A Model for the Provision of Speech and Language Services
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(As applicable to the Education Act) |
Criteria
School Boards School boards will be responsible
in the following circumstances:
- when assessment or programming for the communication
disorder requires close cooperation and liaison with an educational
team;
- when appropriate programming requires the educational
environment for improvement;
- when communication programming can and should be part of
the pupil's educational program;
- when communication problems are having, or are likely to
have a significant impact on educational progress or school adjustment, i.e.
when educational development will be impeded without communication skill
programming;
- when management by a medical team is not essential.
Where school boards are responsible for the provision of
language and speech services, a spectrum of professional and trained support
personnel should be utilized in a co-operative, interdisciplinary
approach.
Note: In this document, an educational team
includes but is not restricted to one teacher working with other professionals,
including a school principal, to develop an educational program. Criteria
Facilities and Centres of the Ministry of Community and Social
Services Facilities and Centres will be
responsible when a pupil admitted to a facility or centre, funded by the
Ministry of Community and Social Services, attends an educational program
offered by a school board in the Facility or Centre setting, in accordance with
the General Legislative Grants regulation of the Ministry of Education. Criteria
Local Home Care Programs and Agencies of the Ministry of Health
Local Home Care Programs and Agencies will be responsible in
the following circumstances:
- when assessment and/or management of the communication
disorder requires the involvement of and liaison with a medical management
team;
- when co-ordination efforts of other services available
within the health setting are required;
- when the assessment and/or management plan does not require
liaison with an educational team, i.e. the goals of the assessment, treatment
or plan of care need not become an integral component of the pupil's
educational program;
- when management by an educational team is not
essential;
- when a pupil in a treatment program, funded by the Ministry
of Health, attends an educational program offered by a school board in the
approved care and treatment setting, in accordance with the General Legislative
Grants regulation of the Ministry of Education.
Note: In this document, a medical management
team includes but is not restricted to one health professional working with
other professionals, including a physician, to develop a plan of care.
Program and Agency service providers are encouraged to
liaise with appropriate school board personnel.
See also Policy/Program Memorandum No. 81: Provision of
Health Support Services in School Settings |
