Parent Resources

• Tip Sheets for Parents about Education Tips on parent-teacher interviews, starting school, solving problems at school, special education, making choices in high school, EQAO testing.  Tip sheets  can be viewed and/or printed in many languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Filipino, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Tigrinya, and Urdu.
• Tips and Tools for Parents (Document) This site gives parents practical ideas on fun and everyday ways to help their children with reading, writing and math.
• TDSB Parent Tool Kit
  
• 10 Tips to help your child with math
• Edugains: Home Support - Web links and other resources to help you support your child with math at home.

• TVO Parents The TVO Parents site has information and video clips for parents on a variety of topics related to School & Learning, Health & Development, and Social & Emotional issues.
• A Guide to the Home School Program
• Parenting in the Digital Age

Special Education Links
​(from the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario)

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Resource Centre ADHD parent resources on the Hospital for Sick Children’s Aboutkidshealth website.
  
• The ABCs of Mental Health (Parent and Teacher Resources)
• Learning Disabilities Online A comprehensive American web site on learning disabilities and ADHD, with many articles on a variety of topics.
  
• Ontario Ministry of Education, Special Education Information for parents and educators on how special education works in Ontario, including legislation, policies and resource documents.
  

• Smart Kids with LD Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities® is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing useful, authoritative information from experts, practical advice and support from parents, and inspiration from successful adults living with LD and ADHD. 

• Teach ADHD The mission of TeachADHD is to provide teachers and other education professionals with resources and materials that have been developed specifically to bridge the substantial gap between current neuroscientific understanding of ADHD and classroom practice. Contains numerous resources and plenty of good information (Canadian).

• Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education A website developed by the Ontario Teachers Federation with funding from the Ministry of Education, which contains teaching strategies and resources for educators, for different exceptionalities.

• ESL Resources 
  
• Kids Mental Health This page contains resources about the most common mental health problems present in today’s classrooms, including anxiety and mood disorders, AD/HD, and behavioural disorders. You will find tips on early identification and intervention, practical suggestions on accommodating and responding to kids with mental health problems, and ways to combat stigma in the classroom.