SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

SUPPORT SERVICES: Programs & Services for Students with Special Needs

Saskatoon Public Schools provides a continuum of services for students with special needs. Educational programs are provided in a variety of settings which range from inclusion in the regular classroom to support in congregated settings. Transportation

plans are made for students on an individual basis. Program placements and services are based on students' individual needs. Further

information regarding special programs and services may be obtained from the Coordinator: Special Education, Coordinator, Counselling and Behaviour Supports, or

Coordinator, Student Services

September 4, 2019

SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS

PROGRAM Functional Academics (FA)

AVAILABLE TO Supporting Students who have an intellectual disability in Grades 1-8 with their academic, behavioural, and social/emotional well-being.

SCHOOL Lakeridge Confederation Park Westmount

BALANCE Classrooms (Behaviour and Learning Accommodation in a Needs-Centred Environment)

Supporting students in Grades 1-8 with their academic, behavioural and social/emotional well-being.

Wildwood Roland Michener Vincent Massey John Lake Lester B Pearson James L. Alexander Howard Coad King George

Satellite Classrooms

Supporting students in Grades 9-12 with their academic, behavioural, and social/emotional well-being.

STEP Satellite Bridges Satellite Omega Satellite

*Referrals through Coordinator: Counselling and Behaviour Supports*

PROGRAMS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED (SAGE/ADVANCED)

Program Description:

Students who are nominated for congregated programs for the academically talented demonstrate such characteristics as creativity, above average ability, and task commitment. The goals of the SAGE Program and the Advanced Program involve using an integrated approach to provide learning challenges. As well, opportunities are provided for students to improve social skills, cooperation, and responsibility. Skills such as critical and creative thinking, synthesis, and analysis are also emphasized.

PROGRAM SAGE

Caswell

SCHOOL

AGE GROUP Gr. 5 ? 8

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(Saskatoon Academically Gifted Education)

SAGE (Saskatoon Academically Gifted Education)

Greystone Heights Dr. John G. Egnatoff Bedford Road Evan Hardy Walter Murray

Gr. 5 ? 8 Gr. 5 ? 8 Gr. 9 ? 10 Gr. 9 ? 10 Gr. 9 ? 12

* Referrals through Coordinator: Student Services*

PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Program Description:

Saskatoon Public Schools offer a variety of programs for preschool children with special needs. The goal of all our programs is to provide a stimulating learning environment where children learn communication, personal management and social skills. Children who are three or four years of age are eligible for the programs dependent on availability. To be admitted to the preschool, a child is first referred to the Coordinator of Special Education by an agency in our community. Typically, the referral would come from: The Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program, Saskatoon District Health ? Early Childhood Psychologist, or Early Childhood Intervention Program. A child may spend one or two years in preschool dependent on availability (Please note that a partial year (i.e. January ? June) counts as one school year.)

A child may attend a maximum of four half days per week.

PROGRAM

SCHOOL

Language Learning Preschool

Lawson Heights

Step Ahead Preschool

Silverwood Heights

Early Learning Intensive Supports (ELIS) Designated Schools

Ready, Set, Go Preschool

KCC/Brunskill

AGE GROUP 3 ? 4 3 ? 4 3 ? 4 3 ? 4

In order to maximize the number of early learning spaces, children who are attending, another preschool or program i.e. the ABA Little Tots Program at Autism Services, are not eligible for preschool supports in preschool or Saskatoon Public Schools.

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PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH A MILD/MODERATE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

Program Description:

Students who meet the system criteria established for these programs may be enrolled in a congregated program or integrated into a regular classroom with resource supports. In addition to having an intellectual delay, these students may also have physical, social, and/or emotional delays. They require intensive service based on their functional levels. At grades 10 to 12, the credits received are based on an alternate curriculum. School TEAM referrals are required for specialized programs.

PROGRAM

SCHOOL

Alternative Education Work Study (AEWS)

Mount Royal Walter Murray

Bedford Road

Alternative Work Study Transition

Central Office

Neighbourhood School ?

All Elementary Schools

Supported by school-based resource

teachers as well as Special

Education/Student Services personnel.

AGE GROUP Gr. 9 ? 12 Gr. 9 ? 12 Gr. 9 ? 12 18 ? 21 Gr. K ? 8

PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH MODERATE TO PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Program Description:

Programs for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities focus on the functional skills which will help them become as independent as possible in their daily lives. Goals are developed in areas related to communication, social skills, personal care, leisure/recreation, functional reading, writing, numeracy, and work education. Small group experiential learning is a major component of the program. School TEAM referrals are required for specialized programs.

PROGRAM Junior Functional Life Skills (Jr. FLS) Intermediate Functional Life Skills (FLS)

Secondary Functional Life Skills (Sr. FLS)

SCHOOL Chief Whitecap Dundonald Willowgrove Brownell Colette Bourgonje Hugh Cairns Sylvia Fedoruk Marion M. Graham Centennial Evan Hardy Tommy Douglas

AGE GROUP 6 ? 10 6 ? 10 6 ? 10 11 ? 14 11 ? 14 11 ? 14 11 ? 14 15 ? 21 15 ? 21 15 ? 21 15 ? 21

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Complex Multiple Disabilities

Neighbourhood School ? supported by educational assistants as well as Special Education/Student Services personnel and student.

John Dolan All Schools

3 ? 21 K ? 12

PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM

Program Description:

Programming is offered within neighbourhood schools and/or placement in system resource (ARP) or support (ASP) programs. Communication, behavioural and social skills, sensory needs and transitions are all goals addressed in these programs. ASP is a behavorial stabilization program with the goal of reintegration into the neighborhood school program. ARP is a secondary program for students diagnosed on the autism spectrum who are seeking a regular high school program but require additional supports. School TEAM referrals are required for specialized programs.

PROGRAM

SCHOOL

Autism Support Program (ASP)

Ernest Linder

Prince Philip

John Dolan

Secondary Autism Resource Program Evan Hardy Collegiate

(ARP)

Marion M. Graham

Collegiate

* Referrals through Coordinator: Special Education*

AGE GROUP 6 ? 15 6 ? 15 6 ? 21 Gr. 9 - 12

PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Program Description:

A continuum of support services is offered for students who are deaf or hard of hearing and meet provincial criteria. The communication methodology used for all services may be auditory oral or total communication (Signed English), as appropriate.

PROGRAM

SCHOOL

Language Learning Preschool

Lawson Heights

Preschool

Neighbourhood School ? supported by All Schools itinerant teachers, Special

Educational/Student Services

personnel, and sign facilitators, or

computer note takers as needed.

AGE GROUP

3 ? 4

Gr. K ? 12

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