Workshop for Service Providers
York University is the site of Project ADVANCE, a summer institute which aims to prepare students with language learning disabilities for success in their post-secondary studies. This initiative is offered through Learning Disability Services at York University and is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
As a part of Project ADVANCE's mandate, we engage in community outreach with respect to the transition issues that students with learning disabilities face when entering post-secondary. This winter, as a part of that mandate, we will be holding a one-day workshop for service providers on:
Thursday, October 13, 2011
OR
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The workshop will focus on:
- Advocacy skills required at the post-secondary level including how to deal with disclosure to staff, faculty, and peers
- Transition programs and supports at all post-secondary institutions
- admissions procedures, modified admissions, and policies for students with learning disabilities will be discussed by the Manager, Information Services of Admissions
- Project ADVANCE
- 6 week program
- 9am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday
- On-line teaching component modeling on-line environments
- Available to any student diagnosed with a learning disability entering ANY post-secondary institution
- Updated Assessments – what the requirements are for support
- Possibilities regarding updating
- Funding sources
- ADHD
- Accommodations and supports students might have access to at their post-secondary institution and the potential costs involved. Discussion will focus on defining and the granting of accommodations like
- Flexible deadline
- Formula sheets
- Cue cards
- Use of a dictionary
- Transition courses
- Accommodations for students requiring higher levels of support such as those with an Aspergers diagnosis, PDD, and on the autism spectrum
- Academic readiness skills required for post-secondary level work and how students can be supported when there is a gap between their course demands and their skills
- Role of high school service providers in preparing their students with the transition in their final year of high school and development of a transition portfolio
- Accommodations for students who might have more than one diagnosis i.e., LD/ADHD and LD/psychiatric disabilities
Registration is limited. A $40 registration fee is required and covers the cost of handout materials, morning coffee breaks and lunch. Receipts will be provided for parking.
If you are interested in attending the Project ADVANCE Workshop for Service Providers, please send a completed registration form and cheque made payable to York University to:
Jacqueline Chang,
Project ADVANCE Office Assistant,
Learning Disability Services, Room N110, Benette Centre for Student Services
York University, 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3
Once we have received your completed registration form, we will be sending out a confirmation letter and more information about the location of the session and other relevant information. If you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to contact Jacqueline at 416-736-2100 ext 22543 or via e-mail at jackiech@yorku.ca.
