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Short Term Placements

The W. Ross Macdonald School began providing Short Term Placements for students who are blind or have low vision and are enrolled in Boards in the fall of 2007, after much research and planning. The rationale for our STPs is to provide specific skill acquisition and rich social and recreational opportunities for students throughout the province.

These weekend opportunities focus on specific topics for specific age groupings. Participants complete an application. (Click here to download an application form in PDF format.) We limit weekend enrolment to 12 participants. The requirements of the application include:

• IEP
• IPRC Statement of Decision (if applicable)
• Medical Information
• Level of Independent Living Skills
  

Our instructors and residence staff are dedicated to providing an engaging and fun learning environment each weekend. Instructors for these programs are carefully selected for their expertise in the given area of instruction.

This program has been a resounding success and we have a 75 -80% return rate of participants each weekend.

Weekend STPs and Summer Camps include:

Date	Topic and Target Audience
January 8-10, 2010	Transition to High School Students in Grades 6 to 8 preparing for High School
January 22 -24, 2010	Technology for My Parents and Me Parents of children in Grades 3 to 6
February 19 – 21, 2010	Out of Focus? Students with Low Vision in Grades 5-12
March 26 – 28, 2010	Music and Technology Creative students with formal musical training
April 30, May 1 & 2, 2010	Technology 4 Work Students in Grades 10-12
May 28 - 30, 2010	Spring into Sudbury For more information, click here to download a flyer in PDF format.
July 5-9, 2010	Sports Camp Summer Camp Ontario Blind Sports School age students
July 11-16, 2010	ILS-Camp Freedom Summer Camp - VIEWS School age students
July 18-24, 2010	Music Camp School age students

• What to bring to Short Term Placements.

• What to bring to Summer Camps.

The benefits for those attending are far reaching. Most widen their social networks by staying in touch with their new friends via email, phone or visits. All leave with new skill sets ranging from technological, social, career planning, post secondary exploration, transition preparation or increasing skills in independence. Each year, new topics for sessions are folded into our calendar of STPs.

Of particular interest is our “Off Campus” STPs. In order to address distance issues, we have begun to take our sessions to distant locations. In the 2008-2009 year we provided two such weekends in Morrisburg and Thunder Bay.

For further information, please contact:

Mary Martin: mary.i.martin@ontario.ca

and/or

Julie Spry: juliecspry@hotmail.com

The STP program provides networking opportunities for parents and students alike. We anticipate continued success in this new and exciting program.

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