Specialized Programs
Special Education Programs
Individual Support Program
Scott Robertson School offers an Individual Support Program for students in Grade 1 - 6 who have been diagnosed with severe physical, medical or multiple disabilities.
Students register for the program at their community school.
ISP Programming has yellow bus service available, there are no fees for this service.
Interactions
Scott Robertson School offers an Interactions for students in grade 1 - 6 who have been diagnosed with Autism (ASD).
Students register for the program at their community school.
Interactions Programming has yellow bus service available, there are no fees for this service.
Pre-Kindergarten Program
Pre-Kindergarten is for children with severe needs who are between the ages of 2 years and 8 months and 4 years and 8 months old by September 1 of the year they are attending, as per Alberta Education criteria.
For the 2024 year, the Pre-Kindergarten Program requires that students qualify before we can register them. If your child is born in 2020 or 2021, he/she qualifies based on Alberta Education criteria. If you would like your child to be considered for enrolment in September 2024, please click on the link below. This is a central intake list for all 6 Pre-Kindergarten sites therefore you only need to enter your child’s information once.
Pre-Kindergarten builds children's socialization, cognitive and speech language skills in a playful, language-rich environment.
To attend Pre-Kindergarten children need to have a severe development delay and be at least 3 years old by December 31 of the year they are attending.
To qualify for Pre-Kindergarten, your child will need to have an assessment from a healthcare provider or a doctor, indicating that your child has a severe developmental delay.
If you feel that your child may qualify for this program, but doesn't have a diagnosis, please call our office.
Program Delivery (subject to change)
- Half-day classes - five days per week (8:45-11:15 AM or 12:30 - 3:00 PM)
- 10-11 children per class
- Playful and engaging learning environment
Each class has a team of professionals including a Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist and Music Therapist who work with a teacher and classroom staff to help children get an excellent start to learning.
Specialized Therapy & Education Play Program (STEPP)
In conjunction with the PUF program, Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) funds a Specialized Services Program at Scott Robertson School . The STEP Program provides intensive intervention for families of children with severe needs that significantly limit their ability to participate in normal daily living activities. FSCD determines eligibility based on a number of criteria which include; the child has critical service needs in two or more areas including behavior, communication and social skills, physical abilities, cognitive abilities or self-help and adaptive functioning, and that the family needs support to acquire specific skills and learn strategies to help promote the growth of their child’s development and participation.
The STEP Program and PKP teams work together to ensure that strategies and goals for each child are consistent across environments (classroom, the child’s home and community settings). The STEPP specialists collaborate with the PUF specialists assigned to each child’s classroom to ensure all strategies are consistent in each environment. STEPP staff attends meetings with PKP/Community school teams to collaborate and provide any new information about the children’s programming needs.
The focus of the STEPP program is parent education. Parent education occurs through regular individualized home visits with a Behavior Interventionist, Consultants, Program Coordinator, parent in-services and group community outings. Parents should plan on participating in programming once or more per week.
The STEPP Team consists of:
- SLP
- OT
- Behavior Consultant
- Program Coordinator
Contact: Patricia Ashton - Program Coordinator- 780-475-3565
Rosecrest School Site
The Rosecrest program provides individualized programming to children who have severe to profound physical and medical developmental disabilities. Assistive technology is utilized to develop functional and communication skills to enhance students' quality of life. All children live at Rosecrest home and are followed extensively by doctors and are provided daily nursing care. Children are eligible to live at Rosecrest Homes from birth until 18 years of age and the education program services children from age 6 to 18 years of age or until the child no longer resides at Rosecrest.
Students must have a contract with, and reside within, Rosecrest Homes in order to be eligible for school programming.
Address: 10205 - 134 Avenue. T5E 1J2
Principal: Julie Zelinski
email: srobertson@epsb.ca
Superintendent of Schools: Darrel Robertson
Read more about Pre-Kindergarten at Edmonton Public Schools.