Student Services
Planning and Programming for Students with Special Learning Needs
Student services teams in Manitoba schools support students in a variety of ways. Any student may require student-specific planning, programming, and documentation, including those who have identified special learning needs and abilities.
Students with special learning needs and abilities are:
- those who require specialized services or programming when deemed necessary by the in-school team because of cognitive/intellectual, social/ emotional, behavioural, sensory, physical, communication, academic, or special health-care needs that affect their ability to meet curricular learning expectations
- those who are working well beyond subject- or course-specific provincial curricular learning expectations in one or more subjects/courses or specific skill areas
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Information for Schools, Students, and Families
The in-school team includes the student, parent(s), classroom teacher(s), school principal, resource teacher(s), counsellor(s), and may include educational assistants and others who support students with special learning needs. The team has an important role in planning, developing, and monitoring student specific plans (SSPs) for students. For students who require an SSP, a member of the in-school team is designated as case manager.
Through the student specific planning process, the student support team works to identify a student’s learning needs and to develop, implement, and evaluate appropriate educational interventions. These interventions may range from short-term strategies applied in the classroom to comprehensive, individualized programming. The student-specific planning process is sufficiently broadbased to address, in a systematic way, a wide range of learning needs.
Classroom Support
- Universal Design and Differentiated Instruction
- Adaptation
- Modification
- Individualized Programming
- Assistive Technology
Student-specific Planning
Positive Behaviour Support
Student-specific Needs
Transitional Planning
- Early childhood transition to school
- Transition from high school to community
- Students in care of child welfare agencies
Links
Classroom Support
- Listening and Speaking: First Steps into Literacy: A Support Document for Kindergarten Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologist
- Success for All Learners: A Handbook on Differentiating Instruction: A Resource for Kindergarten to Senior 4 Schools (1996). Not available online. Please send detailed request to isbinfo@gov.mb.ca.
- Educational Assistants in Manitoba Schools
Student-specific Planning
Positive Behaviour Support
- Towards Inclusion: From Challenges to Possibilities – Planning for Behaviour
- Towards Inclusion: Supporting Positive Behaviour in Manitoba Classrooms
Student-specific Needs
- Supporting Inclusive Schools: A Handbook for Developing and Implementing Programming for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Tapping Hidden Strengths: Planning for Students Who Are Alcohol-Affected
Transition Planning
- Bridging to Adulthood: A Protocol for Transitioning Students with Exceptional Needs from School to Community
- Protocol for Early Childhood Transition to School for Children with Additional Support Needs (
464 KB) - Education and Child and Family Services Protocol for Children and Youth in Care ( 1.39 MB)
- Information Sharing Protocol Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act ( 38 KB)
Of Special Interest to Parents
- Working Together: A Guide to Positive Problem Solving for School, Families, and Communities
- Working Together: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Special Needs in School (Brochure) ( 795 KB)
- Working Together: A Parent’s Guide to Formal Dispute Resolution
- Working Together: A Parents Guide to Transition from School to Community
Related Organizations
- The Student Services Association of Manitoba (SSAAM)
- The Manitoba Association of Resource Teachers (MART)
- The Manitoba Association of School Superintendents (MASS)
- The Manitoba Teachers Society (MTS)
- Professional Certification Unit
Legislation/Standards/Policies
- Appropriate Educational Programming Legislation
- Education Administration Miscellaneous Provisions Regulation
- Standards for Appropriate
Educational Programming in Manitoba ( 481 KB)
- Administration Handbook for Schools
Contact
General Enquiries
Inclusion Support Branch
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning
Telephone: 204-945-7907
Toll Free in Manitoba: 1-800-282-8069, ext. 7907
Email: isbinfo@gov.mb.ca
