Resource Professionals
Resource Professionals
The following resource professionals are available at our school for
varying amounts of time each week:
Educational Psychologist
The school psychologist provides psycho-educational assessment of
children to identify the source of the difficulties in school, and makes
appropriate recommendations to teachers and parents. The psychologist also
provides consultation and support to teachers and parents concerning children
with learning and behavioural challenges.
Speech-Language Pathologist
The speech and language pathologist’s main objective is to assess
students who are experiencing difficulties with speech and language in order to
provide information and support to parents and teachers.
School Social Worker
The school social worker is employed by the CLSC Lachine and is part of
the Family-Child Treatment Team. The role of the social worker is to
act as a consultant regarding student and/or family concerns. The social worker
can be contacted by phone at the school or at the CLSC.
Spiritual Animator
The spiritual animator works in our school one day per week. The
role of the spiritual animator is to encourage and facilitate the spiritual and
community life of our school population. This may involve meeting with the
school as a whole, individual classes, small groups of students or individuals.
School Nurse
The school nurse is employed by the CLSC Lachine. The nurse is
responsible for a variety of health care needs at the school. She provides
support to students and to families.
The following resource professionals are available on a daily basis.
Resource Teachers
The resource teachers work with small groups of students either in the
classroom or the resource rooms to provide academic support to students
experiencing difficulty.
Behaviour Technician(s)
The Behaviour Technician works with a team of educators, psychologists,
behavioural consultants and social workers on the Family and School Support and
Treatment Team (F.S.S.T.T). The Behaviour Technician serves as an advocate
for students and provides support with social and behavioural issues.
Integration Aides
Integration aides provide support in the classrooms, to both students and teachers in the classes into which our special needs students are integrated.
