Retired teachers eye One Kids Place

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The Retired Teachers of Ontario have elected One Kids Place as one of their special projects as they continue service to others.

Full details contained in the submitted article from OKP below.

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RTO/ERO Project - Service to Others is a Provincial RTO (Retired Teachers of Ontario)program which provides grants to Districts for initiatives which support the concept of "Service to Others".

One Kids Place Children’s Treatment Centre is receiving an RTO/ERO Project-Service to Others grant of $3,000 to assist in the development of a series of French handouts and French home programs to be made available to parents/caregivers/agencies working with children in the District of Nipissing. This information is not currently available commercially in a specific French format to meet individual needs and the linguistic/cultural gaps in service.

This project will take place for 12 weeks during May—August, 2007. A bilingual university summer student planning on studying in the allied health profession field has been hired to gather the information and work with a Speech-Language Pathologist, Physiotherapist and an Occupational Therapist to develop new programs in French and prepare existing English programs to be sent for translation.

French language retired teachers will volunteer to proofread the information for readability and correct spelling and grammar appropriate to the language and reading level of parents and the general community.

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