Ontario School Boards’ Special Education Plans

What it is

In Ontario, the Ministry of Education outlines special education procedures. Each school board develops and updates their Special Education Plan annually. outlining how the board implements the Ministry procedures. In each school board Special Education Plan, you will find information on IRPC criteria, possible placements and supports.

From time to time school boards change the location of their plan on their website. If any of the links below don't work go to the school board main site and look under "programs". See below for a link to the boards' home pages.

For a list of French language school boards, click here.

Board Directory: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sbinfo/

School Board Special Education Plan
Algoma District School Board http://www.adsb.on.ca/uploads/info/listings/specedplan2009-2010finalapproved.pdf
Algonquin and Lakeshore
Catholic District School Board 		http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/student_services/plan.aspx?master=/parents/parents.master
Avon Maitland District School Board http://www.avonmaitland.on.ca/ourschools/documents/2009_Spec_Ed_Plan.pdf
Bluewater District School Board http://www.bwdsb.on.ca/stserv/speced_plan/home%20page#
Brant Haldimand Norfolk
Catholic District School Board 		http://www.bhncdsb.ca/sites/www.bhncdsb.ca/files/resources/special_education_plan_bhncdsb.pdf
Bruce-Grey Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.bgcdsb.org/curriculum/special_education/...
Catholic District School Board
of Eastern Ontario 		http://www.cdsbeo.on.ca/Special_Education/annual_report.htm
District School Board Ontario North East http://www.dsb1.edu.on.ca/program/pdfs/SEP-2008-09.pdf
District School Board of Niagara http://www.dsbn.edu.on.ca/schools/supportservices/...
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board http://www.dpcdsb.org/CEC/Programs/...
Durham Catholic District School Board http://www.dcdsb.ca/web/durhamrc.nsf/(AllByCurDocID)/...
Durham District School Board http://ddsb.durham.edu.on.ca/Parent/Special_Education/Parent_Guide_for_spec_ed.pdf
Grand Erie District School Board http://www.granderie.ca/Parents/SpecialEducation.aspx
Greater Essex County District School Board http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/programs/SpecEd/plan/popPlan.htm
Halton Catholic District School Board http://www.hcdsb.org/speced/Revised2008SpecEdPlan.pdf
Halton District School Board http://www.hdsb.ca/AboutUs/SpecialEducation/Special%20Education/SpecialEducationPlan.pdf
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board http://www.hwcdsb.ca/
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/programs/specialed/plan/pdfs/0910plan.pdf
Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/ec/services/spe/specialEducationPlan.html
Huron Perth Catholic District School Board http://www.huronperthcatholic.ca/Students/SpecialEducation/SpecialEducationPlan.aspx
Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board http://www.hscdsb.on.ca/UserFiles/...
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board http://www.kprschools.ca/admin/...
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board http://www.kpdsb.on.ca/SiteAdmin_PDF/2010-11%20Special%20Education%20Plan%20final%202.pdf
Kenora Catholic District School Board http://www.kcdsb.on.ca/kcdsb/new/Special%20Education%20Manual%202008.pdf
Lakehead District School Board http://www.lakeheadschools.ca/speced/sped_plan
Lambton Kent District School Board http://www.lkdsb.net/Speced/docs/SPECIAL%20EDUCATION%20PLAN%20-%202009.pdf
Limestone District School Board http://www.limestone.on.ca/Programs/special_Education/Spec_Ed_Plan
London District Catholic School Board http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/...
Near North District School Board http://www.nearnorthschools.ca/parents/special-education
Niagara Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.niagaracatholic.ca/index.php?doc=/niagaraRC//Parents%20and%20Students/sss/spEdPlan/spEdToc.htm
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic
District School Board 		http://www.npsc.edu.on.ca/PDF%20document/Special%20Education%20Plan%202009.pdf
Northeastern Catholic District School Board http://www.ncdsb.on.ca/board/pdfs/SpecialEdPlan2005-2009.pdf
Northwest Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.tncdsb.on.ca/resources/SPED%20Manual%200809.pdf
Ottawa Catholic District School Board http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/content.php?doc=2744&xwm=true
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board http://www.ocdsb.ca/Documents/OCDSB_Publications/Spec-Ed-Plan09.pdf
Peel District School Board http://www.peelschools.org/parents/facts/spec-edplan.htm
Peterborough Victoria
Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board 		http://www.pvnccdsb.on.ca/library/Special%20Education/SpecialEducationPlan2009.doc
Rainbow District School Board http://http://www.rainbowschools.ca/programs/SpecialEducation/specEdPlan2010.php
Rainy River District School Board http://www.rrdsb.com/sites/...
Renfrew County Catholic
District School Board 		http://www.rccdsb.edu.on.ca/Spec%20ed%20Plan%202004-2005.pdf
Renfrew County District School Board http://www.renfrew.edu.on.ca/speced/Plan.htm
Simcoe County District School Board http://scdsb.on.ca/Programs/special-education/Pages/default.aspx
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.smcdsb.on.ca/UserFiles/...
St Clair Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.st-clair.net/specialed/plan/default.htm
Sudbury Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.scdsb.edu.on.ca/admin/reports/SpecialEducationPlan.pdf
Superior North Catholic
District School Board 		http://www.sncdsb.on.ca/article/policies-and-manuals-256.asp
Superior-Greenstone District
School Board 		http://www.sgdsb.on.ca/article/reports--publications-165.asp
Thames Valley District School Board http://www.tvdsb.ca/programs.cfm?subpage=3806
Thunder Bay Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.tbcdsb.on.ca/departments/special_education/...
Toronto Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.tcdsb.org/curriculum/...
Toronto District School Board http://www.tdsb.on.ca/_site/...
Trillium Lakelands District
School Board 		http://www.tldsb.on.ca/pdfs/tldsb_specedplan_2009.pdf
Upper Canada District School Board http://www.ucdsb.on.ca/...
Upper Grand District School Board http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/article.aspx?id=1076
Waterloo Catholic District School Board http://www.wcdsb.ca/ss/spec-ed/pdf/Special-Education-Plan.pdf
Waterloo Region District School Board http://www.wrdsb.ca/about-us/district-school-board/special-education-plan
Wellington Catholic District
School Board 		http://www.wellingtoncssb.edu.on.ca/sped.html
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/board-learningsupportservices-boardplan.asp
York Catholic District School Board http://www.ycdsb.ca/departments/InstructionalServices/StudentServices/SpecEdPlan.htm
York Region District School Board http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/pdfs/w/schools/speced/SC-speciaeducationplan.pdf



Ressources
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