OUR ASSOCIATION

The Association was originally established in 1990 as a division (Montreal-Laval) of the “Association Québécoise pour les enfants atteints d'audimutité” (dysphasia).

During the May 5^th 2002 Annual General Meeting, a resolution was proposed and adopted by the members authorizing the Association to become independent and to be named: Association Dysphasie +.

On September 4^th 2002, the Inspector General of Financial Institutions of Quebec issued our new official corporate name: Association Dysphasie +.

The Association is supervised by a Board of Directors made up of volunteers and has a permanently manned office well established in Laval.

Its dynamism constitutes its main strength. All the projects that have been implemented to directly benefit young dysphasic people, owe their existence to the continuous commitment of our many volunteers.

We need new members in order to continue our work!

MISSION

· Promote awareness for dysphasia, audimutitas, dysphasic syndromes, congenital aphasia, apraxia or other disabilities of the same type (central hearing disability, adjustment disorder, learning disability and or language disorder) and promote all levels of support services to patients (without any distinction as to age or sex), their parents and their entourage.

OBJECTIVES

· Bring together patients (without any distinction as to age or sex) their parents, their entourage, professionals and workers concerned by these problems.

· Inform patients, their parents and entourage, about their rights and of the various services they can benefit from.

· Identify the patients’ needs, those of their parents and entourage.

· Increase community awareness to the reality and problems these people face.

· Create awareness among child care services, educational services, health services and professional services in general, to the reality of those problems.

· To offer services of stimulation consisting of the establishment of programs or of activities to meet the needs for people from 3 to 100 years old who have been diagnosed with dysphasia or a specific language impairments accompanied by other delays, including developmental delays (excluding autism and mentally challenged persons) and that contain the following impacts on their cognitive,  physical, social, psychological and emotional well-being.

· Encourage the implementation of new services.

· Compile and encourage research on those problems.

· Raise funds or obtain other assets, for the purposes mentioned above, by means of public subscriptions or by other means.

SERVICES

We are currently organizing several activities (FOR NOW, ONLY IN FRENCH) to which our members are invited to participate.

Informational activities such as:

¨ seminars, symposiums, etc.,

¨ conferences with guest-specialists (speech-language pathologists, etc.),

¨ coffee hours to answer your questions and workshops to exchange ideas on a specific subject,

¨ training sessions on teaching methods for school and health professionals,

¨ also, delegates represent us on services committees for handicapped people, CSSSs, etc.

Stimulation and respite care activities such as:

¨ “Les Samedis animés”   Early stimulation activities for children from 3 to 5 years old include language stimulation, fine and gross motor skills as well as socialization activities.

¨ “Le répit des amis”  In order to give parents a break while knowing that their children are in good hands, we offer weekend respites.  We welcome children 5 to 13 years old in a warm secure environment.

¨ “Sortons Ensemble”  Activity that aims to bring dysphasic teenagers from 13 to 17 years old out of isolation through small outings and group lunches.

And much more...

Also

¨ Christmas dinner.

¨ News bulletin called “Les Échos”.

Many more opportunities to meet other parents and specialists in order to pool our experiences, exchange questions and try to find solutions to the difficulties we face every day.

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