Lunch and Learn Series
RARC hosts a series of monthly professional development lunch and learn sessions for accessibility services staff, educators and other professionals in the field of psychological assessment and post-secondary accessibility and transition services. Slides will be made available to download following each session.
We are offering a Summer Lunch and Learn Series from June - August 2026. Information about our fall sessions can be found below. Details to join the zoom calls can be found in the info flyer.
Summer 2026 Lunch and Learn Info Flyer (PDF 730KB)
From Policy to Practice: Key Takeaways from Sari Springer and the RARC Workshop: Download Session Slides (PDF 2.3 MB)
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Student Transitions: Trends, The New TRG & Access to Assessments
Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Tricky Accommodation Issues
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
From Giftedness to Intellectual Disability: Supporting Students Across the Cognitive Spectrum Download Session Slides (PDF 1.5 MB)
Thursday, January 29th, 2026
Beyond Accommodations: Strategies and Supports for Students with Disabilities Download Session Slides (PDF 1.7 MB)
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
Tricky Accommodation Issues
Thursday, March 26th, 2025
Not a Diagnosis: What Screening Tools Can鈥攁nd Can鈥檛鈥擳ell Us 成人大片 Neurodevelopmental Conditions Download Session Slides (PDF 3.7 MB)
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
From Fatigue to Brain Fog: Academic Implications of Concussions, Long COVID, and More Download Session Slides (PDF 2.1 MB)
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Does Everyone Have ADHD? Download Session Slides (PDF 1.7MB)
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
Functional Impairments 101: What they are, what they aren鈥檛, and how they inform accommodations Download Session Slides (PDF 2.7 MB)
Thursday, June 12th, 2025
Translating Research into Action: How recent findings might impact your work Download Session Slides (PDF 2.4 MB)
Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Tricky Accommodations Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Pathways to Wellness: Online Wellness Toolkit for Indigenous Learner Download Session Slides (PDF 5.4 MB)
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
Marie McCarron
Validity: What is it and Why Do We Care? (Please email RARC to request access to the session slides)
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
Dr. Allyson Harrison
Tricky Accommodations Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Dr. Beth Pollock
To Refer or Not to Refer? That is the Question: Download Session Slides (PDF 1.8MB)
Thursday, September 19th
Dr. Beth Pollock & Alison Parker
All 成人大片 Non-Verbal and Math LDs: What They Are and How to Support Students Download Session Slides (PDF 1.6MB)
Thursday, October 17th
Dr. Beth Pollock
Tricky Accommodations Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, November 21st
Dr. Beth Pollock
Creating Culturally Safe Spaces: Download Session Slides
Thursday, June 13th
Dr. Ben Kuo
Hot off the Press: New Research Findings to Inform Practice (Slides not available)
Thursday, July 18th
Dr. Allyson Harrison & Nathaniel Davin
Emerging Trends in AT and Learning Strategies: Download Session Slides
Thursday, August 15th
Candice Daiken, Gillian Goldsmith & Alexandra Bosco
Screening for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Download Session Slides
Thursday, January 25th
Transition Supports for Incoming Students: Download Session Slides
Thursday, February 29th
Tricky Accommodation Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, March 28th
Autism Spectrum Disorder: What it is and how to accommodate/support students with the condition: Download Session Slides
Thursday, September 21st
Accommodating and Supporting Students with Specific Mental Health Disorders: Download Session Slides
Thursday, October 19th
Tricky Accommodation Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, November 23rd
Demystifying Psychoeducational Assessments: Download Session Slides
Thursday, July 6th
Linking Functional Impairments to Appropriate Accommodations: Download Session Slides
Thursday, July 20th
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: What it is and how to support students diagnosed with the condition: Download Session Slides
Thursday, August 3rd
Tricky Accommodation Issues (Slides not available)
Thursday, August 17th