Resources for Parents

Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada  https://caddac.ca/

Various options through Canada Revenue Agency, click on this link and then the “CRA” tab: https://caddac.ca/additional-resources/

Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance  https://www.caddra.ca/

Supportive Organizations:

• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada has chapters in each province​

• Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities - has a good newsletter

• Provincial Outreach Program for Autism & Related Disorders (POPARD) in BC

• Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (POPFASD) in BC

Tina's blog on Expecting Diversity

Get Ready - Do - Done strategy by Sarah Ward: https://www.efpractice.com/gallery-1

Alert Program for self-regulation for ADHD, FASD, ASD: https://www.alertprogram.com/parents/

FASD Institute: https://fasdinstitute.com/

The FASD Project - "The FASD project is a societal wake-up call - a film in the making to increase awareness of the risks of alcohol consumption":  https://thefasdproject.org/

Parents' role in homework: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/03/22/fourth-grade-book-report-let-your-fourth-grader-do-it/?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/gw8i8fHPYn

Summary of Alfie Kohn's work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/26/homework-an-unnecessary-evil-surprising-findings-from-new-research/?utm_term=.f71d8e0cfa24

If we're going to give homework, let's make it meaningful: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/kitchen-table-connections-re-envision-homework-clare-roach 

Quick tips for parents and schools: http://www.smartkidswithld.org/community/ask-the-experts/taming-homework-monster/

Is too much homework bad for kids' health?:  http://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-more-homework-means-more-stress-031114#1

Homework: What does the Hattie research actually say?: https://headguruteacher.com/2012/10/21/homework-what-does-the-hattie-research-actually-say/  

Tina's blog on this topic

Parent homework letter

Dyslexia

• Early signs and intervention​

• Advice for parents from Dr. Shaywitz