The authors begin by explaining that assistive technology refers to any piece of equipment, product or system that directly assists, maintains, or improves the functional capabilities of people with learning disabilities.
This facilitator’s guide is part of Knowing When Enough is Enough, a resource prepared by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
In addition to the facilitator’s guide, the resource includes a comic and fact sheets, written in plain language, for the participants.
This fact sheet is part of a resource kit developed by the Calgary-based Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute (VRRI), an agency that helps people with disabilities as well as the community at large.
The authors offer suggestions for avoiding becoming a target for bullying; reporting bullying; preventing social bullying; and dealing with cyber bullying.
M.O.V.E. is both a practical tool and a social action model. It starts with a discussion among youth about
their personal issues of violence. The participants work their way through five modules of activities,
carried out over two days each.
In surveying Canadians with lower levels of literacy, the study found that they want to be better informed on issues that are relevant to their everyday lives, and that a mere 14 percent indicated that they receive enough information from the government.
This report keys in on the findings of the International Adult Literacy Survey (i.e., "the large number of Canadians with low literacy skills") and reviews "coping strategies" used by those Canadians to deal with departments such as Revenue Canada (e.g., filling out income tax returns) and large institutions such as banks.
