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ANALYSIS: We examine four of the most significant changes coming to child care in this province — and how they’ll affect families In one of the highest-profile announcements the Liberals made prior to publishing their 2018 budget on Wednesday, Premier Kathleen Wynne declared her government’s intention to implement a $2.2 billion child-care plan that would […]
A shortage of school psychologists is reaching crisis mode, and students are suffering because of it, says the head of the New Brunswick Teachers Association. George Daley first raised the issue when he was elected president of the association last August, and he has made it a priority, meeting with psychologists across New Brunswick and […]
The Association of Professional Student Services Personnel (APSSP) represents over 700 school‐based professionals across 11 District School Boards in various disciplines including speech‐language pathology, communication disorder assistance, psychology, social work, occupational therapy, child and youth work, advanced behavioural coordination and behavioural services coaching. As school board employees, our members are located in schools and work […]
Sheila Nemcsok could afford her hearing aids, but many can’t — and she says that has to change “How much would you pay to be able to hear music?” That was the opening line of an essay Sheila Nemcsok recently posted on social media and for the partly deaf woman, the question wasn’t philosophical. Nemcsok […]
In the face of overwhelming anxiety — be it a math test, a big, hairy spider or a classroom setting — occupational therapist Sean Boulet shows children with anxiety disorders the path to set themselves free. Boulet, 42, works with children and youth with anxiety disorders at Ledger House, an intensive in-patient assessment and stabilization […]
The P.E.I. government announced new initiatives Monday to reduce a 3½-year wait list for student psychological assessments. There are currently about 435 students on the assessment list, with a wait time of 3½ years. Education Minister Jordan Brown announced measures to reduce that time to less than a year by 2020, including $2 million in […]
Recently, the Newfoundland Coordinating Council on Deafness (NCCD) had a meeting. In attendance were parents of school-age children who have a hearing loss and are receiving some services from the Department of Education. These services are inadequate and do not permit their children to fully participate in the classroom. When many of these parents found […]
A third who died after being hit by a car. All experienced traumas ignored by child welfare services, says a new report. “These girls experienced significant early childhood trauma that was not addressed and impacted them throughout their young lives,” said Del Graff, Alberta’s child and youth advocate. In a report released Monday, Graff urged […]