SAM
RABINOVITCH EVALUATION OR RESEARCH AWARD
Guidelines:
1. The Canadian Council for Exceptional Children
Sam Rabinovitch Evaluation or Research Award shall
be presented to a person or group of persons who
have completed an evaluation or research project
in Canada concerned with exceptional children.
This publication should have national implications
for improving the education of exceptional children
and youth.
2. a) Nominations shall be restricted to evaluation
or research projects completed in
the previous two years.
b)
The submissions must include one copy of the evaluation
or research report and
three copies of a brief summary of the research.
c) The submission must include a statement outlining
perceived national
implications.
3. One or more nominees may be selected to receive
the Award.
4. In the absence of the nominations that meet
the specific criteria, the Award may not be presented.
5. The Award shall be a Certificate.
6. Three copies of the nomination form and all
supporting documentation must be received no later
than the last day of January.
7. Nominations must be sent to: The Past President
The Canadian Council for Exceptional Children
BIOGRAPHY
OF DR. SAM RABINOVITCH
Dr. Rabinovitch was born in Montreal in 1927.
The son of a newspaper vendor in Montreal's poverty-ridden
inner city, he always wanted to be a scientist.
In 1944, he enrolled at McGill University as a
physiology major, but in his third year he took
a social psychology course that resulted in his
switching to psychology. After post-graduate studies
in Indiana in 1948, he worked with prisoners and
retarded adults in British Columbia before joining
the Montreal Children's Hospital in 1954 as Director
of the Psychology Department.
A pioneer in the study of specific learning disabilities,
Dr. Rabinovitch was regarded as one of the world's
leading authorities. Known to countless children
and teachers as "Dr. Sam," he played
a critical role in the development of an awareness
of the needs of children with learning disabilities.
In 1959, he founded the McGill-Montreal Children's
Hospital Learning Centre where teachers and psychologists
had the opportunity to work with LD children under
his direction.
Dr. Rabinovitch was an effective and popular speaker
that resulted in his being in constant demand
to lecture around the world. In 1971 the American
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
awarded him a Certificate of Recognition for outstanding
service.
One of Dr. Rabinovitch's most significant contributions
was the role he played in making both parents
and teachers more sensitive to the needs and feelings
of children. He continually stressed that we could
never be sure of the highest level of achievement
of which any one child was capable. Assessments
were truly used by him as tools of understanding
and teaching, rather than as justification for
failure.
Dr. Sam's teaching methods were firmly grounded
in his overriding concern for the child, and for
this, he will always be remembered.
SAM
RABINOVITCH EVALUATION OR RESEARCH AWARD
NOMINATION FORM
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Name of Nominee ________________________________________________
Address of Nominee ________________________________________________
Nominee's Phone Number Home: ( ) ____________
Business: ( ) ____________
Nominee's
E-mail Address _______________________
Name
of Nominator ________________________________________________
Address of Nominator ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Nominator's Phone Number Home: ( ) ____________
Business: ( ) ____________
Nominator's
E-mail Address _____________________
Brief summary of the evaluation or research:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Statement indicating perceived national implications
of this research:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Include
a copy of research or evaluation for which the
nomination is submitted.
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