OUR GOALS
OUR VISION
Connect, Learn and Thrive
OUR VISION
Provide educational services to students whose physical or mental health presents difficulties in accessing their regular education program, and to facilitate their entry or return to a program that best meets their ongoing needs.
Making Continued School an Expectation
Many regular teachers and/or parents treat a visit to hospital as a break in studies for the child. It is our experience and research supports that a continued expectation for schooling has many positive benefits even for short-term stays and we ask enrolled schools, health staff and parents to support this concept. Closs and Norris (2001) found a positive outcome is more likely for a student if:
Making Continued School an Expectation
Many regular teachers and/or parents treat a visit to hospital as a break in studies for the child. It is our experience and research supports that a continued expectation for schooling has many positive benefits even for short-term stays and we ask enrolled schools, health staff and parents to support this concept. Closs and Norris (2001) found a positive outcome is more likely for a student if:
- A partnership exists between the enrolled school, hospital school, health services, family and student.
- Transition planning is conducted well in advance.
- Professional learning is conducted for enrolled school staff.
- The enrolled school has a positive ethos to support the student.
