Tevie Miller Heritage School Program supports students with diagnosed speech and language delays, disorders or disabilities. Programming includes on-site speech and language pathologists providing a range of language and literacy supports.
Goals
Improve communication, speech, language and literacy skills
Benefits
Increased competence and confidence communicating and interacting in a variety of situations
Improved ability to understand language cues and how to respond appropriately
Program delivery
Targeted strategies taught and implemented to support students’ learning and individual speech and language goals
Smaller classes, small group and one-to-one instruction
Access to a collaborative team model consisting of a teacher, speech language pathologist and educational assistant on a daily basis
Language and literacy supports provided by speech language pathologist
A program supporting children diagnosed with speech and language delays, disorders or disabilities
Opportunity to build fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language option in Grades 4 to 6
Eligibility
For the Tevie Miller Heritage School Program, students must be:
in Kindergarten to Grade 6 with at least low average intellectual ability
presenting with a moderate to severe communication disability and significant academic delays
Students who exhibit a pattern of erratic or inconsistent attendance, or aggressive behaviour are not eligible.
Parents must provide specialized assessment reports such as academic, cognitive, speech language assessment results and programming recommendations. For more information about eligibility, contactTevie Miller Heritage School Program.
All programming is based on the curriculum determined by Alberta Education. Students enrolled in Tevie Miller Heritage School programming will receive the same high-quality education provided in all our programs.
Transportation
Most schools offering specialized programming have some yellow busing options available. For more information about busing, contact your child’s school or call Student Transportation at 780-429-8585.
