Resource Room

The Resource Room at Peter Skene Ogden Sec. School offers assistance to students who have been identified as having special needs. Individual Education Plans (I.E.P.) are developed for students, in consultation with parents, students and the School Based Team. Goals and learning outcomes are established, taking into account the child's special needs, strengths and weaknesses. Integration of special needs students is encouraged, to allow them to participate and interact fully with their age and grade peer group, and to develop friendships. Modified Program versus Regular Program( with adaptations). Modified/ Life Skills Program: has learning outcomes substantially different from prescribed curriculum, and specifically selected to meet the student's needs. Students who remain in this program will graduate with a School Leaving Certificate. Regular Program (with adaptations): retains the learning outcomes of the prescribed regular curriculum. Adaptations can occur in any class but in academic subjects students are grouped with a teacher experienced in working with students with adaptation requirements and the entire class covers the curriculum in an adapted fashion. Students who stay in this program throughout grade 11 and grade 12 will graduate with a Dogwood Certificate.