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in regular, integrated classrooms.
The Stratford school was chosen as a host
site because, in 2003-04, it was the Avon
Maitland board's Autism Pilot site.
That program, initiated and funded by the
provincial government, provided 10 school
boards with the resources to -- as Parsons
puts it — "examine the (education) ministry's
Autism standards, to determine if we
complied with them already, and if we didn't
— what it would require to comply."
She stressed the Autism Demonstration
Site is not linked directly to the Autism Pilot
program, though Anne Hathaway's
participation in the earlier initiative did give
the school "a head start" when it came to
providing learning resources of value
specifically to autistic students.
Other than that, costs for the new Autism
Demonstration Site — including mainly staff
training but also further resources and
alterations to the building -- are being
covered entirely through the
board's Special Education budget.
That means the project,
like others, is caught up in the
board's ongoing struggle to
convince the provincial
government that trustees were
justified in creating a Special
Education reserve fund when the
2004-05 budget was approved
last June.
Education ministry
officials have since announced
that if boards have such reserves,
they must not be spending enough
on Special Education and should
have the amount of those reserves
removed from their 2004-05
provincial grant.
Parsons argues the board
has consistently spent more on
Special Education than the
provincial grants provide for,
taking money from other areas of
expenditure to cover the
shortfalls; the reserve fund was
meant, in part, to prevent this
from happening in the future, if
possible.
"We're endeavouring, at
this point ... to reinforce with the
ministry that we, in fact, have
been spending significant dollars
for things like the demonstration
site," the education superintendent
said.
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News
School board moves ahead withpl
roeect
by creating an Autism Demonstration Site
autism -related professional development on
a revenue -generating basis.
Students of all abilities are present in the
school while the sessions are taking place,
with small groups of teachers actually
observing inside the classrooms at certain
times.
There is no interaction between the
participants and students, however, and
Parsons reported that Anne Hathaway
students adjusted very well to the presence
of participants during the Oct. 22 launch of
the project.
"The focus is on how classrooms have
been constructed, physically, to make the
environment more suitable for children with
autism.
That includes some of the symbols that
have been placed around the room," Parsons
explained, adding the aim of the project is to
provide information about how to minimize
the difficulties when placing autistic students
By Stew Slater
Special 10 the Expositor
Despite some uncertainty regarding future
funding for Special Education programs, the
Avon Maitland District School Board has
moved ahead with an innovative project
aimed at developing the skills and resources
needed to teach autistic children.
On Friday, Oct. 22, the board hosted its
first professional development sessions at
what's being called an "Autism
Demonstration Site" at Anne Hathaway
elementary school in Stratford
According to education superintendent
Marie Parsons, groups of teachers from the
board are now booked to take part in similar
sessions at the site, one day per month from
now until the end of the current school year.
After that, Parsons says, the board may
begin looking outside its borders to provide
Susan Hundertmark photo
Bus safety 101
Grade 3 student Shauna Gagnier jumps out of the emergeny exit of a bus at a recent bus
safety day at Seaforth Public School. Students learned the ins and outs of school bus safety
with topics including how to deal with an emergency while on the bus.