PACE Overview - Riverside School Board

IT ALL STARTED WITH...
ADAM'S DREAM
A JOINT PROJECT
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL
BOARD
&
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE
SAINT LAMBERT
P.A.C.E.
• Post-secondary
• Alternative
• Community-based
• Education
OVERVIEW
• An inclusive post-secondary program designed to meet the
individual needs of RSB students aged 18-21 with developmental,
intellectual or multiple disabilities
• Includes core academics, job & mobility training, college classes
and activities, leisure and recreational activities, links with
community supports, transition planning
• Potential WOTP certification or attestation of completion of the
Challenges program from the Ministry of Education
GOOD CANDIDATES
• 17-21 years old
• Current student at one of RSB’s secondary schools
• Motivated to be with same-age peers & expand social circle
• Wants to learn from a variety of experiences (college and work)
• Appropriate social skills (no disruptive behaviours)
• Able to function autonomously at college & at work
• Wants to become more independent & make decisions
CURRICULUM
• English Language Arts
• French Second Language
• Mathematics
• Autonomy & Social Participation
• Geography, History & Citizenship
• Technological & Scientific
Experimentation
• Physical Education & Health
• Introduction to the World of Work /
Preparation for the Job Market
• Work Study (job training placement)
COLLEGE
LIFE
• Audit courses
• Clubs
• FACT: Friendship and
Community Ties
• Activities
• Friends
AUDIT
CLASSES
• Ancient World
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Knowledge
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• Badminton
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• Basketball
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• Body Conditioning
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• Child & Adolescent
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Psychology
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• Circuit Training
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• Coloour Photography
• Digital Imaging /
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Studio Arts
• Drawing
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• Education & Social
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Change
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• Effective
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Communication for
College Studetns
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• Experimental
Techniques in Drawing •
• Film History
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Film Studies
Fit for Life
Games
Group Fitness
Français de base
Italian I
Mind-Body Activities
Music: From Jazz to
Rap to Techno
Nutrition and Health
Management
Political Science
Psychology
Public Speaking
Religion and
Knowledge
Science Fiction and
the Graphic Novel
Short Fiction
Soccer
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Sociology (Intro)
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Sociology of Education
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Sociology of the Family
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Sociology of Gender, Race •
& Justice
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Spanish
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Sports Conditioning
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Studio Arts
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Study Skills in Algebra
Total Body Conditioning
Tourism
Weight Training
Western Civilization
Writing for Journalism
Vision of Art
Yoga
Zumba
WORK STUDY
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Animal Expert
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Aqua Tropicale
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Au Vieux Duluth
Best Buy
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Best Western
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Burger King
Café Dizengoff
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Café sur la Rue
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Cage aux Sports •
Canadian Tire
Centre d’Affaires •
de la Monteregie •
Certex
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Champlain
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Learning Centre •
Champion Lanes
Chef en vous
Chez Doris
Concordia –
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I.I.T.S.; People’s •
Potato; R4
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Deco Decouverte •
Dollar Plu$$
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Entrepôt Taylor’s •
Esthetique Auto •
Plus
Femme Fitness
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Five Star Financial •
Future Shop
Fruits et Légumes
Grande Allée
Future Shop
Groupe Educatif
Roya
Jack Astors
Jean Coutu
Kinderville Private
School
Krispy Kreme
Linen Chest
Marshall’s
McDonald’s
McGill – Childcare
Centre; Midnight
Kitchen; SPARC
Lab
Metro
Mike’s
Oxfam
Pharmaprix
Pizza Hut
Presse Café
Provigo St.
Lambert
Quiznos
REACH School
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Résidence du Parc
Royal Bank
Sears
South Shore
Reading Council
Spectrum
Productions
St. Hubert BBQ
St. Jude
Elementary
St. Lambert
Elementary
Starbucks
Subway’s
Suzuki
Terry Fox School
The Bay / La Baie
Tim Horton’s
Toys R Us
Unipneu / Pneus
et Services Grisé
Uniprix
Van Houtte
Winners
YMCA / YWCA
Zellers
COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
• Wave Against Bullying
• International Day of
Persons with Disabilities
• Fund raisers for
Philippines, Heart &
Stroke, etc.
• Hosting friends from
REACH & Step Up
• Community Service &
Volunteering
SPECIAL PROJECTS
ART THERAPY
MUSIC THERAPY
SPECTRUM
PRODUCTIONS
We are filmmakers!
• Planning
• Writing
• Acting
• Filming
• Sound monitoring
• Directing
• Editing
FIELD TRIPS
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The Nutcracker
• Biodome
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RSB Career
Fair
• Planetarium
• Montreal
Museum of Fine
Arts
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Old Port
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Montreal
Science Centre
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Parc Michel
Chartrand
• Mini-putt
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Mount Royal
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CAMO Job Fair
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Access / Step
Up
• Spectrum
Productions film
studio
• Emploi Quebec
• Bowling
• McCord
Museum
OUTCOMES
• Increased self-determination… #1 predictor of post-school success
• Improved social & communication skills
• Increased mobility in the community
• Increased involvement in community leisure & recreational activities
• WOTP certification or Challenges attestation (MELS)
• Next steps:
• Continuing education
• Volunteer work
• Paid employment
Increased Level of Self-Determination
Norm
Samples
Positive
Responses
Data derived from The Arc’s Self-Determination Scale, Adolescent Version
by Michael Wehmeyer, Ph. D., and Kathy Kelchner, M.Ed., © 1995 by The Arc of the United State
Celebrating
Our Success
Dreams come true!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Speak with your secondary school administrator
• Contact Marina Bresba, Adam’s PACE teacher / coordinator
• mbresba@rsb.qc.ca
• 450-672-7360 ext. 350
• 514-220-8463