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The stories in this edition of clarity introduce aspects of the five themes now being researched through The Network. We encourage you to review each story – as it is in the integration of real life and different scientific disciplines that we find complete answers. |
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| 30% of Canadians live in rural or isolated communities. This population faces special literacy challenges for many reasons, and as a result, unique interventions are required to improve their reading and writing skills. A current study on the impact of oral family histories could change the context of reading and writing education, thereby improving language and literacy development... |
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| A 13-year boy has a speech deficiency that is finally noticed as serious by his parents. Looking deeper, the root cause is actually an auditory impairment that could have been corrected in the first few years of the child’s life – had only we known more about higher level brain processing mechanisms and neuron activity. Research into auditory system and early brain stimulation is generating a new discussion... |
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| When a four-year old child received his first glasses, one of the first things he said was – ‘mommy, I didn’t know trees had pointed things on them; I thought they were circles’. He was referring to the leaves. For four years, unbeknownst even to his Mother, the child had a vision impairment. New methods for vision screening among pre-school children are needed... |
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| The series of tests needed to determine specific skill deficiencies among readers of French do not exist in the Canadian context. This impacts Quebecois and all Canadians involved in French immersion and language development. But change is coming... |
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| Research is being developed to create a computer-based, functional assessment tool that will measure how children with serious speech impairments make themselves understood... |
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Language and literacy are the foundation of social, academic and occupational success. Yet 25% of Canadian adults, who can barely read simple printed materials, cannot share in that success. We will change this fact by addressing language and literacy development issues among children. We can improve on the good work that exists by adding evidence-based science and research to the national effort. As part of the Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), we will train the next generation of specialists and engage the right partners to make change possible. |
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