What are Inclusive Education Support Services?
The Inclusive Education Team is the group of specialists who collaborate with classroom teachers and families to establish and monitor the interventions, goals and strategies being put in place to help your child be safe and successful at school. For some learners, this also involves the creation of an Individualized Education Plan or Learning Plan.
- An Inclusion Support Teacher works with your child’s classroom teacher to provide support to your child and co-ordinate your child’s support plan.
- Education Assistants are assigned to learning environments and provide additional support to a variety of students.
- Additional support from a Speech Language Pathologist, English Language Learning Teacher, School Psychologist, or Child, Youth & Family Support Worker, may also be recommended.
- District support is also available for students with hearing and visual impairments.
- Referrals for these services are made through your child’s classroom teacher to the School-Based Team. Your child’s teacher is the best place to begin when you have a question or concern.
School Based Team
The School Based Team is the school committee that works to determine the supports and interventions for individual students. If you have a concern, begin with a conversation with your child’s teacher.
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Integration Plans
(for Parents)
An Integration Plan is a formal document used to guide the interventions and supports provided for a learner under the age of 16 who is attending school on a part-time program.
Meaningful
Home-School Collab
The team at your child’s school values parent input, questions, and collaboration in supporting your child toward having a positive experience at school. Students are always more successful when home and school work together.
Supportive Plans
(For Students)
There are a variety of supportive plans which are created for learners with individualized needs.
Plans are created for any students who require support that is above-and-beyond the universal and flexible supports that classroom teachers provide for all learners.
Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NLPS has a Teacher of the Deaf / Hard of Hearing (TDHH) who provides direct service to students Kindergarten to Grade 12 whose educational and social emotional development is significantly impacted by hearing loss.
Counselling Support
School counsellors facilitate social-emotional and behavioral support for learners at school (i.e. self-regulation, friendships, anxiety in the school setting).
Where a student is experiencing difficulties across a variety of settings, or is presenting with a need requiring more intensive, individualized support, the school’s counsellor will work with the student and family, to refer the student to an outside service provider.
Support with Supervision and Personal Care
Additional support may be provided for students who require support to be safe when playing outside, or for those with personal care needs. Please ask your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns.
Learning Environments at School
Your child’s key learning space is his or her classroom.
Other learning spaces are provided when an alternative environment is needed for small group or individual support with specific, targeted skills. We are always working to provide students with the best learning environment to meet their individual needs.