Community Outreach Program

To increase empathy and awareness regarding learning disabilities through
interactive workshops for students, parents, educators, and community at large.

Educator Workshops

Schedule a workshop with your education staff by contacting Angie DeMarco
(communityoutreach@ldasudbury.ca)

LD means Learns Differently
What a learning disability is.
What it is not. What it feels like.
(60 min)

An experimental workshop that builds upon an educators awareness and sense of empathy regarding the challenges faced by students with a learning disability.

Energize Your Abilities
Addressing Anxiety – The Learning Blocker
(75 min)

An orientation of energy balancing techniques that are clinically observed to neutralize your systems negative responses to stress. When a person is less stressed they are able to process information more efficiently.

Student Workshops

For Student Workshops please email: resource@ldasudbury.ca

LD 101 for Little Learners (Gr. 1-3)
(30 min)

Based on the Disney movies this workshop will provide students with an appreciation of their peers “who learn in a different way”, self-advocacy and positive messages about being unique.

LD 101 (Gr. 4-6)
(30 min)

This presentation is designed to explain to newly identified students along with other students what a Learning Disability is, experience what it might be like and important tips on how to advocate for your learning.

Gr. 4-5 Social Skills for Success
(40 min)

This is an interactive and experiential workshop that provides students with advice and tips on how to handle different social situations. It touches on non-verbal communication, confrontation/resolution, respect and friendship.

Gr. 6 Victors of Transition
Transitioning to Grade 7
(45 min)

Based on the movie Hunger Games this workshop will provide the skills necessary to transition to grade 7. The presentation expands on self-advocacy, self-awareness and organization.

LD 101 – Intermediate (Gr. 7-8)
(45 min)

Explains to students what a Learning Disability is, what it may feel like and how we can appreciate that we all learn differently and that’s okay!

High School is Going to be a Slice
Transitioning to High School
(60 min)

Utilizing pizza as a metaphor, this workshop has students identifying the different pieces of the education pie, between elementary and high school.

Gr. 12 Step Up!
Self-Guided USB
(75 min)

Step Up is our new program funded by the Parent Reaching Out grant that assists students in grade twelve with the transition from high school to post-secondary education. This workshop offers helpful tips for the high school level for choosing a post-secondary education path, essential steps to self-advocacy, the application process and knowing how the student learns. For students entering the post-secondary level, the workshop informs students about obtaining services through the accessibility department, time management and stress management skills to have a successful first year of post-secondary education.