Ottawa Carleton District School Board | Our Programs | Spec. Ed. Programs And Student Services

The OCDSB offers a range of special education programs:

Regular class with specialized support
Regular class with learning support teacher or learning resource teacher monitoring
Regular class with learning support teacher or learning resource teacher support
Specialized program
Special education school

The tiered approach is an extremely effective approach to assessment and intervention which sequentially increases the intensity of instructional intervention for a student requiring special education programs and services. The following links provides information regarding specialized programs. Specialized programs or special education classes for OCDSB students whose needs can best be met in a class comprised of students with similar identified exceptionalities. The location of the classes may or may not be in a pupil's community school. There is a central application process which requires parental consent to authorize the application.

Asperger’s Syndrome Program (ASP)

Autism Program (AUT)

Behaviour Intervention Program (BIP)

Blind/Low Vision – Integrated Program (B/LV)

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program (D/HH)

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Integrated Program (D/HH)

Developmental Disabilities Program (DD)

Dual Support Program (DSP)

General Learning Program (GLP)

Gifted Program (Gifted)

Language Learning Disabilities Program (LLD)

Learning Disability Program (LD)

Physical Support Program (PSP)

Primary Special Needs (PSN)

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