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Manitoba students are falling through the cracks. Can universal screening for learning disabilities help?

Manitoba students are falling through the cracks. Can universal screening for learning disabilities help?

Update: 2025-10-31
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Advocates say early universal screening for learning disabilities could change lives — but teachers worry it may not be the best use of limited classroom resources. Host Marcy Markusa speaks with Karen Velthuys from the Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba, Lillian Klausen, president of the Manitoba Teachers Society, and Melanie Rosenfelt, who talks about being diagnosed with two learning disabilities at age 43.

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Manitoba students are falling through the cracks. Can universal screening for learning disabilities help?

Manitoba students are falling through the cracks. Can universal screening for learning disabilities help?