ABC Toronto
The Toronto chapter of ABC Ontario is currently seeking more local volunteers to get involved.
If you are interested in volunteering, taking on a leadership role or getting in touch with other families and educators in the Toronto region, please contact us.
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ABC Toronto
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SAVE THE DATE
ABC Ontario Annual Family Event & AGM
"Making the Connection"
Sunday April 14th, 2019
11:00am-3:00pm
TIFF Festival Tower
King & John Toronto Ontario
FREE for Adults and Children. Limited Spaces.
Watch this space for Registration instructions coming soon.
Children's Programming: 4 hour Film-in-a-Day Workshop Co-hosted by TIFF
Parent Programming: Key Note Speaker & Special Guests,
Networking, SENG Model Parent Group (SMPG) Intro
SEAC Sharing Session, Chapter Boot Camp, Provincial Council & AGM
PAST EVENT:
Sunday October 14th, 2018
Full day Gifted Conference with speakers from www.sengifted.org (SENG)
Experts on 2E and social-emotional well-being will be featured at this exciting upcoming event.
SMPG facilitator training: Saturday October 13th, 2018
Plus children's programming at the Ontario Science Centre and more!
PAST EVENT: ABC Ontario Toronto Chapter hosts 2E Conference
Join us for this year's jam-packed one day conference featuring an outstanding roster of renowned and respected Canadian researchers and presenters.
When: Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 12:30 PM - 5 PM
Where: 851 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4P 2L5, Canada
ABC Toronto in conjunction with Northern’s Gifted Advisory Committee, the School Council and the Northern LD Committee has organized a mini conference to discuss twice exceptional children.
This conference is for the parents of children with LD’s and gifted children who also may have ADHD, LD, ASD, etc.
Our first speaker is Carol Barnes, a Canadian who lives in Australia where she holds a part-time honorary appointment as a Visiting Fellow (gifted education) at GERRIC within the School of Education at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. Carol is also national coordinator and Sydney meeting convenor for GLD Australia, a not-for-profit online learning community/support group focussing on gifted learners with disability (GLD) – also sometimes called ‘twice-exceptional’ students (2E). She is vice-president/parent support group convenor of the Queensland gifted association’s branch on the Gold Coast, where she is a PhD candidate in Law at Bond University.
Carol’s presentation will focus on the child who is gifted “with something else going on” which can sometimes interfere with school achievement and/or social/emotional well-being. Not all learning impairments are evident in early childhood - indeed, the higher the IQ, the later they are usually identified. And once the identification is made, what is it reasonable to ask teachers to do at school to support the child? What can parents do at home? If you’re keen to learn some practical strategies which will enhance your relationship with your child and with their teachers - next week and next decade - then come along and compare experiences with other parents.
One of the common terms you’re likely to hear if your child struggles with organization — is executive functioning. We have a speaker coming from the Integra Program (LD services) to talk about executive functioning issues for students with LD/ADHD.
Another hot topic for 2E and or Gifted students is Anxiety. A topic I know many of you are very interested to learn more about. We've invited a psychologist to speak about supports for Anxiety.
There will be a small entry fee to cover the costs of some of the speakers.
Snacks will be available.
Childcare will not be provided.
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