Section 23 Programs
Residential treatment program at Victoria Park (125 Lillie Street South). Students up to age 16 continue schooling while in the care of CCTB. Students study core academic subjects while receiving individually designed courses.
Hearing Resource Unit
Designed to meet the needs of hearing impaired high school students who have moderate to profound hearing loss and are identified by IPRC. Daily use of amplification is an integral part of this program staffed by a specialist teacher of the deaf at Hammarskjold.
Pre-Work Placement (PWP)
Designed to enhance the student’s functional life skills and maximize intellectual and academic abilities. For students working toward an OSS certificate identified with significant delays in academic functioning. Students are integrated into several courses. Offered at Hillcrest and Westgate.
Special Needs Program
For students age 14-21 identified with intellectual exceptionality with moderate to profound developmental delays in academic functioning and/or identified with a multi-disability. Students require a specialized program based on life skills and functional academics. Offered at Hammarskjold and Westgate.
Steering Adolescents in Learning (SAIL)
Designed for hard-to-serve 14-15 year olds as they attempt to prepare for re-entry to high school. Emphasis is placed on life skills, personal life management and academics, at Victoria Park.
Multi-Needs Program
The Multi-Needs Program at Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute offers a learning environment for students with severe to profound learning disabilities or other disorders or impairments, including a physical handicap (three or more exceptionalities).