Lunch and Learn

Monthly professional development sessions for accessibility professionals, educators, and transition service providers.

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