| Gap Academy 4 John Street, Toronto, Ontario M9N 1J3 416 249-1500 Fax 416 246-9155 |
| An innovative approach to teaching pre-teens and adolescents with learning disabilities. |
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"Welcome to the wonderful world of Gap, where things really change."
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| "Expressing oneself is a most vital reminder that we are here, we are alive, and we count." P. Breda |
A student with asberger's who's writing was virtually illegible, and can now take notes, write to be
understood and generally use the written word as a form of communication - impossible a year or
two before.
understood and generally use the written word as a form of communication - impossible a year or
two before.
After many attempted interventions, this Grade 9 brilliant young man could still not write legibly.
After he arrived, we worked on his attention span with exercises to expand interventions, and voila!
Amazing changes after just three months!
After he arrived, we worked on his attention span with exercises to expand interventions, and voila!
Amazing changes after just three months!
| "You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you've got something to say." F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| "To leave a child with a severe writing disability is to cripple him for life." P. Breda |
| A contribution to the new website from a parent of the past. "My son's printing was horrible and his cursive writing was non-existant, although I would have never said that to him directly. I was always scared he never really learn to write. When the ISA approval came through for this laptop at public school, I was elated. I finally thought, he'll be okay now that he can use his laptop. The psychologist concurred. But things were overall so bad at public school, we knew we needed a change. You can imagine my chagrin when the director of Gap refused to allow him to use a computer when he first arrived there. I was horrified to think that after all those years of suffering, and after finally finding a solution, we'd be going through it all over again. I actually kept him home from school on the second and third day while I pondered where else I could send him. I laugh with Paola (the Gap principal) now when we occasionally catch up by phone and remember how I lied about my son being sick so he wouldn't have to face her and his writing problem! Fortunately, my husband reduced my concerns to nothing when he forced my son back to school. I will be forever grateful to him that he saw what Paola saw, instead of what I saw. My son returned to Gap and began his writing program. I have to say I couldn't believe that these teachers with their so-called 'alternative' methods could accomplish anything more than what all the psychologists, writing specialists, and OTs we took our son to see. But succeed they did! We are not one of the examples on this page, but my son's improvements were nonetheless drastic. Today, I am proud to say he writes better than his father - a family doctor!" Thank you Gap! |
Samples from our Writing Program