{"id":3249,"date":"2025-10-25T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/manitoba-parents-call-for-universal-screening-for-learning-disabilities-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:07","slug":"manitoba-parents-call-for-universal-screening-for-learning-disabilities-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/manitoba-parents-call-for-universal-screening-for-learning-disabilities-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba parents call for universal screening for learning disabilities in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-56914\">\n<div>\n<header>      <\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/thegitchemanitou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/56914-manitoba-parents-call-for-universal-screening-for-learning-disabilities-in-schools.jpg\" alt=\"manitoba-parents-call-for-universal-screening-for-learning-disabilities-in-schools\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>Manitoba parents call for universal screening for learning disabilities in schools<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ManitobaA group of parents say Manitoba\u2019s plans to introduce universal reading assessments don\u2019t go far enough.Province working to introduce reading skill screenings in kindergarten to Grade 4Arturo Chang  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Oct 25, 2025 11:01 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesA group of Manitoba parents gathered at the provincial legislature Friday in support of a private member\u2019s bill that would establish mandatory screenings for learning disabilities.  (Ben Nelms\/CBC)A group of parents say Manitoba\u2019s plans to introduce universal reading assessments don\u2019t go far enough.The parents and their children gathered at the provincial legislature Friday in support of a private member\u2019s bill that would establish mandatory screenings for learning disabilities. They were all wearing red, in commemoration of Dyslexia Awareness Month.Brianna Neufeld\u2019s nine-year-old daughter, Blake, was diagnosed with dyslexia last year. Neufeld said her child used to love going to school, but her mood suddenly worsened once she started Grade 3.\u201dShe was crying every night,\u201d the mom said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what to do anymore, and so I mentioned it to the school counsellor, and that\u2019s kind of what led to her getting an assessment.\u201dNeufeld said her daughter\u2019s reading skills had been tested, but it wasn\u2019t until the psychological assessment that her disability was detected.She said she supports a bill by Liberal MLA Cindy Lamoureux that would establish universal screenings twice every school year in kindergarten to Grade 3.Brianna Neufeld says reading assessments are vital for students in early grades. (CBC)\u201dThey need to be assessments that are scientific, the ones that the doctors are recommending,\u201d said Neufeld. \u201cAssessments are so important.\u2026 Their mental health is going down before they\u2019re able to be assessed. And by that time, it feels a little bit too late.\u201dBut Lamoureux said the bill would be at risk of dying if the government doesn\u2019t call for a vote on it before the fall session of the legislature ends.\u201dWe just need to make sure that what is being practised here in Manitoba is universal,\u201d she said. \u201cIn other provinces where we\u2019re seeing literacy rates go up because of universal screening, it is a standard tool that is used across all school divisions. Currently here in Manitoba, there is no standard tool.\u201dPilot underwayA ministerial spokesperson said the province has already taken steps aligned with the goals of the bill.The government is currently piloting early reading screening tools at some schools. The province said in April it aimed to expand the screening to all K-4 students by next fall.The screening would be done early in the school year, with an optional second screening during the spring.The government recognizes that \u201cearly identification and intervention are key to ensuring all children have the opportunity to become confident, capable readers,\u201d the spokesperson said.WATCH | Group calls for universal learning assesments:Group wants Manitoba to legislate universal learning assessmentsA group of parents, educators and students are calling on the Manitoba government to legislate universal reading assessments. The education minister has announced changes requiring schools to implement screening, but the group feels it doesn\u2019t go far enough.With files from Josh Crabb<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manitoba parents call for universal screening for learning disabilities in schools ManitobaA group of parents say Manitoba\u2019s plans to introduce universal reading assessments don\u2019t go far enough.Province working to introduce reading skill screenings in kindergarten to Grade 4Arturo Chang \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Oct 25, 2025 11:01 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,127,1],"tags":[116,126],"class_list":["post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-manitoba","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-manitoba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}