Fall-Winter 2006/2007

Updated Information :

Parents with children who have special needs: you can train as a Parent Consultant in Educational Advocacy and work on a fee-for service basis. Find out more !

THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION ADVOCATES (www.oaea.ca) Is Now Conducting its Parent Consultant Training Program for Education Consultants on the state-of-the-art Website of the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario. (see LDAO website) Visit www.oaea.ca for information about our Programs and registation.

The Program is also be available at George Brown college in Toronto this Fall and Winter. (2006-07)

Dr. Norm Forman, Executive Director, and Mr. Robert Clements, Program Director of The Ontario Association of Education Advocates are teaching the courses in The Parent Consultant Training Program. This innovative program is designed for parents and professionals who are engaged in advocating for the special needs of school children.

Program details along with registration information can be found on the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario website. The next session begins on September 18, 2006.

The Program covers : The Psychology of Advocacy, Information Gathering and Files for Advocacy Action, The School Bureacracy and other topics with readings, assignments and discussions. There will also be explorations of education law, tests and measurements, the role of the principal and IPRCs and IEPs.

After successful completion of the Program, certificate candidates will have the opportunity for a practicum supervision program involving 50 hours of advocacy work as part of their training.

If you would like additional information call Dr. N. Forman at 416-429-8511 or click here to Email Dr. Forman. Please include your name and a contact number in your email.

Dr Norm Forman is a Registered Psychologist, Advocacy Consultant, and Executive Director of The Ontario Association of Education Advocates as well as Administrator of Parent's Advocacy in the School.

Dr. Forman is a member of the Canadian Psychological Association, author of Exceptional Children--Ordinary Schools, a member of the Special Education Advisory Committee of the Toronto District School Board, and contributor to a book for families of children with Tourette Syndrome. He has made numerous presentations and conducted many workshops relating to exceptional children. He holds a Doctor of Education Degree from Rutgers University.

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

Doctor Forman and Mr. Clements will be making presentations to the International meeting of the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada, to the annual meeting of Parent's for Children's Mental Health, to the 50th Anniversary Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children and at the St. Lawrence Forum in the Fall of 2006 and the Winter of 2007.