psychologists like Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas

Manitoba ABA Program for Children with Autism (MABACA) ~ a

          government-funded program that was initiated in 1999, and that

          currently funds intensive ABA treatment for children with autism from

          the ages of 2 to 6.

St. Amant ABA-Applied Behavioural Analysis Preschool Program

         ~ is funded to provide 31 hours per week of one-to-one instruction

         for three years.  Parents are trained and supervides to implement a

         minimum of 5 additional hours per week

University Of Manitoba Unveils Dental Facility For Special Needs Children

         ~ Faculty of Dentistry's Children's Dental Outreach Progam so that

         dental care can be extended to special-nees children

Special Olympics Manitoba ~ is the sport organization of choice that

         provides broad based, life-long sport opportunities for individuals with

         intellectual disability across the province