Tools

The bond that children develop with adults in their daycare or school environment is crucial to their development. In fact, this secure and meaningful bond is a protective factor and helps facilitate the child's adaptation. Whether it's at the start of the school year, after a long leave or following a conflict with peers, this tool will help you guide your interventions. In this way, you can encourage positive social interactions between children and the development of a sense of belonging among peers.

Our booklet of 60 mathematical problems for the second cycle of primary school contains problems related to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and operations with decimal numbers. Each problem contains important information for solving the problem, but it also contains superfluous information. Students must therefore use their reasoning to eliminate superfluous information and use only appropriate values. Each problem must be solved in four stages: determining what needs to be found, establishing one or more mathematical equations, calculating in relation to the values found, and giving an appropriate answer. The aim is to establish an effective approach for students using this tool. In this way, the adult or teacher can better support the student in his or her mathematical success. This tool is relevant for all learners working on the concepts of subtraction, addition, multiplication, division, fractions and decimal numbers.

Sexuality education can be uncomfortable for many adults. What's more, it's more complex and broader than you might think. In fact, the subject of sexual relations is only a tiny part of it. This tool enables adults to be better equipped to deal with certain concepts in sex education, such as consent and dealing with the disclosure of sexual abuse, and to draw on the ideas proposed to fuel discussions on the subject. A memory game on the theme of consent makes discussion and information sharing fun. It's your turn to play!

The tool's main objective is to provide relevant information, in terms of attitude and intervention, to welcome disclosures of sexual abuse in a reassuring, non-suggestive way. Emergency and specialized resources are also suggested, for both Quebec and France. It is important to remember that this document in no way replaces the intervention of a professional. When faced with a person who reveals that he or she is or has been a victim of sexual abuse, it is essential to call on specialized resources in this field.

Our booklet of 60 mathematical problems for the first cycle of primary school contains problems related to addition and subtraction. In each problem, there is important information for solving the problem, but there is also superfluous information. Students must therefore use their reasoning to eliminate superfluous information and use only appropriate values. Each problem must be solved in four stages: determining what needs to be found, establishing a mathematical equation, drawing or calculating in relation to the values found, and giving an appropriate answer. The aim is to establish an effective approach for students using this tool. In this way, the adult or teacher can better support the student's success in mathematics. This tool is relevant for all learners working on the concepts of subtraction and addition.

This tool brings together different strategies for preparing high school students for exams. Strategies before, on the day before and on the day of the exam are explained, so that students and parents can support them in their preparation. It also provides a checklist for successful writing, reading comprehension and problem-solving. The document focuses on a number of approaches, including managing students' stress and organizing their schedules and study periods.

This tool brings together different strategies for preparing primary school pupils for exams. Strategies before, on the day before and on the day of the exam are explained, so that students and parents can support them in their preparation. It also provides a checklist for successful writing, reading comprehension and problem-solving. The document focuses on a number of approaches, including managing students' stress and organizing their schedules and study periods.

Accompanied by explanations and recommendations, the aim of this tool is to provide effective, concrete pictograms to make everyday life easier for people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those around them. This set of caneva includes: "The rules when I am" (to clarify expectations in a given situation) "The role turn" (3 different models): helps visualize the change of role turn. "Transitions from one place to another" (in 2 formats): helps visualize transitions in the environment. "Sequence of events" (in 2 formats): makes future activities predictable. "Choices": provides a concrete illustration of the choices available. This tool also helps to facilitate communication and promote autonomy. Various pictogram resources are provided to ensure that the pictograms used correspond as closely as possible to the person's needs. Please feel free to consult our other complementary tools, available on our website, in the "On-line resources" tab.

Accompanied by explanations and recommendations, the aim of this tool is to provide effective, concrete pictograms to facilitate the daily routines of people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those around them. These pictorial, customizable routines are useful for home, school and sports/arts activities. This tool also helps facilitate communication and promote autonomy. A range of pictogram resources are provided to ensure that the pictograms used correspond as closely as possible to the person's needs. Please feel free to consult our other complementary tools, available on our website, in the "On-line resources" tab.

The Le chien serait la solution booklet is a great tool for developing reading processes in children aged 9 and over. The text is in 3 versions. The first version is segmented in color by syllable, to develop syllabic reading. The second version is segmented in color by word group, to enhance the reader's fluency. Finally, the last version is not segmented by color. It allows you to work on reading and annotation strategies to improve reading comprehension. At the end of the document, you'll find comprehension, interpretation, appreciation and reaction questions. Your teens will love this fun tool!

The Une erreur de lapin booklet is a great tool for developing reading processes in children aged 11 and over. The text includes 3 versions. The first version is segmented in color by syllable, to develop syllabic reading. The second version is segmented in color by word group, to enhance fluency. Finally, the last version is not segmented by color. It allows you to work on reading and annotation strategies to improve reading comprehension. At the end of the document, you'll find comprehension, interpretation, appreciation and reaction questions. Your teens will love this fun tool!

