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Resources for Learning Disabilities

Resources for Learning Disabilities

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Resources

Articles

• Spatial Reasoning
• Having a Learning Disability Can Be A Career Asset, Jayne Greene-Black, York University
• Learning Disabilities and E-Learning (PDF)
• Neuroplasticity - Wikipedia
• Google Search - Companies that support people with a Disability Canada
• Career Specialist in Disabilities Ottawa - Google Search
• 60% of School Age Students in Ghana Have Learning Disabilities
• Teaching Aboriginal Students with Disabilities (Alberta), Chapter 7

Books

• Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits - Book
• Temple Grandin Book
• WCIYP
• Read - What Should I Do With My Life (by Po Bronson)
• Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain
• Beyond Reason, Roger Fisher
• A Different Kind of Brain, Nancy Russelberger
• Journal of Best Practices, Robert Flinch
• “Social Thinking at Work: Why Should I Care?”(co-authored with Pam Crooke). Michelle Garcia Winner is a speech therapist in San Jose, California who has devoted much of her career to helping clients with the nonverbal aspects of communication.

Toolkits

• Disability Toolkit for Employers and Placement Advisors, UK
• Ministry of Ontario - Customer Service Toolkit (for Disabilities)

Programs

• Enabling Change Program

• TAG Report - Transitioning from Higher Education to the Workplace

Psychologists

(Note: these people are NOT endorsed by this site - use at your own risk)

• Aileen Davelaar, Adults – 613 792 3280
• Lewis Laikan – 613 729 1080
• Penny Kowalski – 613 851 9169

LD Superstars, Heroes

See: Famous People

• IKEA, CEO
• Charles Schwab
• Tom Cruise
• Orlando Bloom
• Richard Branson
• Albert Einstein
• Lots of CEOs, creative thinkers

Websites

• Ask JAN

• http://askjan.org/media/LD.html
• SOAR Database
• SOAR Query

• Career Development Resources
• Career Mentorship for Learning Disabilities
• Disability Education Resource Library, TAG, UK

• Transition to Work for Students with Disabilities, (PDF)

• BrainPage.net (Erin McLeod) - http://www.brainpages.net/

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• Canadian Association for Supported Employment http://www.supportedemployment.ca
• Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW) http://www.ccrw.org
• Partners for Workplace Inclusion Program (PWIP) http://www.workink.com
• Canadian Mental Health Association (Provincial) http://www.cmhask.com
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind http://www.cnib.ca
• Canadian Paraplegic Association http://www.canparaplegic.org
• Cosmopolitan Industries http://www.members.shaw.ca/cosmoind/cosmo.htm
• Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan http://www.ldas.org
• National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMR) http://http://www.nidmar.ca/index.asp
• North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Navigating the Waters http://www.nsilc.com
• Partners in Employment Career and Employment Centre http://www.abilitiescouncil.sk.ca
• Saskatoon Open Door Society http://www.sods.sk.ca
• Saskatchewan Abilities Council http://www.abilitiescouncil.sk.ca
• Saskatchewan Association for Community Living (SACL) http://www.sacl.org
• Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC) http://www.sarcsarcan.ca
• Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association http://www.sbia.ca
• Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services sdhhs.com
• Saskatchewan Disability Income Support Coalition (SaskDISC) http://www.saskdisc.ca
• STC Urban First Nations Services http://www.sktc.sk.ca
• Supported Employment Network of Saskatchewan (SENS) http://www.mysens.ca The “Resources for Employers” section of this site includes many practical reports and brochures as well as descriptions of supported employment programs throughout the province.
• Stewart Resources Centre: A Bibliography of Resources