http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/6429/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/educationfor-some/10577 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Teaching assistants concerned that cuts to education are leaving students with learning disabilities behind </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/kyle.jpg" alt="" title="Kyle Hunter got through school with the help of a teaching assistant and now works as one himself. Hunter says layoffs of TAs will hurt students with special needs." width="232" height="271" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&ldquo;Before I started school, I literally could not speak,&rdquo; says Kyle Hunter.</p> <p>&ldquo;My diagnosis before I started school was Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD), &rdquo; says the teaching assistant (TA) with the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board (CBVRSB). But despite his struggles early on, Hunter succeeded in school, and has held his current job for three years.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/educationfor-some/10577" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/educationfor-some/10577#comments Rebecca MacDonald Éducation Cape Breton CUPE education education cuts Kids not cuts Learning disabilities Nova Scotia NSSBA NSTU school boards special needs teaching assistants Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:36:19 +0000 bsichel 10577 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca