Vision impairments and strategies to support these learners are often lesser known as there are simply less students with vision impairments in our schools.

Therefore it becomes essential that parents understand their child's needs and are able advocate for their child within the school system.

Listen in as Gillian and I discuss a variety of low-vision related topics and discuss some tools and strategies that may be effective for your child.

ABOUT GILLIAN

Gillian graduated with a Therapeutic Recreation Degree from the University of Waterloo where she realized her passion for special education. After attending the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier, Gillian worked as a Teacher at KidsAbility School, a section 68 school, specializing in preparing students of kindergarten age with exceptionalities for school success (e.g., setting expectations of morning routines, dressing and self-help skills, sitting at circle, etc.). Gillian has been with the Greater Essex County District School Board for five years as a Teacher of the Visually Impaired and has since obtained her Special Education Specialist, a Braille Teaching Certificate and is working towards her specialist in Teaching Students who are Blind and Low Vision.

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Deficits in executive functioning are affecting student success daily in our elementary and secondary schools. These deficits often go unidentified and instead our children are described as forgetful, lazy, disorganized or worse.

Having a fulsome understanding of a child's strengths and needs, how his / her particular brain works, is imperative to a child's academic, social and emotional success both at school and in life.

In this episode, Jacqueline Bissonnette and I discuss how these deficits are impacting our children at school as well as tools and strategies that can be effective in supporting these learners.

ABOUT JACQUELINE

Jacqueline has been working in Psychology for the last 22 years where she has gained lots of experience in working with a variety of children and their families, to provide assessment and consultation. The past 12 years have been within the school setting. Prior to that Jaci was with a community Children’s Centre for 10 years. Growing up in a small town in Ontario Jaci never would have guessed that her interest in education and psychology would bring her to this career. Working with students with a variety of profiles, developmental disabilities, learning disorders and autism (to name a few), has kept her job ever changing and so rewarding!

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Oral language development is imperative to school success. All learning is built on the foundation of oral communication and early intervention in areas of need is key to supporting these learners.

Listen in as Stacey and I discuss the many layers of oral communication as well as tools and strategies to support children with needs in this area.

ABOUT STACEY

Stacey Alexander is a Speech Language Pathologist with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Windsor and a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology from Wayne State University. For over fifteen years, she has enjoyed her career within the education system and supporting families within the community with private practice. Stacey is passionate about supporting educators and parents to help their students and children succeed in school academically and socially.

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