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Dear Mr. Fassbender: All You Really Need to Know You Learned in Kindergarten

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Note: This post is written in response to the BC Minster of Education, Peter Fassbender’s, CKNW radio interview regarding the labour dispute with the public school teachers of British Columbia (BCTF). Today I took part in a live-tweet response during … Continue reading →

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Aa is for Applecus and Autism: A look back at supporting language development (via Thirty Days of Autism)

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

The other day I was reading about a mother's excitement over her daughter's language acquisition. It had me thinking back and remembering how that felt for us. My son is now 12 and has amazing expressive language – it took … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis: AUTISM …part 1 (via Thirty Days of Autism)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

Every so often I am contacted by parents who hear about me through their sister-in-law, or are friends of a friend, or they know someone who knows me, and they need support in the midst of the diagnostic process… or … Continue reading →

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Aa is for Applecus and Autism: A look back at supporting language development

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Leah Kelley, Ed.D.

The other day I was reading about a mother’s excitement over her daughter’s language acquisition. It had me thinking back and remembering how that felt for us. My son is now 12 and has amazing expressive language – it took … Continue reading →