Learning Hub 36

Program Description

The LH 36R program provides each student with the opportunity for the development of self-determination in responding to and advocating for their learning and personal well-being across multiple domains of development. Students have access to a designated home base for additional support. 

This Resource program provides a learning environment with a reduced student-to-educator ratio to enhance personalized instruction and targeted support based on each student's strengths and areas for growth. Ongoing consultation with multidisciplinary clinical teams, guided by the individual student portrait, supports relevant areas of learning (see below). The school team, including clinical staff, partners with families and caregivers to promote long-term student success and independence. Through responsive, asset-based approaches and trauma-informed practices, this program emphasizes: 

• Development of Communication Skills: Personalized support for student communication portraits 

•  Skills for Independence: Additional educator support for students as they integrate into mainstream classes, increasing levels of inclusion within their school community 

• Curriculum Skill-building: An individualized education program in a smaller Generalized Learning Strategies (GLE) class; Timetabling into classes based on Ministry curriculum guidelines, which may be accommodated and/or modified as set out in their Individual Education Plan 

• Environmental Settings: Opportunities for regulated movement, sensory breaks, and emotional regulation with access to a variety of learning spaces 

The program model includes individualized, meaningful integration that is responsive to each student’s learning portrait, with ongoing resource support from program educators. Students are eligible for Special Education transportation. Program placement and pathway options will be reviewed annually based on the student's learning portrait. 

Considerations for Placement

Student portraits are informed by assessment data (educational and medical and/or Professional Student Services Personnel) that includes clinical consultation for the following areas of learning, as appropriate to individual students’ strengths & areas for growth: 

1. Communication (receptive skills, expressive skills, and social communication) 

2. Skills for Independence (daily living skills, community use and safety, and selfregulation) 

3. Curriculum (alternative, modified, enhanced) 

4. Environmental Settings (learning spaces considering gross motor, physical/social environment, sensory and regulation) 

Assessment data indicate that the student requires resource support in specific areas of curricular and skills-based learning. They benefit from individualized programming to navigate multiple learning environments with increasing independence and autonomy. 

IPRC Process

Students are offered placement in the program through an Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) meeting held at the Central Board Office. The committee identifies or confirms the student's identification and offers placement in the LH 36 Resource – Secondary (Grade 9 to age 21). 

An Annual Review will take place in the spring to review the exceptionality and current placement of the student, ensuring it is the most appropriate placement for them. The parent/guardian will be included in that process. 

If you have any questions about our program, please contact our teachers, Ms. Philip or Mr. White.