Ontario. Ministry of Education - Trillium Demonstration School

Specialized residential school program for students with severe learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), whose educational needs cannot be adequately met in their local boards * provides a one-year, high intensity academic intervention program for pupils with severe learning disabilities with a focus on reading intervention * All students attending a demonstration school live in student lodging as a requirement of the program * assists enrolled pupils to develop personal life and learning strategies which will support their future academic pathway in programs within local school boards, other educational jurisdictions, or the community * provides in-service teacher education and consultative services to school boards to assist them in developing local programs for students with learning disabilities

Major services: 

School program

• an intensive and specialized program focusing on cognitive/language development for students with severe learning disabilities at elementary and secondary levels
• goals and objectives are set in all courses and there is a variety of credit courses offered in the secondary program
• assistive technology strategies are emphasized
• initial consultations initiated by student's home school
• classroom sizes range from five to eight pupils for most subjects
• when a student leaves the Trillium School program, detailed transitional documentation is forwarded to the receiving home school

Residence Program - Mon-Fri (mandatory)

• structured program including individual and group counselling, development of appropriate social behavior through social skills training, and recreational activities for students with severe learning disabilities
• student’s current level of social functioning and identified needs are used to design individual programs for students

Professional Development Worskshops for Educators

• designed for Ontario educators only including teachers, school/board consultants, board coordinators and school/board administrators
• one day workshops offered on learning disabilities and related topics that vary annually

Resources Services Program

• designed for Ontario school boards to assist them in developing programs for students with learning disabilities
• educational assessments for students who are potential candidates for Trillium program

Trillium Demonstration School serves as a catchment area of mid-northern Ontario, Dufferin, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Wellington, and York Counties of the Central Ontario Region, and Metropolitan Toronto