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Assistive Technology: Lexilife’s Lexilight
Lexilight is a reading-aid desk lamp that can significantly reduce symptoms of dyslexia when reading printed texts. Learn more about this amazing assistive technology!
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Vancouver Charity Expands Individualized Learning Support Services For Students Across B.C. with Learning Differences
Now serving students across BC: LDS’s RISE at Home program offers online 1:1 learning support for children with learning differences. Sliding scale fees.
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Assistive Technology: SMART Technologies’ SMART Board
The centrepiece of our AT Studio, SMART Technologies’ SMART Board is an industry-leading interactive display whiteboard that offers tools for LDS instructors to take their teaching to the next level.
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Vancouver Charity Offers a Specially Designed Intensive Intervention Program to Support Students with Learning Differences in ‘Getting Ahead’ before the 2021-2022 School Year
Intensive Intervention program will be offering students aged 6 through 18 with suspected or diagnosed learning differences an engaging and individualized intensive program that identifies and targets the grade level skill gaps that have emerged or widened during the past school year.
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LDS Sends Love and Strength to North Vancouver
Our sincerest condolences to the North Vancouver and Lynn Valley communities affected by this past weekend’s tragedy.
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Black History Month at LDS
February marks Black History Month (BHM), but historical injustices, like systemic racism and oppression, are ongoing issues. As a charity that exists to serve all children and youth with learning differences, we are continually doing what we can to dismantle the internal and external systems that pose barriers to students.
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Online Learning Tools and Resources for At-Home Study *updated Dec 2020
Need help finding useful educational resources for at-home online learning? Here are our favourites!
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The Learning Disabilities Society Partners with the University of Waterloo to Study the Benefits of Social Robot Interaction with Children with Learning Disabilities
Today, the Learning Disabilities Society (LDS) announced a partnership with the University of Waterloo’s Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory (SIRRL) to study the potential for assistive robot technology incorporation in remedial programs for children with special needs including learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental challenges such as ADHD, and speech language impairments.
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Local Charity Provides Children with Learning Disabilities Access to Leading Edge Assistive Technologies to Help Them Excel in School and Life
Today, the Learning Disabilities Society (LDS) announced the launch of its RISE Assistive Technology Program (RISE-AT) which incorporates an impressive collection of leading-edge assistive technology hardware and software tools to assist children and youth with learning disabilities and social-emotional challenges.
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UBC and LDS collaboration brings affordable, accessible psychoeducational assessments to students
LDS is thrilled to announce that we are now able to offer referrals for psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations to some of our families!
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RDSP: What You Need to Know about Registered Disability Savings Plans
Learn how a Registered Disabilities Savings Plan can help you prepare for your child’s future.
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Go Red for Dyslexia
This October, the Learning Disabilities Society invites you to join us as we #GoRedForDyslexia.
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