Organizers of a pilot program to feature in local schools hope to help some young special needs students.
Last week, Education Minister Gord Wyant announced the province’s Early Learning Intensive Support pilot program is expanding from Regina and Saskatoon to other places, including North Battleford.
Six students in North Battleford would be eligible for participation in the program.
Lisa Fleming, Director of Early Learning and Evaluation, said families apply to Living Sky or Light of Christ School Divisions, and “the division will review the application and choose the best candidate for the program.”
The program’s funding could go toward resources that could help children who are deaf, visually impaired, autistic or who have other complex needs.
Provincial funding could go toward educational assistants, special equipment, speech and language support, an occupational therapist or others.
Fleming said parents could apply to school divisions and the divisions would allocate money according to what eligible students need.
The program, Fleming said, is to provide students an opportunity for “developing skills that will make them more happy and confident.”
Fleming said interested parents should contact school divisions.
