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Silver Creek Nursery school for children with handicaps, located in west Toronto in the Etobicoke region. Katie went to this school for
several years and we were upset when she was no longer able to attend. This school I cannot any more highly recommend! Beyond exceptional!!! We even sent our son who is not special need there too!! They are absolutely
wonderful and Katie flurished there!! We wish she could still attend
Internet and computer programs-
Fast ForWord Fast ForWord is a family of educational software
products intended to enhance cognitive skills of children, especially
focused on developing "phonological awareness". It is
marketed as a therapy for strengthening the skills of memory,
attention, processing rate, and sequencing for children. It evolved
from studies that showed children with abnormal temporal processing and
language learning impairment could have their phonological awareness
improved in parallel with their temporal processing. It is currently
marketed for children with a broad range of reading problems, and
perhaps other cognitive disorders as well . Fast ForWord software was
developed and is commercially distributed by Scientific Learning
Corporation**Fast ForWord products are not offered directly to home schools or
individual consumers. Home schooling parents interested in Fast ForWord
products partner with a local speech language pathologist to run an
off-site program in the home. You may contact our Customer Service team
at 888-358-0212 for a list of off-site providers with whom you can work
Starfall website is a wonderful online learning center for reading and speech programs. Katies teacher even uses it in class!! I'm convinced her
speech and language would not be where they are today without it!
Handwriting Page Maker
From Lisa Jo Rudy
As you start to dig deeply into the literature on autism treatments,
you'll find dozens of available options. Which are the "best"
treatments? As the professionals will tell you over and over again,
every child's needs are different. The treatments described in this
article are among the best known, best researched, and most likely to
produce positive results.©
Ontario
Parents Matter Canada,The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada) is pleased to announce the launch of Parents Matter,
a new web site for parents and those who work with them. This site is
also the home of the Making Choices Parenting Program Inventory.
Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada)
707 - 331 Cooper Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0G5
Tel (613) 237-7667/ Fax (613) 237-8515
1-866-637-7226
info@frp.ca
Silver Creek Pre-School
65 Hartsdale Dr.
Toronto, ON
M9R 2S8
416-249-9770
Downloadable Educational tools
PECs (Picture Exchange Cards)
Black and white picture cards are provided to help you make your own
schedules, story strips and talking back cards. They can be printed as
full-size coloring pages, in two-inch sizes with or without words, and
in one-inch sizes with or without words. Printed and cut out, these can
be used singly or grouped together-Please see the forum under the Education catagory for more information on this. Member recommend
This utility allows you to create pages of text to assist in the
development of children's handwriting skills. By joining the dots,
children can copy the characters. A dark arrow shows where to begin the
character. Where applicable, a lighter arrow shows where to start the
second part of the character.
Instructions
Type your text (words or rows of letters) into the text area at the
top left of the screen. Adjust the settings below the text box
accordingly, then press "frame" to generate the handwriting text in
this page, or "window" to generate the handwriting text in a new
window.
You can then print the generated page to start using the sheet
The character set is based upon Christopher Jarman's Jardotty font. Member recommended