Interpreting Services. American Sign Language interpreting and CART services are provided to Nova Scotian students with disabilities participating in post-secondary education through partnership with the Nova Scotia Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This program improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work- related skills for persons with disabilities. Target population is adult Nova Scotians in post-secondary education who are deaf or hard of hearing. Self-managed attendant care services are provided for eligible students through partnership with Independent Living Nova Scotia. This program improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work-related skills for persons with disabilities. Target population is adult Nova Scotians with disabilities who require educational-related attendant care to participate in post-secondary education. Short term skills development interventions are provided for unemployed persons with disabilities in the Province of Nova Scotia served by the Collaborative Partnership Network of Agencies. Through this program, clients with disabilities will have an avenue to apply for financial resources for skills development opportunities. These training programs will be of short term duration, not eligible for student loan funding and available through local educational organizations and institutions as well as on-line. This program is a significant resource in providing a diversity of short term educational interventions in response to employers’ needs. It improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work-related skills for persons with disabilities. It also enhances the knowledge base, which contributes to continuous improvement of labour market policies and programs for persons with disabilities. The target population is adult Nova Scotians with disabilities who are ineligible for Human Resource Investment Fund (HRIF) seeking short term training programs that are not student loan eligible. # Clients in training 315 120 # Clients dropped out* 5 0 # Clients completed training 292 0 # Clients employed** 69 30 # Clients referred for ACC/AT*** 19 0 # Clients referred for ASL Interpreting 1 0 # Client consent forms 412 0 *Dropped out due to course cancellation, personal reasons **Employed (full time, part time, seasonal, self-employed) *** ACC (Referred for accommodations)/ AT (Referred for assistive technology) Skills Canada – Nova Scotia (SCNS) is a not-for-profit organization that helps Nova Scotian youth explore skilled trades and technologies, discover their passion and strive for excellence. Through the Disability Services (DS) initiative, Nova Scotians with disabilities are given these same opportunities to discover skilled trades and technologies. SCNS provides accommodations for persons with disabilities to participate in any of their programs and events and also facilitates workshops specifically forpersons with disabilities. SCNS’s Disability Services initiative is split into three main areas: Accommodating those with disabilities into all programs offered by SCNS; A workshop series to introduce persons with disabilities to various skilled trade and technology areas; Community outreach and awareness. During the 2013-2014 fiscal year, SCNS’s Disability Services initiative facilitated a total of six workshops: two in photography, three in cake decorating and one in job search skills, reaching a total of 43 students. The DS initiative also ensured that the Nova Scotia Skills Competition, Youth Projects and Presentationswere inclusive. Participants in SCNS’s Youth Projects, Nova Scotia Skills Competition, Presentations and Workshops are given the opportunity to self-identify and provide information regarding any accommodations they require. In the past we have provided readers, wheelchair accessories and modified projects for our participants. School year Number of self-identifying students 2012-2013 25 2013-2014 43 School year Number of self-identifying students 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 21 2011-2012 20 2012-2013 21 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ 6 The drop in self-identification numbers between 2012 -2013 and 2013 – 2014 is due to the shift toward inclusion rather than hosting Abilympics competitions specifically for persons with disabilities. School year Number of self-identifying students 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 19 2011-2012 35 2012-2013 16 2013-2014 37 School year Number of self-identifying students 2012-2013 69 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has always had a sweet tooth. When she was a little girl, she would spend time in the kitchen with her mother, watching her bake and helping where she was able. When she started school, ▇▇▇▇▇ struggled to keep pace with her classmates and fell behind. Her teachers took notice and she was soon diagnosed with a learning disability. Meanwhile, she continued to spend time in the kitchen, baking with her mother. It had become a weekend ritual. Despite her struggles in school, ▇▇▇▇▇ found that she didn’t have any trouble reading recipes or correctly measuring the ingredients. By the time ▇▇▇▇▇ entered high school, she had embraced the Learning Centre environment and her grades had improved. She also began to work part-time at a bakery. As her final year approached ▇▇▇▇▇ began to think about her future and what career path she might take. She knew that she really enjoyed working at the bakery, but was unsure if it was the right path. Near the end of the school year, her teacher came to class and announced that a local organization [Skills Canada – Nova Scotia] would be coming in to do two workshops – photography and cake decorating. ▇▇▇▇▇ immediately chose cake decorating. ▇▇▇▇▇ plans to apply to a baking program next year and hopes to one day open her own bakery. Her first employee? Her mom, of course!
