...researchers pay little attention to the career experiences of persons with disabilities (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2002). Even scholars who call on the profession to engage in more advocacy often fail to identify the near silence that exists on behalf of persons with disabilities (Niles & Harris Bowlsbey, 2002). Clearly, this is an embarrassing, and inexcusable, gap in the career development literature (Niles & Harris Bowlsbey, 2002). Based on the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) of 2006, people with disabilities make up 16.5% of the adult population 15 years and older in Canada, or nearly 4.2 million people (Counsel of Canadians with Disabilities, 2013). People classified as having a disability in PALS are those who indicate any difficulty hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing any similar activities or who have a physical condition or mental condition or health problem that reduces the amount or kind of activity they can do at home, work or school or in other activities such as transportation or leisure (Counsel of Canadians with Disabilities, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the unique career considerations of the disabled in the career counseling process. Three career counseling services will be illustrated that will meet the needs of a specific type of disability. Legislation The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Section...
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...income. In Canada, the welfare system is a multi billion dollar government system that transfers money and services to Canadians that deal with many needs such as poverty, homelessness, unemployment, immigration, aging, illness, workplace injury, disability, and the needs of children, women, gay, lesbian, and transgendered people. The major welfare system programs include Social Assistance, the Canada Child Tax Benefit, Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement, Employment Insurance, the Canada and Quebec Pension Plan, Workers’ Compensation, public education, medicare, social housing and social services. Programs are funded and delivered by the federal, provincial and municipal governments. While most applicants should view the program as a temporary bridge to uplift themselves through their lives, and for some applicants it may be a long term requirement that may be needed throughout their lives. When applying for these resources its important when putting information such as income and assets in a truthfully way such as marriage states or legal name upfront. Following the approach of their provincial or territorial counterpart, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has adopted similar terms and conditions of social assistance programs. Funding for social assistance activities is provided by INAC to First Nations communities, who in turn deliver programs and services to community members. A Brief History of Federal Social Assistance: 1966 - Canada Assistance...
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...Most research on learning disabilities (LD) is conducted on relatively small samples, with the majority of work being focused on school aged populations, and in particular those in the elementary school age/grade range. Thus, there has been little research available specifically focused on an adult population (Gottardo, Siegel, & Stanovich, 1997) as illustrated by an attempt at a meta-analytic review of research on remedial programs for adults that was unsuccessful due to the small number of studies, differing intervention strategies, different samples used, and methodological concerns (Torgerson, Porthouse, & Brooks, 2003). In addition, it has been suggested that those working with the adult literacy community and those working with the adult learning disability community have typically had different pedagogical approaches, assumptions, target populations and interventions (Fowler, & Scarborough, 1993). However, accumulated evidence from research on children and adults suggests that this dichotomy may not be a useful approach. In particular, it has been repeatedly demonstrated within a school aged population that those meeting traditional definitions for reading disabilities do not differ in meaningful ways from those simply classified as poor readers. In both cases, primary deficits in cognitive-linguistic domains, such as phonological processing, have been identified (Felton, & Wood, 1992; Shaywitz, Fletcher, Holahan, & Shaywitz, 1992; Siegel, 1989; Vellutino, Scanlon, &...
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...bloated belly or of a mother searching through rubble in the hopes of finding food are ones that have long haunted our world and that must be changed immediately. Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty infiltrate on a vast majority of the people on the planet and many individuals are affected by these preventable causes. It is time not to just speak out against world hunger but to do something about it. In Canada, the issue of malnutrition is quickly escalating as more and more individuals are experiencing hunger by having little or no food in their presence. HungerCount 2013, a comprehensive report on hunger and food bank usage in Canada shows several detailed findings of dilemmas Canadians are currently experiencing. During a time of apparent economic recovery, far too many Canadians are still struggling to put food on the table. The report explains issues that Canadians are experiencing and seeks address the root causes and provide solutions. There are many inter-connected issues causing hunger and poverty. For instance, low income is one of the most prominent causes since Canada has lost hundreds of thousands well paying jobs over the past 30 years. Manufacturing has fled to other parts of the world where products can be made at a significantly lower cost (Pegg, 2013). The jobs that have replaced them are most likely to be low-paying, part-time, and temporary. Furthermore, access to education and training can be extremely frustrating for individuals who have not acquired the skills...
