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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Press Release: 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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LDS stands in recognition of the ongoing legacy of colonialism and Residential Schools in Canada
We are angered and profoundly saddened at the discovery of the undocumented loss of the lives of 215 Indigenous children at the site of the former Kamloops Residential School and on the territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. While the stories of trauma, abuse, and terror Residential Schooling inflicted on Indigenous children, their families, and community continue to come to light, these discoveries are acutely painful reminders of the complex ongoing and intergenerational consequences of colonialism. Much truth remains to be told before we can move towards meaningful reconciliation.
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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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RISE one-to-one instruction is now open for applications!
Learn the details of our RISE one-to-one instruction program and how to apply now!
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Mission Maker: Stuti—practicum student experiences LDS
In May 2021, Stuti, an education assistant (EA) student, joined LDS for her practicum. “I had ideas of what the common challenges of autism were, but I didn’t know in-depth,” says Stuti. “I am more excited now for being an EA.”
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Our Assistive Technology Studio—a supportive space to enhance the learning experience for our students
Assistive technologies are software and hardware tools designed to maintain or improve the functional capabilities of a person with a disability, including a learning difference. Our Assistive Technology Studio is a space for our students to use these tools to enhance their learning.
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Thank you, Change Makers!
Thanks to our Change Makers, we raised over $45,000 for our COVID Catch-up Fund!
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LDS Annual Report 2020
Please see our 2020 Annual Report for an overview of our specialized programs, our students’ achievements and our charity’s progress, including highlights from 2021.
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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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Spring Break Camp Review—Focusing on Mental Health with Stigma-Free Society
May 7th is National Child and Youth Mental Health Day across Canada. This year, LDS has taken strides to include mental health wellness and advocacy into our day camp programming.
Learn MoreLDS 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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