City of Edmonton workshops for siblings of children with special needs. We don't have personal experience with these workshops, so you may want to find out more from the organizers

Survey Opportunity

A group of researchers from Brock University and York University have launched a new health survey and are looking for parents of Canadian children and youth (age 10-16 years) with severe developmental disabilities to participate in a survey regarding their needs and access to health care and other services. 

• website
• June 2011 Inclusive Education Report
• June 2011 Special Needs Task Force: Recommendation Report
• "How to Create Inclusive School Communities - Administrator's Handbook" - EPSB publication
• "Suggested Best Practices: Welcoming Parents of Students with Special Needs in Community Schools"

Edmonton Catholic School District:

• website
The district continues to move forward with the Katholos initiative and is seeking to provide information to parents and community members. Watch for future updates and opportunities to provide feedback to the district.

"Inclusion: The Right Thing for All Students"   article

• Viewpoint - New York Times
• Author: Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Ph.D.
• Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Ph.D., is a member of the affiliate faculty with the National Center on Inclusive Education at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. In 2008 she received the National Down Syndrome Congress Education Award for her leadership and pioneering research supporting the inclusion of students with Down syndrome. She has written this open letter to Shael Polakow-Suransky, the chief academic officer for New York City schools.

"Straight Talk About Inclusive Education" article

• Author: Tim Loreman, Concordia College
• printed in Spring 2009 edition of Cass Connections, newsmagazine of the College of Alberta School Superintendents
• Tim Loreman, Ph.D., is a Professor at Concordia University College of Alberta and is editor of the International Journal of Whole Schooling. Dr. Tim Loreman has to his credit numerous peer-reviewed articles and books primarily focused on the subject of inclusion and childhood. Tim holds a number of major Canadian research grants, and continues to present at major international and national conferences.

 Alberta Education

• website
• Action on Inclusion main page
• Detailed links to Action on Inclusion items here (included in items from May 2011 Presentation Series  event with Alberta Education)
• "Standards for Special Education"  (includes downloadable publication)
• "The Learning Team"  (includes downloadable publication)
• "Making a Difference: Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction" (includes downloadable publication)