Welcome to Rainy River District

Programs and Supports

What special education programs and services are provided by the board?
All schools, except Nestor Falls and McCrosson-Tovell, have a Special Education Resource Teacher (SERT) to provide support to the classroom teachers. The SERT may also provide direct instruction to individual students and small groups of students, as well as standardized achievement testing and referral for diagnostic services.

Classroom teachers provide program modifications and accommodations for students with special needs in the regular classroom.

Reading Intervention Programs - Reading Recovery (Primary)

Special Education Assistants - assigned to students with demonstrated and documented high needs. Funding is provided by the Ministry of Education through funding grants.

All schools have a speech/language program which is delivered by a Communication Assistant under the direction of a Speech-Language Pathologist.

Secondary programs include school to work transitions, special education co-op, resource assistance, and life skills.

Personal special education equipment is funded jointly by the Board and the Ministry of Education (SEA) and provided for students with demonstrated and documented high needs.
What organizations are available to assist parents?
Many parent organizations are available to provide information and support to parents of exceptional children.

Local Children's Services
Emotional/Behaviour Disorders
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Gifted
Developmental Disabilities
Blind/Low Vision
Physical Disability
Other
What are the ministry’s provincial and demonstration schools?
The ministry operates provincial and demonstration schools through-out Ontario for deaf, blind, deaf-blind, and severely learning-disabled students, as well as those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Residential programs are offered at the schools Monday to Friday, for students who live too far from school to travel daily.

Demonstration schools for English-speaking students with ADHD and severe learning disabilities:

Sagonaska School
350 Dundas Street West
Belleville, ON K8P 1B2
Phone: (613) 967-2830

Trillium School
347 Ontario Street South
Milton, ON L9T 3X9
Phone: (905) 878-2851
TTY: (905) 878-7195

Amethyst Demonstration School
1515 Cheapside Street
London , ON N5Y 3N9
Phone: (519) 453-4408

School for the blind and deaf-blind:

W. Ross Macdonald School
350 Brant Avenue
Brantford, ON N3T 3J9
Phone: (519) 759-0730
Toll Free; 1-866-618-9092

Francophone school for the deaf and for those with learning disabilities:

Centre Jules-Léger
281 Avenue Lanark
Ottawa, ON K1Z 6R8
Phone: (613) 761-9300
ATS: (613) 761-9302

Schools for the deaf:

Ernest C. Drury School
255 Ontario Street South
Milton, ON L9T 2M5
Telephone: (905) 878-2851
TTY: (905) 878-7195

Robarts School
1515 Cheapside Street
London, ON N5V 3N9
Telephone and TTY: (519) 453-4400

Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
350 Dundas Street West
Belleville, ON K8P 1B2
Telephone (613) 967-2823
TTY (513) 967-2823
Toll Free—1-800-501-6240
Where can parents obtain additional information?

Additional information can be obtained from:

  • The school principal; or Special Education Resource Teacher

  • Special Education Administrator
    Phone: 807-274-9855 Ext 5015
    Fax: 807-274-8391
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