OSAP - Ontario Student Assistance Plan - bursary for ADHD students.
After deciding to go back to school this year - doing a B.Ed. and planning to teach High School physics and math - I applied for a provincial government student loan and was pleased to find out that there is a bursary (a grant that you don't have to pay back) for people with permanent disabilities - and ADHD is considered a permanent disability for the purposes of this grant. Now I don't consider ADHD as a "disability" per se - perhaps a limiting factor - but for $2k in free money, the OSAP people can label me as much as they want! I don't know if other provincial governments do the same thing, but all Canadian students with ADHD that qualify for government student loans should ask about it! I mean how often do you get money from the Government that you weren't expecting and that you didn't already pay out (like a tax refund).

Does anyone know if this is offered in the US???

In the US? No they only offer you money if you are part of a pet project that your local senator can claim credit for. LMAO. Not sure how the system works there.

Greg...you know what this means. You could be a rookie teacher in my school!!! I live in the Southwestern part of the provience. Are we close?

I hope I can bring this to the attention of the Manitoba Government student services. Thanks for the nod Gregster.
Ian.

Scuro,
I'll be practice teaching in the Trillium-Lakeland District school board - not sure which school since I applied late - OK, at the very last minute ;-)
I've requested Huntsville High, since I live in Huntsville, and based on the shortage of science teachers I would be surprised if they didn't make room for me.
Where and what do you teach?

To anyone out there applying for school - it's worth a look to see if you qualify for disability benefits of some kind for your ADHD. The Gov of Canada sees it as a permantent disability for the purposes of funding education, so other governments - state, federal, etc. may also treat it as such - it never hurts to ask! It turns out that I qualify for around $5000 in bursaries for various reasons, and I haven't even started to apply for ones that are specific to my school and program - so I could do even better than 5k! That's Canadian $'s, of course. There are times when you really love having a socialist government in power - and for me this is one of those times!
Cheers,
Greg

Huntsville!

I'll be at Mary lake this Sat. Small world.

Tag team teaching! Go!!!

Tag team ADD teaching? My god, I want to see this!Edit: I really do, should be much better than the normal "makes kids fall asleep in class" teaching. Have fun guys

I'm so gonna look into funding. If the Canadian government wants to give me money, I'll take it!