Special Education
Web Links
For Students, Parents/Guardians and Teachers
Visit the many websites below to find the right programs and organizations that can help you, your exceptional child or student.
Association for Bright
Children of Ontario
abcontario.ca
Provides
information
to parents about the social, emotional and intellectual needs of
bright and gifted students. Learn more by visiting their website.
Autism Ontario
www.autismontario.com/
Is the leading source of information and referral on autism and one of
the
largest collective voices representing the autism community. Members are
connected through a volunteer network of Chapters throughout the
Province of Ontario.
Autism Society
Canada
www.autismsocietycanada.ca
Was founded by a group of parents committed to
advocacy,
public education, information and referral and support. Visit their
website for
further information.
Butte Publications
www.buttepublications.com
Publishes educational materials for students who are deaf or hard of
hearing,
their teachers, parents and professionals in the field.
Canadian Association of Educators of the Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing
www.caedhh.ca
Provides a host of resources for teachers of the deaf and
hard-of-hearing.
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association(CHHA)
www.chha.ca
Is a
consumer-based
organization formed by and for hard of hearing Canadians. CHHA works
cooperatively with professionals, service providers and government
bodies, and
provides information about hard of hearing issues and solutions.
Canada: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit
Disorders
www.chaddcanada.org
Is a not-for-profit parent-run organization that aims to help support,
educate
and ultimately better the lives of individuals with ADD and those who
care for
them.
Canadian
Association for Community Living
www.communitylivingontario.ca/
Is a Canada-wide association of family members and others working for
the
benefit of persons of all ages who have an intellectual disability.
Canadian
Hearing Society
www.chs.ca
Provides services that enhance the independence of deaf,
deafened and hard of hearing people, and that encourage prevention of
hearing
loss. Visit their website to find out more, including information
on how
you can get involved.
Canadian
Institute of Child Health
www.cich.ca
Is dedicated to
promoting
and protecting the health, well-being and rights of all children and
youth
through monitoring, education and advocacy.
Child Care
Resources
www.childcare.on.ca
Offers many services to parents, children and professionals to enhance
and
support a good quality of life for children in the early years and those
with
special needs. Parents will find a list of available programs and
resources on
their website.
Down Syndrome
Association of Ontario
www.dsao.ca
Links you to local associations of the DSAO. Visit their website to find
a
chapter nearest you.
Epilepsy Canada
www.epilepsy.ca
Enhances the
quality of life for persons affected by epilepsy through promotion and
support
of research and facilitation of education and awareness initiatives that
build
understanding and acceptance of epilepsy.
League for the
Hard of Hearing
www.lhh.org
Is
the world's leading not-for-profit hearing rehabilitation and human
services
agency for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing, deaf,
and
deaf-blind.
Learning
Disabilities Association of Ontario
www.ldao.ca
Wworks to
improve the lives of children, youth and
adults with
learning disabilities. It offers many resources, services, information,
venues
and products designed to help people with LDs and ADHD, as well as
parents,
teachers and other professionals.
Learning
Disabilities Association of Sudbury
www.ldasudbury.ca
Is a
charitable not-for-profit parent organization that supports the
interests of
students with learning disabilities. Parents will find a number of
practical tips, strategies and resources in the LDAS' quarterly
newsletters.
Manitoulin - Sudbury Community Care Access
Centre
www.ccac-ont.ca
Is the access point to home health services, school health services and
information about/referral to community support services.
Ministry of
Education
www.edu.gov.on.ca
Informational website features specific resources about
Special Education in Ontario.
The site features detailed information about the Education Act,
regulations and
other information of interest to students, parents and teachers.
Ontario Brain Injury Association
www.obia.on.ca/
Promotes awareness, understanding and prevention of brain injury through
education, advocacy, research grants and community support services.
SEAC Learning Site
www.seac-learning.ca
Is an information program that has
been developed
by the Ontario Ministry of Education to assist SEAC members to undertake
the roles
and responsibilities ascribed to them by legislation.
SNOW: Special Needs
Opportunity
Window
http://snow.utoronto.ca
Funded by
the Ontario Ministry of Education, is a website that provides resources
and professional
development information for educators and parents of students with
special
needs. Please browse through SNOW's website to learn more.
Sudbury Community Service Centre www.sudburycommunityservicecentre.ca
Provides services to two target groups - people with developmental
disability
and people experiencing problems with their finances. In both services,
the Centre strives to affect positive change within the lives of the
people it
serves.
The
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.agbell.org
Is a lifelong resource, support network and advocate for listening,
learning,
talking and living independently with hearing loss.
The
Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario www.apsgo.ca
Is an organization of
parents of disruptive youth. The organization provides weekly meetings,
workshops and other resources to assist parents in acquiring the skills
to help
themselves and their children.
The Canadian
National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
www.cnib.ca
Is the primary source of support,
information and most importantly, hope, for all Canadians affected by
vision
loss.
The Easter Seal Society
www.easterseals.com
Is
dedicated to
helping children with physical disabilities achieve their full
individual
potential and future independence. Easter Seal people make a difference
in
the lives of the children and their families by providing direct
services,
programs, research, advocacy and public education.
The
Ontario
Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services
www.oacrs.com
Represents 20 children's treatment centres across
Ontario. Not-for-profit and community-based,
children's treatment centres serve about 40,000 children and youth with
disabilities and their families.
Tourette Syndrome
Foundation of Canada
www.tourette.ca
Promotes increased
correct
diagnoses, overall public knowledge and understanding of the disorder.
VOICE for
Hearing Impaired Children
www.voicefordeafkids.com
Works
to
ensure that hearing impaired children have the right to develop their
ability
to listen and speak and have access to the support and services which
will
enable them to do so. VOICE also provides parent support,
auditory-verbal
therapy, educational programs, information resources and advocacy.