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...divided into different practice areas including those related to children, youth, the elderly and mental health. In Canada, it is practiced in settings found in both urban and rural areas, such as hospitals, private clinics, rehabilitation centres, nursing homes and private households. An occupational therapist works with clients of all ages whose difficulties may have been present since birth or as a result of an accident, illness, aging...
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...|Carleton University |Department of Law and Legal Studies | Course Outline | | | | |Course: | |LAWS 2301T | | | | | |Term: | |Summer 2016 | | | | | |Prerequisites: | |LAWS 1000 | |Class: |Day & Time: |online | | |Room: |N/A - there is no classroom; lectures will be viewable online | | | | ...
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...The minority group of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) are often treated as pariahs in the workplace and hide their sexuality for fear of losing their jobs, they are also affected by the glass ceiling effect (Daft, 2010). A survey conducted by the Williams institute found that 27.1 percent of LGBT employees suffered discrimination and 23.8 percent hid their orientation from co-workers. In Canada 1.1 percent aged 18 to 59 identified as gay or lesbian (Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), 2013). The LGBT community represents a large unexploited market in Canada estimated at 100 billion or 10 percent of the consumer market (Stevens, 2011). This represents a key argument for diversity as a business imperative, promoting inclusiveness in the workplace yields greater insights to a growing diverse consumer base. EY employs several initiatives to encourage inclusiveness of LGBT employees; they offer key benefits such as insurance for same sex spouses and domestic partners, stands out as leaders in communities by supporting LGBT organizations through sponsorship and participation through board involvement (EY, 2013). They founded Unity a professional support network for LGBT employees which has over 1700 members in over...
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...or system that can be used to increase, maintain or improve the functions of a child with a disability. It is important to note that there is an exception to the term, that being it does not include medical devices used by the student that are surgically implanted. These devices can then be further categorized into low-tech, mid-tech, and high-tech tools. Assistive technology services is an service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of a assistive technology device. These services may include...
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...Cover Sheet for FAHSS Undergraduate Course Outlines revised: November 9, 2015 (The first 5 pages are required to appear as the front pages of all FAHSS Course Syllabi. A full course syllabus may be attached following these pages or distributed as a separate document.) |Course Number/Course Title: |45-412 Canadian Federalism & 45-513 Federalism in Canada | |Department/AAU: |Political Science | |Semester: |Winter 2016 | |Course Instructor: |Dr. Cheryl Collier | |Classroom & Time: |Chrysler Hall North 1137 Fridays 10:00am-12:50pm | |Contact Information: |519-253-3000 ext. 2351 | |Phone & Email address: |ccollier@uwindsor.ca | |Office Location: |1141 Chrysler Hall North ...
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...business. 2. To understand the potential impact of these external factors on business. 3. To obtain an understanding of the challenges & opportunities present in the Canadian business context. 4. To encourage critical thinking regarding the external challenges that must be addressed as part of successful business strategy. Prerequisite: None REQUIRED TEXT Karakowsky, L. (2013). Exploring The Canadian Business Environment, SECOND EDITION. Pearson: Toronto COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE SESSION 1: The Context of Business: A Framework Learning Goal: To consider why the most logical starting point to undertaking studies in business is to look “outside” the walls of business and see the bigger picture. We will identify and examine the major external contexts within which all businesses operate. Reading: Chapter 1 Case: Facebook: when your friends are worth a billion. (p. 24-26) SESSION 2: Societal Context Learning Goal: To recognize the nature of business’s role in society. We identify the notion of...
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...BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 1999. [2] BlackBerry functions as a personal digital assistant with address book, calendar, memopad and task list capabilities. It also functions as a portable media player with support for music and video playback and camera and video capabilities. BlackBerry is primarily known for its ability to send and receive (push) Internet e-mail wherever mobile network service coverage is present, or through Wi-Fi connectivity. BlackBerry is mainly a messaging phone with the largest array of messaging features in a smartphone today, including auto-text, auto-correct, text prediction, support for many languages, keyboard shortcuts, text emoticons, push email, push Facebook, Twitter and Myspace notifications, push Ebay notifications, push instant messaging with BlackBerry Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, AOL Instant Messanger and Yahoo Messenger; threaded text messaging and a customizable indicator light near the top right of all Blackberry devices. All notifications and conversations from applications are shown in a unified messaging application which third party applications can access also. Many of these applications would have to be running in the background of other phones to be used. BlackBerry's push gives BlackBerry devices their renowned battery life. All data on the phone is compressed through BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS)...