The Dear Grandma booklet is a great tool for developing reading processes in children aged 6 to 10. The text includes 4 versions. The first version is color-segmented by sound, to work on grapheme-phoneme correspondences. It can be used with one child or with 2 children. The second version is color-segmented by syllable, to develop syllabic reading. The third version is segmented in color by word group, to enhance the reader's fluency. Finally, the last version is not segmented by color. It allows you to work on reading and annotation strategies to improve reading comprehension. At the end of the document, you'll find comprehension, interpretation, appreciation and reaction questions. Your kids will love this fun tool!

The Vegetarian Vampire booklet is a great tool for developing reading skills in children aged 6 to 10. The text includes 4 versions. The first version is color-segmented by sound, to work on grapheme-phoneme correspondences. It can be used with one child or with 2 children. The second version is color-segmented by syllable, to develop syllabic reading. The third version is segmented in color by word group, to enhance the reader's fluency. Finally, the last version is not segmented by color. It allows you to work on reading and annotation strategies to improve reading comprehension. At the end of the document, you'll find comprehension, interpretation, appreciation and reaction questions. Your kids will love this fun tool!

These cards enable reading strategies to be learned and integrated when reading a text. This more advanced version is aimed at high school students, but may well be useful for learners with special needs at higher levels. The aim of these cards is to apply a given strategy to a word or part of a text, in an attempt to assimilate the various pieces of information. They can be used with a single student and a facilitator, or in sub-groups of 2 to 4 students. You'll need to print out the memory pages and have a text at the student's level on hand. This educational tool will enable students to apply the strategies while feeling equipped and guided.

These cards help children learn reading strategies and integrate them when reading a text. This version is aimed at pupils in the second cycle of primary school, but may well be useful for children with special needs at higher levels. These cards focus on applying a given strategy to a word or part of a text, in an attempt to understand the various pieces of information. They can be used with a single student and a facilitator, or in sub-groups of 2 to 4 students. You'll need to print out the memory aid pages and have a text at the student's level on hand. This educational tool will enable students to apply the strategies while feeling equipped and guided.

Whatever the age of your children, we recommend that the adults around them adopt certain attitudes and behaviours with regard to food and meals. To learn more, you can consult the tool "L'alimentation chez les tout-petits", available free of charge on our website. This document presents a combination of tools to encourage the use of mindfulness at mealtimes, and playful challenges to achieve on a regular basis. These energize mealtimes, and are moments that can help strengthen the bonds between different family members. A bank of questions is provided to stimulate discussion at the table. Feel free to add your own ideas!

Suicide is often a sensitive and delicate subject for many people. In creating these fact sheets, CERC wanted to play its part in preventing suicide by raising awareness of the cause and passing on relevant information. You'll find a description of what suicide is, who's at risk, and strategies for prevention and intervention. If you have any concerns, don't hesitate to contact our specialized resources: - If the person is in mortal danger: 9-1-1 - If you are thinking of suicide : o Provincial suicide prevention line: 1-866-APPELLE (1-866-277-3553) o Info-social: 8-1-1, option 2

For some people, communication may seem straightforward, while for others it's more of a challenge, especially between parents and the childcare environment (school, daycare or daycare center). Our tool highlights the elements that influence communication and suggests tips to facilitate it. Strategies are also suggested to encourage positive, respectful communication in children. Now it's your turn!

Emotions can sometimes be difficult for a child to soothe. It can be even more difficult to find the right strategy for the child to express his or her emotions. This tool therefore suggests different possibilities, depending on the child's tendency to express emotions internally or externally. A game is also included to make the development of these skills fun!

Most professionals or school staff (teaching or non-teaching) have already heard that they are their main working tool, so it's important to take care of themselves. This expression is equally applicable to our types of intervention. More specifically, a professional's strengths, challenges, values and limits directly influence his or her interventions and interactions with his or her environment, both with children and with colleagues. It is therefore important to identify these elements in order to promote the best possible interventions. This is the aim of this tool: to facilitate self-observation by professionals.

Whether with toddlers or teenagers, the daily management of screens is no easy task! This tool suggests strategies for managing screens harmoniously and increasing online safety.

Be the expert in observations! The aim of this tool is to help identify the function of a child's or adolescent's behavior. Whether it's related to signs of anxiety, opposition or anger, it's important to understand what's motivating the reactions/behaviors in order to adapt our interventions. Our tool therefore combines a concrete means of observation with a reference to help identify possible needs.

Knowing the strengths and challenges of children/students enables us to offer them interventions tailored to their needs. This tool makes it easier and more efficient to transmit relevant information between the various people responsible for the child/student. The tool is available in a "checklist" format, to ensure that all the information required for a meeting with the child/student's former caregiver is covered, as well as in a "fill-in-the-blank" format, on which the information to be retained can be noted directly.

These spelling cards are an indispensable tool for teaching spelling regularities. They can be used as a memory aid for students who have difficulty writing a complex word, or for reading aloud a word or text. We find regularities such as the use of "s", "g" and "c" in oral and written spelling.

The spelling regularities game is a fun way of reinvesting what you've learned from the spelling regularities worksheets. The images represent words with a particular spelling regularity. Students must identify the regularity used in the word. This will help them write and read different words with spelling regularities. The game focuses on the sound made by the hard "c" and the soft "c", the hard "g", the soft "g" and the "s" between two vowels, and the double "s".