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

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.

     Disability Weblinks ~ Links you to information about programs, services

         and contacts anywhere in Canada.

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

         you to any school board in any province.

Ministère de la Famille ~ Childcare information, tax benefits, etc.

Miriam Foundation; Learning Centre for Autism and Developmental Disabilities ~ information on current trends, best practices and treatment

          options as well as organizations and associations

Quebec Education Act ~ Every person is entitled to the preschool

          education services and elementary and secondary school

          instructional services provided for by this Act and by the basic school

          regulation made by the Government under section 447, from the first

          day of the school calendar in the school year in which he attains the

          age of admission to the last day of the school calendar in the school

           year in which he attains 18 years of age, or 21 years of age in the

          case of a handicapped person within the meaning of the Act to

          secure the handicapped in the exercise of their rights (chapter E-

          20.1).

Support Services for Students with Special Needs ~ Support services for

          students with special needs are designed to help students with

          learning difficulties to maximize their potential for academic, social

          and vocational success. Support services can take the form of small

          group instruction, individual tutorials and in-class support. In

          addition, St. Patrick's maintains the services of a Special Education

          Technician that may work individually with students.

Adapting Our Schools to the Needs of All Students ~ Draft Policy On

           Special Education Making the adaptation of educational services a

           priority for all those working with students with special needs (page

          19)

Inclusive Education Service ~ The Inclusive Education Service is a

       provincial support network designed to build the capacity of English

       School Boards to serve their students with special needs in

       inclusive settings.

Creating the Conditions for Learning: Schoolwide Planning for Inclusion

Dignity, Freedoms, Rights, Equality, Protection ~ All human beings

           possess intrinsic rights and freedoms that ensure their protection

           and development - and all human beings are equal in worth and

           dignity. These are the opening words of the Charter of Human Rights

           and Freedoms. The object of the Youth Protection Act is to safeguard

           similar rights for young people.

Ministere de l'Education - Special Services ~ information about services

           for students with difficulties

Ministere de l'Education - Allowance for Special Needs Program (Funding)

    Collage Pediatric Therapy  

    For Quebec: (two locations, one in Westmount, one in Pointe-Claire)

    is a team of speech-language pathologists, psychologists, occupational 

    therapists, and physical therapists working together in a practice

     focused exclusively on children. Collage Pediatric Therapy clinicians work

    hand-in-hand in the same centre, in a highly coordinated fashion. This

    type of practice, known as multidisciplinary, allows families to benefit 

    from a single point of contact and from services delivered by professionals

    who are available to discuss the child’s progress as often as necessary.

     Collage Pediatric Therapy offers the convenience of back-to-back therapy

     appointments with different clinicians in the same centre. Collage also provide

     parents and teachers with the resources to help the child integrate their

     newly learned skills in the home and in school. Collage Pediatric Therapy’s

     practice is evidence-based, built on the latest research and techniques

     Collage thérapie pédiatrique est une équipe d’orthophonistes, de

     psychologues, d’ergothérapeutes, et de physiothérapeutes, qui travaillent

     ensemble selon une approche centrée sur l’enfant. Chez Collage, les

     thérapeutes de disciplines différentes travaillent en collaboration, dans un

     même centre. Ce genre de pratique, appelée multidisciplinaire, permet aux

     familles de bénéficier d’un point de contact unique, ainsi que de services

     assurés par des professionnels qui sont disponibles à discuter ensemble des

     progrès de l’enfant aussi souvent que nécessaire. Pour la facilité des parents,

     les rendez-vous peuvent être pris de façon successive. Afin d’obtenir les

     meilleurs résultats possibles, les centres fournissent également aux parents

     et aux enseignants les ressources pour aider l’enfant à assimiler ses

     nouveaux apprentissages tant à la maison qu’en milieu scolaire. Les

     thérapeutes chez Collage offrent un soutien complet aux familles et prennent

     le temps qu’il faut pour discuter avec les parents et répondre à leurs

     questions concernant le cas particulier de leur enfant. Leurs pratiques sont

     factuelles et démontrées, basées sur les recherches et les techniques les

     plus récentes.