Scholarship Recipients Announced at Conference
Scholarship Recipients for the Jeanette Holden Post-Secondary Scholarship for Siblings of Individuals with ASD and the Eleanor Ritchie Post-Secondary Scholarship for Individuals with ASD were announced at the Autism Ontario ASD Conference “Building a Community of Acceptance” on June 16, 2007. Please help us celebrate these individuals by sharing the information with your chapter members.
Eleanor Ritchie Scholarship
Along with donations from Chapters, we were delighted to receive a one-time donation from an individual that allowed us to support all 6 applicants for this scholarship.
Matthew Brown from Burlington
Jordon Eady from Ottawa
Mackenzie Neal from Goderich
Maureen Pytlik from Ottawa
Richard Keegan from Thunder Bay
David Spiers from Ottawa
Jeanette Holden Scholarship
At the Conference, we were able to announce 5 recipients for the scholarship supported by donations from chapters and individuals. As of Wednesday this week, we have received additional donations which have allowed us to support 2 more for a total of 7 scholarships.
Evan Crawford from Brechin
Nicole DeRepentigny from Apple Hill
Lesslie Elliot from Sault Ste. Marie
Leah Kesselman from Guelph
Ryley Neal from Goderich
Shealyn Niles of Thunder Bay
Lydia Wikkerink from Elmira
Autism Ontario Conference A Success! Next up: SEAC Rep Training
Save the Date: October 19 & 20, 2007 is the next time representatives from across the province come together to learn and network.
Our October session is designed to train our SEAC reps and alternates on our organization, policies, and other special items. As a SEAC rep. or alternate, what do you need to know in order to fulfill your role in an informed and responsible way? Submit your ideas to Karyn@autismontario.com. (P.S. Presidents’ Council takes place on the evening of October 19th.)
Interested in finding out more about the role of a SEAC rep or alternate? Most of our Chapters have at least one rep or alternate position currently available. Contact your local Chapter.
Bridges' needs AT trainers
Forwarded from Jean Woolford, Special Projects at Autism Ontario:
Hi Jean:
I’m asking for a favour. Because of overwhelming demand, Bridges is expanding its professional development program and we have to hire new trainers. We thought we’d ask our friends to see if they might know someone who would be interested in this kind of work.
Trainers will be paid per hour, will work during the school calendar (so summers and Christmas and March break will be off, for the most part) and during the school day. They will be working with small groups and individual students and educators mostly in the GTA, but there are a limited number of opportunities in other parts of Ontario. The software they will work with will be an LD suite which may include Kurzweil, Draft:Builder, Co:Writer, Write:Outloud, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Smart Ideas and/or a suite used predominantly with ASD/DD kids that may include Boardmaker, Classroom Suite, OverlayMaker and Writing with Symbols. We will train potential trainers over the summer but experience with 2 out of the above in either of the LD or ASD/DD suites is preferable. We expect that typically trainers would be working about 3 days a week but that may be up to 5 days a week at peak periods, about 6 hours/day.
I think this would be a great opportunity for EA’s, teachers, CDA’s or other professionals who:
- May be retiring but are looking for extra work.
- Coming back from maternity or long term disability leave, but may not want to work full time in the classroom or clinic.
- Are taking a sabbatical year and want to expand their abilities in assistive technologies.
- Are looking for an alternative and/or supplement to supply teaching.
- A mature recent graduate who may be looking for an alternative to clinic or classroom work.
Potential candidates can contact me and I’ll pass on the information to our search committee.
We are also looking for a French speaker who would also be willing to travel to Quebec and other parts of Canada. This would probably be more of a full time position.
Thank you for your help in this.
Best regards,
Bogdan Pospielovsky
Bridges
Phone: 1-800-353-1107 ext. 234
ARCH Alert
On behalf of ARCH, please find attached this issue of ARCH Alert, published on 18 June 2007. It has been provided to you in both Word and text formats.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
- Letter from Nominations Committee
- Note from Phyllis Gordon, Executive Director
- Final Customer Service Standard Released to Minister
- New AccessON Website Launched
- Government Action Line Expanded to those Receiving CCAC Services
- CRTC Issues New Policy on Closed Captioning
- Accessing Safe Assistive Devices in Canada
- Ontario Human Rights Commission's Consultations on Rental Housing
- Ontario Human Rights Commission Releases Family Status Report and Policy
- CanWest Challenges Restriction on Direct to Consumer Ads
- Mental Health Commission of Canada is Looking for Board Members
- Assembly Releases its Recommendation on New Electoral System for Ontario
- On-Line Library of Free or Inexpensive Adaptive Software
Theresa Sciberras
Administrative Assistant
ARCH Disability Law Centre
425 Bloor St. E., Ste. 110
Toronto, Ontario M4W 3R5
Tel.: 416-482-8255 Toll-free: 1-866-482-2724
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