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...Factors Influencing Current Adult Learning Abstract AET/505 November 11, 2012 Factors Influencing Current Adult Learning Abstract The global trend for adult learning is that everyone agrees that participation is good thing, however they all realize there are barriers to participation (Brookfield, S.,2000). The future of adult education is that first information on adult education learning has to be received by the workforces of the world (Kasworm, C., 2007). The future also depends on the digitbal provides of education that need to create accessible and universal opportunities for adult learners (Kasworm, C., 2007). Knowledge is updated daily and these providers must keep up with the world. Technology is changing every day and those that want to provide the education opportunities must change with it. The digital educators must realize that the workforce they are continually educating is not always those that are working. They sometimes will be the undereducated, the disenfranchised and the dislocated worker. All will be trying to further their educations in hope of a better job or life (Kasworm, C., 2007). The educators are not always the edcuational institutions, they include government at all levels, employers and community institutions such as librarys (Merriam, S., Caffarella, R., & Baumgartner, L. ,2007). It is proven that the adults that are socialized and take advantage of the learning opportunities will acquire the skills needed to further their lives...
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...Classroom: The Teaching Methods Inclusion is the best way to meet the needs of all the children involved in a classroom setting. A teacher’s role and teaching methods need to change in an inclusion classroom. Inclusion provides the diversity of processing special education children in with the mainstream children to enrich the learning environment. Inclusion means the act or practice of including students with disabilities in regular school classes (Merriam Webster, 2011). Although research on the long term effects of inclusion may be sketchy, there is some evidence of the positive effects of inclusive education on the students who are not disabled. When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandated that children with disabilities be educated with the children who did not have a disability, education in the United States changed (ED.gov). Before this act, few classrooms included students with disabilities. As late as the middle 1970s, an estimated one million children with disabilities did not even attend school (Inclusion Confusion, 1999). Special education changed with the passage of the 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and its 1997 amendments. This legislation moved children with special needs from their separate rooms into regular classrooms. To meet the demands of the IDEA, schools must provide students with a chance to be in a mainstream classroom environment before placing them in a special education classroom. Recently there...
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...Helping people with dyslexia: a national action agenda Report to the Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, from the Dyslexia Working Party: Jim Bond Max Coltheart [Chair] Tim Connell Nola Firth Margaret Hardy Mandy Nayton Jenny Shaw Angela Weeks Submitted January 10 2010 2 Introduction During 2008 the Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, met with representatives from dyslexia interest groups who expressed concern that dyslexia is not recognized as a specific disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and that the education and employment systems do not recognize or support people with dyslexia. Following these meetings the Parliamentary Secretary requested the FaHCSIA convene a roundtable Forum to discuss these issues. This Dyslexia Stakeholder Forum was held at Parliament House Canberra on 16 June 2009. The Forum consisted of 24 people who were scientists in the areas of reading or learning disabilities, technologists, people with dyslexia, clinicians and practitioners, or representatives from DEEWR and FaHCSIA. It was decided that a representative Working Party of 8 Forum members should be formed, charged with the task of writing a report proposing a national agenda for action to assist people with dyslexia. The Working Party consulted widely and in particular benefited from comments on a draft report that were received from the following authorities (all...
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...Ashley Gomes Larena Barnett 1/18/2016 EDU 213 Presentation can be found at: http://prezi.com/bb74oi0di1xb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy In Pre-K children learn through playing. In the very early years of life, playing and using their imagin gives children a chance to make connections. When playing store, it is common for children to ask their teacher what a specific food is or what a box says. In first grade children begin to learn from their mistakes. When they do things wrong one way they then learn what not to do next time, and what to try instead. In third grade children learn by working together. This allows students to pull from the information the other students know. The students help each other and this gives the children a chance to learn different problem solving methods. Testing students give teachers a great indicator of how much each student knows. This will give the teacher a good starter point or gives them a chance to prepare for what they may have to go over again. Finding students strong points and making the connections on how that subject was taught gives the teacher a great indicator of how they learn. There are many different ways to learn; Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. Visual learners use images to help better understand what is bring taught. Somone telling you an apple is red or the sky is blue does not hold as much promise as knowing that an apple is red because you have seen it or the sky is blue because you stood outside and...
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