Services Include:

Early Literacy

Division wide assessments determine who requires extra support in the area of reading at the grade one level.  Students receive intensive reading programming.

Educational Assistants

Educational Assistants work directly with students under the supervision of classroom and resource teachers.  Educational Assistants carry out a wide range of duties within the school and support students as assigned.

Guidance and Counselling

School counsellors provide academic, career, personal and social counselling services to all students on an individual, small group or classroom basis, as required.  Counsellors work as a liaison with parents, teachers and outside agencies in a consultative and collaborative manner.  There is a referral process for counselling requests.

Medical and Emergency Response Planning

Southwest Horizon School Division and Assiniboine Regional Health Authority work together with the United Referral Intake System (URIS) to identify students with medical needs such as Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes, etc. 

A qualified nurse prepares and updates medical response plans each year for the school and bus drivers.

Occupational and Physical Therapy

When required, students may be assessed and receive therapy through the Promise Years Programme. 

Psychology Services

Students referred to the division Psychologist may be assessed in order to determine learning needs.  Teachers receive recommendations in order to plan and program for struggling learners.

Resource Teachers

Where a resource teacher is available, they may provide support to regular classroom programs in order to meet the needs of a student.  Service may be direct (pull-out) or indirect (in a regular classroom) through a consultative and collaborative process with parents and staff.

Student’s needs are identified and resource intervention is provided through a referral and formal assessment process.

Resource Teachers coordinator special services within their school.

Speech and Language Pathology

Students referred to the division Speech/Language Pathologists may receive direct and/or consultative programming.  After assessing the student’s needs, appropriate activities are provided to enhance language and communication skills. 

The Speech/Language Pathologists work as members of the school team which may include school staff, parents and outside service providers for programming needs.

Transition Planning

Provincial guidelines are followed for transition into and out of school.  School teams identify students and work collaboratively with families and outside agencies to support the transition process.

Vision and Hearing Screening

All Kindergarten and Grade 1 students are screened for hearing difficulties by the Speech Language Pathologist and referrals made by the Coordinator of Student Services to Westman Hearing Centre in Brandon.

Vision screening takes place annually for Kindergarten, grade 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 (optional) students.  Referral letters for further assessment are sent to the parents of students who fail the screenings.