Special Education

Special Education

The right choice of academic course level and resource programming has an impact on student success in secondary school. Each year, the  exceptional student and his/her parent or guardian are invited to an IPRC (Identification, Placement, Review, Committee) meeting to discuss the support options that may offer greater success to the student.

Accommodations may be provided to instruction and assessment. For example, your child could be offered extra time to write tests or use of assistive technology to complete assignments.

Resource programming is a service offered to exceptional students as determined by the IPRC. Access to the Resource Room may be on a daily basis for the learning strategies course or on a “needs basis” as determined by the student and/or teacher.

Resource Support

Exceptional students have access to the resource room “as needed” throughout the school year to write tests/exams, to complete assignments and/or use assistive technology.

Resource Withdrawal

Exceptional students go to the Resource Room for the Learning Strategies course on a daily basis per semester. This course provides a credit as well as support for particular subjects. A student may achieve up to four Learning Strategies credits.

Many exceptional students are in regular classes. For those students with more intensive needs, we offer support through our Intensive Support Program (Transition Program). For students with behavioural needs, we offer a Section 23 and an ADAPT program.

Intensive Support Programs (I.S.P.)

Transition Program
This program is a self-contained program for students identified with an intellectual exceptionality. The focus is placed on developing literacy, numeracy, independent living skills and work related skills geared towards the workplace.

Assistive Technology
In order to assist students in accessing Assistive Technology on devices, Rainbow utilizes the Google Apps for Education – specifically Google Read and Write.