Special Education Courses at Vaughan Secondary School

Learning Strategies Grade 9: Transition to Secondary School

This course is designed to assist students in acquiring skills that will enable them to make the transition to secondary school. It emphasizes strategies in the areas of writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills. Learning Strategies is withdrawal support for 75 minutes each day for one semester. Specific strategies offered to the group or individual students are determined by their needs and strengths and may include:

• Preparing for learning
• Assessing your own personal learning styles
• Identifying and defining personal management skills, habits and characteristics required for success in high schools
• Demonstrating and using an increasing variety of literacy and numeracy skills
• Developing note making skills
• Establishing good test-taking skills
• Demonstrating research skills

Learning Strategies Grade 10-12

These courses are designed to continue to help pupils build the skills necessary to cope effectively with the curriculum in all subject areas. Learning Strategies is withdrawal support for 75 minutes each day for one semester. Specific strategies offered to the group or individual students are determined by their needs and strengths and may include:

• Time Management and Organization
• Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Skills
• Problem Solving and Conflict Mediation
• Social, Personal and Healthy Development
• Career Planning