OAFCCD to Create DVD for Families


OAFCCD has been provided with a Parents Reaching Out (PRO) grant, from the Ministry of Education Parent Engagement Office, to create a DVD for families that provides information on the impact of a speech and language impairment on the child's education, and on how parents can contribute to their child's success at school.  

The DVD will use interviews to show how parents can contribute to transition to school, support the Speech-Language Pathologist and participate in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) processes.  The video will emphasize the importance of parent engagement to support student success at school.

Project will link to the OAFCCD A Parent Guide to Supporting Success at School helping Students with Speech and Language Impairments, which was funded by a PRO Grant in 2008-09.

This project is a partnership with the Preschool Speech and Language Programs in Thames Valley, tyke TALK, and Haldimand-Norfolk; Thames Valley and Toronto District School Boards; London Speech and Language Centre, and the University of Western Ontario, School of Communications Sciences and Disorders.  Brian MacKenzie of Round Circle Media is the videographer.

Filming for the video is currently underway and the completed
 DVD should be ready by the summer.

Did you know....

        ...that 1 in 10 Canadians has a speech, language or hearing problem

...an estimated 4% of the preschool population has a significant speech or language disorder

...8% to 12% of school children have some form of speech or language impairment

...communication disorders in school-aged children are often misdiagnosed as learning disabilities or behavioural problems, and can be very difficult to treat in later years.  Children with behavioural problems are ten times more likely than other children to have language disorders

...a child should use 200 or more words by the time they are 2-3 years old and by the age of 4 1/2 their vocabulary should consist of approximately 2000 words

...speech and language disorders are strongly related to failure in reading and writing

...drop our rates in students with communication disorders is 43% compared to 23% in non-impaired students


 
 

Early detection and intervention is vital!

If you have concerns about your child’s speech or language development contact and of the following:

 
  • A Speech Language Pathologist (look in your yellow pages)

  • Your local Preschool Speech and Language Program

  • Your local School Board's Special Education Department

  • OAFCCD