At CSDCAB, specialized services are offered to all students with special needs, through the Response to Intervention (RAI) approach.
IAR is an approach used in the field of education to address the individual needs of struggling students. It is a process that involves close collaboration between teachers, parents and other members of the school team. A multi-step process, RAI aims to identify, assess and provide additional support to students who are having difficulty succeeding.
Special education programs and services
During their schooling, some students benefit from specialized programs and services offered in a separate classroom:
- Programme de développement des compétences personnelles sociales et académiques (PDCPSA) at École catholique secondaire de La Vérendrye (7e à 12e)
La Boussole aims to meet the diverse needs in schools, providing services and interventions for students at the academic, social and emotional levels. While advocating the inclusion of students in the regular classroom, La Boussole offers explicit instruction for the development of emotional, academic and social skills to ensure success.
A team of pedagogical, behavioral, attendance, language proficiency, mathematics, learning transformation and identity building advisors accompany school staff to facilitate the implementation of specialized programming for students with special needs.
The CSDCAB offers schools a speech-language pathology service for students with language disorders, including screening, prevention, consultation, evaluation and intervention.
CSDCAB offers students a psychometric service for students with learning and behavioural difficulties.