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When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

The Champion for Vulnerable Children. Dr. CLYDE HERTZMAN Officer of the Order of Canada March 24, 1953 – February 8, 2013. When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True. BC: How we’re doing . It feels like a Celebration!. An Educated Population :

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When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

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  1. The Champion for Vulnerable Children Dr. CLYDE HERTZMAN Officer of the Order of Canada March 24, 1953 – February 8, 2013 When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  2. BC: How we’re doing. It feels like a Celebration! • An Educated Population: • British Columbia has a more educated • population than any other province in • Canada. • BC’s ranking in international studies is high: • 2006 PISA assessment of 15 year-olds rates BC students highly in Science, Reading • and Math. • 2006 PIRLS results from a reading assessment of grade 4 students indicate that BC • ranks in the top range of countries/provinces measured. When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  3. BC – Our Completion Rates 2006-2011 The news is not so celebratory! For all students, after six years of study from grade 8, between 79% to 81% of students graduate. For ESL students, 81% - 83% graduate. BUT . . . For Special Needs students only 44% - 53% graduate. For Aboriginal students only 47% - 54% graduate. When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  4. Who are the vulnerable children and, where do they live? When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  5. Vulnerable children are distributed across communities and the SES spectrum HELP SES Index High When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True. Low

  6. Clyde’s Ominous Prediction Summit 1 – January, 2013 Vulnerability Rates Province-wide 2000 – 23% 2009 – 28% 2011 – 31% If it’s business as usual for this year’s kindergarten children, Graduation rates will begin to drop over the next 10 years. (Clyde Hertzman paraphrased 2013) When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  7. Life Course Problems Related to Early Life 2nd Decade 3rd/4th Decade 5th/6th Decade Old Age • School Failure • Teen Pregnancy • Criminality • Obesity • Elevated Blood • Pressure • Depression • Coronary Heart • Disease • Diabetes • Premature • Aging • Memory Loss When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  8. When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

  9. The State of FDK in 2013 There are approximately 8000 VULNERABLE CHILDREN in FDK this year. What can we do to meet their needs? When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

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  11. Introducing Scholar Dr. Richard Allington ? ? Implementing Interventions: What Works and What Doesn’t? Why or Why Not? How Do You Know? When Vulnerable Readers Thrive . . . Dreams Come True.

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