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Provincial organization for groups providing horseback riding as therapy for people with disabilities. We are a registered charitable organization, committed to improving the quality of life for young people and adults who have disabilities.
Enables participants to experience a sense of belonging and an enhanced quality of life. This is accomplished by providing quality social and recreational opportunities focusing on children and young adults with disabilities.
The purpose of Beyond the Box Basics is to encourage awareness of abilities and to provide information on the “how to” of successfully involving children/students with diverse needs. Presentations will be individually tailored to meet the needs and numbers of the workshop participants.
Bloom is a playful, non-judgemental and supportive community that enhances the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families through a comprehensive range of Expressive Arts & Movement Programs that strive to pursue joy, sustain health and offer belonging and purpose.
Advanced sensory learning program that stimulates, builds and nourishes the brain. Effects lasting learning and brain functioning by retraining neurological pathways through light, sound, motion, olfactory, touch, electromagnetic & magnetic fields, and nutrition. Powerful program that gets lasting results.
Comprised of three distinct programs – Bridges Program, Children’s Fetal Alcohol Services, and the Southeast Home Visitation Program. Provides family support for a wide range of concerns.
A Designated Special Education Private School (DSEPS) in the province of Nova Scotia. Provides individualized programming for students who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities (LD) and/or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Students are average or above-average intelligence, but struggle with a specific neurological disorder that impacts their ability to store, process, retrieve or communicate information.
The British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD) is an organisation for professionals working in the field of childhood disability in the UK.
The group operates as an affiliate group of the British Association of Community Child Health, a specialty group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and as the UK branch of the European Academy of Childhood Disability.
Founded in 1978 to foster the professional development of art therapy in British Columbia. The Association acts as a provincial voice governing the standards and practice of the profession and its practitioners.
BILD is the British Institute of Learning Disabilities. We want people with learning disabilities to be valued equally, participate fully in their communities and be treated with dignity and respect.
A charitable family-based organization formed to better the lives of individuals with ADD/ADHD and those who care for them.
CCLS is committed to ensuring persons with developmental disabilities have dignity, rights and freedom.
Committed to improving lives for persons with developmental disabilities in Calgary and area for over 15 years.
A consumer-directed, university-affiliated centre dedicated to research, education and information dissemination on disability issues.
Research programmes at CanChild concentrate on children and youth with disabilities and their families within the context of the communities in which they live. Our focus is on the interrelationships between individuals, their families, communities, and health systems.