News & Articles

ARISE Newsletter October 2020

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!

Story Adventure Club – register for our 6 week SLP-led program

Story Adventure Club is a new program that helps children ages 7-9 connect and build relationships by working on social communication skills. Starting November 2020!

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.

Go Red for Dyslexia

This October, the Learning Disabilities Society invites you to join us as we #GoRedForDyslexia.

Summer Camp Reflections: That’s a Wrap!

Camp Co-Directors Mel and Sarah reflect on their first year of LDS Summer Camps

Summer Camp Reflections: Freaking Out About Science!

Summer Camp Reflections: A Day in the Life of an LDS Summer Camp Amateur Author

Erin Roberts, Summer Camps Lead Instructor, is responsible for creating and delivering the curriculum for RISE and Tell and she sits down with me virtually to fill me in on her experience.

ARISE Newsletter Summer 2020

World’s only evidence-based social skills program for teens to launch at LDS this winter

LDS is now certified to offer PEERS®—the only evidence-based teen social skills program in the world!

How SAP’s Social Sabbatical Project Team Helped Us Solve our Data Dilemma

RISE Summer Camps Series: Reflections on the emotional investment of our camp counsellors

For the first time, LDS offered RISE Summer Camps specially designed for kids with learning differences. We chatted with Matt Tikkanen to find out what the Summer Camp experience has been like from an instructor perspective.