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Sources: Canada Nova Scotia Labour Market Agreement for Persons With Disabilities
Interpreting Services. American Sign Language interpreting and CART services are provided to Nova Scotian students with disabilities participating in post-secondary education through partnership with the Nova Scotia Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This program improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work- related skills for persons with disabilities. Target population is adult Nova Scotians in post-secondary education who are deaf or hard of hearing. Self-managed attendant care services are provided for eligible students through partnership with Independent Living Nova Scotia. This program improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work-related skills for persons with disabilities. Target population is adult Nova Scotians with disabilities who require educational-related attendant care to participate in post-secondary education. Short term skills development interventions are provided for unemployed persons with disabilities in the Province of Nova Scotia served by the Collaborative Partnership Network of Agencies. Through this program, clients with disabilities will have an avenue to apply for financial resources for skills development opportunities. These training programs will be of short term duration, not eligible for student loan funding and available through local educational organizations and institutions as well as on-line. This program is a significant resource in providing a diversity of short term educational interventions in response to employers’ needs. It improves the level of basic and post-secondary education and work-related skills for persons with disabilities. It also enhances the knowledge base, which contributes to continuous improvement of labour market policies and programs for persons with disabilities. The target population is adult Nova Scotians with disabilities who are ineligible for Human Resource Investment Fund (HRIF) seeking short term training programs that are not student loan eligible. # Clients in training 315 332 120 # Clients dropped out* 5 7 0 # Clients completed training 292 303 0 # Clients employed** 69 73 30 # Clients referred for ACC/AT*** 19 0 # Clients referred for ASL Interpreting 1 34 0 # Client consent forms 412 455 0 *Dropped out due to course cancellation, personal reasons **Employed (full time, part time, seasonal, self-employed) *** ACC (Referred for accommodations)/ AT (Referred for assistive technology) Skills Canada – Nova Scotia (SCNS) )’s mission is a not-for-profit organization that helps to allow Nova Scotian youth Scotians to explore skilled trades and technologies, discover their passion passion, and strive for excellence. Through the Disability Services (DS) initiative, Nova Scotians with disabilities are given these same opportunities to discover skilled trades and technologies. SCNS provides accommodations for persons with disabilities to participate in any of their programs and events programs, and also facilitates runs “Abilympics” competitions and workshops specifically forpersons for persons with disabilities. SCNS’s The SCNS Disability Services initiative is split into three main areas: Accommodating those with disabilities into all programs offered by SCNS; Abilympics competitions within the Nova Scotia Skills Competition for persons with disabilities; A workshop series to introduce persons with disabilities to various skilled trade and technology areas; Community outreach and awareness. During the 2013-2014 fiscal 2012/2013 school year, SCNS’s Disability Services initiative facilitated a total of six workshops: two SCNS hosted three Abilympics competitions, workshops in photographyphotography and painting, three in cake decorating and one in job search skills, reaching a total of 43 students. The DS initiative also ensured that the our Nova Scotia Skills Competition, hands-on Youth Projects, and presentations were inclusive. In 2013, SCNS also sent a participant to the first national Abilympics competition in photography during the Skills Canada National Competition, where she won a gold medal. Participants in our Youth Projects and Presentationswere inclusive. Participants in SCNS’s Youth Projects, Nova Scotia Skills Competition, Presentations and Workshops Competition are given the opportunity option to self-identify identify, and provide information regarding inform us of any accommodations that they require. In the past several years we have provided readers, wheelchair accessories accessories, and modified projects among other accommodations for our participants. School year Number of self-identifying students 2012-2013 25 2013-2014 43 School year Number of self-identifying students 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 21 2011-2012 20 2012-2013 21 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ 6 The drop in self-identification numbers between 2012 -2013 and 2013 – 2014 is due to the shift toward inclusion rather than hosting Abilympics competitions specifically for persons with disabilities. School year Number of self-identifying students 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 19 2011-2012 35 2012-2013 16 2013-2014 37 School year Number of self-identifying students 2009-2010 14 2010-2011 21 2011-2012 20 2012-2013 69 21 School year Number of self-identifying students 2012 25 CTV Atlantic Published Tuesday, June 25, 2013 6:21PM ADT A young Nova Scotia photographer is capturing international attention for her work behind the lens, winning both awards and recognition for her images. ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ takes her camera with her wherever she goes - even in her own backyard. She says she developed the habit when she was a little girl. “I used to steal my dad’s camera and take pictures randomly around the house or at the store. Then, I just like how the pictures turned out,” says the Millbrook First Nation resident. It seems professional judges like how ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ pictures turned out as well. Two years ago, she won a gold medal in photography at the Nova Scotia Skills Competition. Last year she won bronze and this year, another gold medal at the provincial and national level. She has even competed in South Korea at the International Abilympics – an event that showcases vocational skills of persons with disabilities in skilled trade and technology areas. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ qualified for the Abilympics because she has a hearing impairment. “It shows we can do things that everyone else can do. It just may take us a little bit more time to do it, but we still make it through.” Her dad, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, says he couldn’t be more proud of his daughter. “I have four children. They’re all hearing impaired. We’ve raised them so that they have no disability,” he says. “They’re just like any other person and they can achieve anything they put their mind to.” Most of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ photography skills are self-taught and her talent has always had a sweet tooth. When she was a little girl, she would spend time in the kitchen with her mother, watching her bake and helping where she was able. When she started school, helped to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ struggled career goals for the future – to keep pace with own her classmates own photography business and fell behind. Her teachers took notice and she was soon diagnosed with a learning disability. Meanwhile, she continued to spend time in the kitchen, baking with her mother. It had become a weekend ritual. Despite her struggles in school, ▇▇▇▇▇ found that she didn’t have any trouble reading recipes or correctly measuring the ingredients. By the time ▇▇▇▇▇ entered high school, she had embraced the Learning Centre environment and her grades had improved. She also began to work part-time at a bakery. As her final year approached ▇▇▇▇▇ began to think about her future and what career path she might take. She knew that she really enjoyed working at the bakery, but was unsure if it was the right path. Near the end of the school year, her teacher came to class and announced that a local organization [Skills Canada – Nova Scotia] would be coming in to do two workshops – photography and cake decoratingtake photos professionally. ▇▇▇▇▇ immediately chose cake decorating. ▇▇▇▇▇ plans to apply to a baking program next year further her education at the Centre for Arts and hopes to one day open her own bakery. Her first employee? Her mom, of course!Technology in Fredericton in the fall.
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Sources: Labour Market Agreement for Persons With Disabilities