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(P rofile This Week A Report on Special Education . degree at the Lakehead by PAULINE ZIEGLER The Lake Superior Board of Education, which includes the Ter- race Bay Public School, views Special Education as an integral part of the total school programme. Special Education deals with exceptional children on either end of the spectrum; from the gifted to those with phy- sical handicaps, below average abilities, speech or language difficulties, and also emotional or behavioural problems. It is the administration and the staff's belief that the most desirable placement for these children is in the regular classroom. LaVaughn West who is the Special Educa- tion teacher for the Ter- race Bay Public School says, '"'in realizing each child has individual suc- cesses and problems, we are more sensitive to their needs today." Mrs. West received her Specialists in Education University, with an addi- tional course at the Tril- lium School in Milton, Ontario on the teaching aspects of Special Edu- cation. In addition, she remains in constant touch with associated sources. These sour- ces may provide new information.on dealing with the individual needs of a child finding difficulty within the reg- ular classroom. Mrs. West's help in the resource room, aids the child in overcoming a problem but she agrees that it is the co- operative effort by all those involved, that is making Special Educa- tion such a success story in the school. In some cases, a stud- ent will voluntarily ap- proach Mrs. West for assistance or parents may call suggesting help for their child. But in most cases the class- room teacher will pick up on a difficulty that SUBSCRIPTION \ Terrace Bay - Schreiber WIN a FREE YEAR'S to the the child is experiencing and then informs the school principal, Don Davey. The principal then refers the child to Mrs. West and that is when she will assess the child's needs and if ne- cessary, will set up a programme in consulta- tion with the regular classroom teacher and also with the parents of that child. The programme helps overcome the difficulty and the child's learning is most apt to improve within the regular class- room setting. If fur- ther assessment is necessary, Mrs. West may make a referral to an outside agency with the parent's consent. - Angela Pretty who is a teacher's aide for the primary students, helps in the resource room and also assists the class- room teacher. The vol- unteer help of Diane Phytila and Warren Bo get BRING THIS a' COUPON fora CHRISTMAS at the SLEEPING GIANT MOTEL | Thunder Bay, Ontario ] Check-in Fri. Noon aslo ei | Shoppers Weekend | Morril also adds to the success of the Special Education programme within the school. Special Education has been in effect in the public school since 1970 - long before Bill 82 was passed making the pro- gramme mandatory within all school sys- tems. Bill 82 under the Education Act amend- ment, received royal as- sent on December 12th, 1980. This guaranteed that every Ontario school age child has the right to receive an edu- cation' which is appro- priate to his or her individual needs and re- quirements. The needs are met by the indepth planning and _ installa- tion of Special Educa- tion in our schools. When Special Ed was made mandatory (by the year of 1985), the Lake Superior Board of Edu- cation had about ten years experience. In ad- dition, they were one of A clean chimney i is safer and more Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, November 30, 1983, page 3 LaVaughn West - Special Education teacher. 17 school boards chosen throughout Ontario, to act as a pilot project in planning an _ effective way to implement Spe- cial Education within the schools. The Board appoint- ed Gail Conrad as the co-ordinator of Special Education in the dist- rict. In order to further satisfy Bill 82 require- ments, the Lake Super- ior Board has put to- gether a committee, cur- rently active in setting up a Special Ed Pro- cedure Manual for gift- ed children. The Man- ual will include criteria on identifying gifted children and procedures in dealing with them in the classroom concern- ing their special needs. Mrs. West is a member of the committee, and it is with this and other efforts, plus the co- operation of everyone involved, that keep the exceptional children in the Terrace Bay Public School. The North of TRAPPER'S WORKSHOP | Saturday, December 3rd at the new Schreiber Legion Hall fur displays - presents their First Annual Workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m M.N.R. ; film - O. demonstrations and much more. 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