Thank you to our SLP Professional Practice Leader Marilyn Noort for sharing this excellent summary of current research and easy read on language impairments and bilingual language learners.
Here’s the link: http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Articles/Can-children-with-language-impairments-learn-two-l
We encourage all our clinicians to complete the San’yas Core Indigenous Cultural Safety Health Training, an 8-week, self-paced training program. If you are an employee of one the following health authorities, you may be able to access a pre-purchased training seat, free-of-charge: Provincial Health Services Authority, Northern Health Authority, Interior Health Authority, Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Ministry of Health. Many of our clinicians have completed the training and have found it useful.
The UBC Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA) has launched a free, self-paced, online professional development program: Autism & Neurodiversity in the Workplace.
“The program is designed to assist human resource professionals, employers, supervisors, managers, co-workers, job coaches and counsellors, autistic employees, parents, students, and anyone interested in inclusive employment to learn practical strategies on how to support all employees to be successful on the job.”
Here is the link: https://circa.educ.ubc.ca/autism-in-the-workplace/
