The Special Education Department at MMHS provides identified students with a variety of services to assist them through secondary school. Our ultimate goal is to empower students to be independent, self-advocating, and life-long learners. Students examine different paths to success: workplace, apprenticeship, college and/or university.
Levels of Support:
Withdrawal Support
Withdrawal support students will take a credit in a Learning Strategies course. In addition, the special education resource teacher in consultation with the classroom teacher monitors the student’s progress and makes program adjustments.
Regular Class with Resource Support
Resource support is provided in the classroom by the special education resource teacher on a regular basis. Instructional interventions, modifications and/or accommodations are provided and continually assessed and evaluated by the classroom teacher and/or special education resource teacher.
Regular Class with Indirect Service
Regular class with indirect service is provided to students who are placed in the regular classroom. The special education resource teacher in consultation with the classroom teacher monitors the student’s progress and makes program adjustments.
Partially Self-Contained
Milliken Mills High School offers four different partially self-contained programs. Students are offered a placement in these classes based on their IEP. Students will receive notification of placement in the following programs prior to course selection.
Learning Strategies Courses
These courses assist students in building the skills necessary to cope effectively with the regular curriculum and prepare them for post-secondary education and life. Specific strategies offered to groups or individual students are determined by individual needs and may include: organization, time management, note-making, problem solving, presentation skills, study skills, test taking, reading, writing, stress management, career exploration, finance, social skills and self-advocacy. The aim of the program is to have students apply these skills independently in their regular classes and in post-secondary.
Each level provides the above learning opportunities and has a specific grade level focus:
GLE101 Focus: Transitioning to High School
GLE201 Focus: Preparing for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)
GLE301 Focus: The World of Work and Pathways
GLE401 Focus: Preparing for Post-Secondary Destination (including a variety of guest speakers from several post-secondary institutions)