TRANSITIONS

Ms. Marlene Barrington

Mr. Greg Machuk

The purpose of the Transitions Classroom Placement is to:

Support the strengths and needs of students with a specific mental health diagnosis and deficits in self-regulation and/or social skills who have been unable to function in regular classroom placement.
Provide differentiated instruction and extensive support for student self-regulation and social skill development, enabling students to experience academic and social/emotional growth.
Identify protective factors necessary for success in the regular classroom setting and develop resiliency, student self-advocacy and independent skills.
Support graduated integration into the regular classroom setting.
In a regular class with withdrawal assistance program at secondary level.

Placement in a Transitions Program at the secondary school level must be recommended through the IPRC process.

Maximum integration is the goal for students enrolled in the program by providing support in their regular classes through a learning resource model.
Program focus includes skill development and building advocacy skills and independence within the secondary school.

Criteria for placement in a Transition Program class:

A student who has been identified as an exceptional student through the IPRC progress under the category of Behaviour;
A student who has received a specific mental health diagnosis and has been involved in residential and/or ongoing intensive treatment with a mental health professional;
A student who requires extensive social skills and self-regulation development;
A student who has had ongoing interventions in a regular classroom placement which have not been successful; and
A student who is capable of accessing curriculum with accommodations and/or modifications to expectations and the learning environment.

Transition Classroom Programs are supported by a Psychologist and a Social Worker. The Transition Classroom Programs are not treatment programs.

For more information: https://www.tvdsb.ca/en/programs/special-education-programs.aspx and click on the "+" sign beside "Behaviour".

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