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• serve as regional resource centres for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing, who are blind or have low vision, who are deafblind, or who have severe learning disabilities;
• provide outreach and home-visiting services to parents of preschool children who are Deaf or hard of hearing, are blind or have low vision, or are deafblind;
• develop and provide learning materials and media for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing, are blind or have low vision, or are deafblind;
• provide school board teachers with resource services;
• provide professional development for teachers.
Admittance to a Provincial School is determined by the Provincial
Schools Admission Committee in accordance with the requirements set out in Regulation 296, “Ontario Schools for the Blind and the Deaf ”. Application for admission to a Demonstration School is made on behalf
of students by the school board, with parental consent. The Provincial Committee on Learning Disabilities (PCLD) determines whether a student is eligible for admission.
The following four Provincial Schools in Ontario provide education for students who are Deaf or hard of hearing, are blind or have low vision, or are deafblind:
• W. Ross Macdonald School, Brantford
• Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf, Milton
• Robarts School for the Deaf, London
• Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf, Belleville
The language of instruction at the three schools for the Deaf is American Sign Language (ASL). The language of instruction at the W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind and Deafblind is English.
The Centre Jules-Léger, which functions as both a Provincial School and a Demonstration School, provides instruction for the Deaf in Langue des Signes Québécois (LSQ). All other instruction is in French.
The following three Demonstration Schools provide education for students who have severe learning disabilities. Instruction at these schools is in English:
• Amethyst School, London • Sagonaska School, Belleville • Trillium School, Milton
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