Regular Class with Indirect Support
The student is placed in a regular class for the entire day and the teacher receives specialized consultative services. Using the Resource-Based Model, the Special Education Resource teacher works with identified students to help them meet with the success in the regular classroom.
Special Education Class With Parental Integration
The student is placed by the IPRC in a special class where the pupil / teacher ratio conforms to Regulation 298, section 31, for at least 50 percent of the school day, but is integrated with a regular class for at least one instruction period daily.
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Gifted Sinclair offers opportunities for students in the Gifted Program to receive enrichment activities. Students accessing the Gifted program must be formally identified with the Durham District School Board as Gifted.
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Learning Strategies Students in the Learning Strategies Program have a significant discrepancy between academic achievement and intellectual ability.
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Multiple-Exceptionalities This program is accessed through Whitby Area Psychological Services. Students in this program must present with two or more areas of exceptionalities as defined by the IPRC. Students work toward an Ontario Secondary School Certificate.
Special Education Class Full-Time
The student is placed by the IPRC in a special education class, where the student teacher ratio conforms to Regulation 298, section31, for the entire school day. The main thrust of the program is a Life Skills approach for students with intellectual and or developmental delays. Students work toward a Certificate of Accomplishment.
For additional information regarding any of the programs, please contact: M. Graves, Head of Special Education, Sinclair 666-5400 ext. 5640