Resources

A variety of resources compiled by the Student Services Team and various individuals in CESD.
Using GMail to email IPPs

Using GMail to email IPPs

Using GMail Confidential Mode to send IPPs Covid19 has brought forth some challenges (understatement). To assist with the finalizing of IPPs, GMail has a security feature called "Confidential Mode". We have created this one-page guide for using confidential mode to...

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Student Responsibilities

Student Responsibilities

Giving students responsibilities within the classroom and the school, provides them with a sense of belonging and gives them purpose. Some examples of student responsibility: classroom jobs (paper passer, line leader, etc) school jobs (collecting $ for Terry Fox, work...

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Prosocial Recreation Activities

Prosocial Recreation Activities

Rationale To provide opportunity for social interaction among students, as well as students and staff. To provide opportunity for staff and students to find grounding, when emotions, anxiety or traumatic events become overwhelming. To help build a healthy school...

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Positive Parent Phone Calls

Positive Parent Phone Calls

Rationale To build positive relationships with parents/guardians. Later on in the year, if negative phone calls need to be made a positive relationship has already begun. The parents are more likely to respond ie:answering the phone. At the beginning of the year make...

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Play-based Learning

Play-based Learning

Play-based learning aligns with the developmental-relational approach. Play is fundamental to a child’s complete development and learning. Play acknowledges that emotions and their expression play a key role in social emotional development. Structure exists, but the...

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Mentoring

Mentoring

Why Mentoring? Promotes social connectivity Builds resilience Builds social skills Builds cross-grade connections Builds community connections Mentorship has shown to promote empathy, caring and connection in cross graded pairings,  develop leadership skills in older...

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Matchmaking

Matchmaking

The purpose is to use the attachment you have with a child to connect them with another adult or child.  Depending on the need/age of your student(s) here are some examples... Find similarities between you and the new person as well as similarities between the child...

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Intergenerational Activities

Intergenerational Activities

Intergenerational activities are social vehicles that create purposeful and ongoing exchange of resources and learning among older and younger generations. Identify interested students Connect with community partner (senior homes, hospitals etc., elders, retired...

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