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About the Project

ACCPC has collaborated with KidsAbility-Centre for Child Development and Bridges-Canada to bring the pilot Early Literacy Project to students with physical and/or communication disabilities in Waterloo, Ontario.

A demonstration site at KidsAbility-Centre for Child Development, will be developed to support early literacy development for children who are junior kindergarten age. The innovative project will focus on the needs of children who have physical disabilities and/or who require augmentative and alternative communication.

Children’s awareness and literacy skills will be strengthened through:

• Adapting the environment
• Providing reading and writing resources that are accessible
• Providing training to parents, school staff and community professionals

State of the art technology to support this project will be provided by Bridges-Canada.

The pilot project’s operational costs are being funded by The Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Project ended 2005.