Walkerton’s Mother Teresa School has partnered with the Ministry of Education in a unique program geared towards students with learning disabilities.
Eight students diagnosed with learning disabilities from across Grey Bruce have been selected to participate in the program.
The students are bused to Walkerton each school day where they receive specialized instruction and technology to assist them with their studies.
One specialized teacher has been assigned to the eight students and each pupil has been equipped with their own laptop.
These same students also spend part of their day integrated with the rest of the school population in their various classrooms.
Superintendent of Education Catherine Montreuil says there are two main purposes to the program.
The first is to discover what programs in terms of reading and writing are most effective for students with learning disabilities.
The second is to find out how technology can be used as a bridge for high levels of learning for kids, including those with learning disabilities.
The Catholic Board and the Ministry of Education will then use the information to help improve the quality of education for other students with learning disabilities.
Montreuil says having a learning disability is like have a wiring problem in the brain — and the program is aimed at helping the students find ways around their wiring problem, by processing the information differently.
