Adult Special Education

Resource Directory for Post-secondary Students with Disabilities

Selkirk College

Services

How to Access Student Services

Students with disabilities planning to attend Selkirk College are strongly encouraged to contact a Disability Service Advisor as soon as possible, preferably 4 months prior to the start of classes.

• Documentation is required.

The Disability Service Advisors travel to all campuses of Selkirk College to provide services to students.

Services and Accommodations Available to Students:

• assistance with registration and course selection
• assistance in accessing adaptive technology and software
• assistance obtaining financial support and Disability Grants
• assessment services
• learning and study skills
• note taker
• advocacy training
• Adult Special Education Programs are offered in Castlegar, Nelson, and Trail
• assistance with transition planning

Selkirk College:
Castlegar Campus

Programs

Program Description

Website: http://selkirk.ca/programs/abe/ase/

Transitional Training is a 9 month program providing full-time and part-time instruction and training to adults with developmental challenges who are interested and personally committed to developing specific skills and attitudes that will lead to a higher level of academic ability, independence, self-worth and employability.

Curriculum

Students receive individualized and small group instruction in the following areas:

• independent living skills (money management, banking, cooking, shopping, effective use of resources). The cooking course includes both classroom instruction and application in the student's home.
• assertiveness training and teamwork skills
• problem-solving, decision making and critical thinking skills
• fitness / recreation
• employability training
• introductory computer skills
• fundamental language and math skills

When appropriate, students are integrated into ABE courses or other college courses. If necessary, additional support is provided to ensure student success.

Program Details

Selkirk College:
Nelson Campus

Programs

Transitional Training

Website: http://www.selkirk.bc.ca/

This program provides instruction in personal and social development, academic upgrading, life skills training, and vocational/job readiness training. Life skills include budgeting, banking, shopping, cooking, home management, and social/recreational skills.

Work skills include:

• basic computer skills
• interview skills
• interest inventories
• assertiveness training
• career search
• vocational assessment

Subject to program location, students may prepare for jobs such as:

• Food Service Worker
• Cleaning Service Worker
• Nursery Worker
• Golf Course Maintenance

The program includes a work placement which last between 2 and 4 weeks. (Not in Nelson, but many of them work throughout the year.) Graduates from Trail, Castlegar and Nelson may receive assistance in job search from the Supported Employment / Job Coaches and Career Development Centre.

Program Details

How to Apply

1. Fill out and submit application form.
2. Participate in assessment and interview with instructor.

Selkirk College:
Grand Forks Campus

Programs

Integrated ABE/ASE Program

Instructors

• Brian McDonald, Leora Gesser, Lyle Olsen, Sandy Shilling

The ASE program at Selkirk College, Grand Forks campus, is integrated with the ABE program which enables both groups to access components of either program. Neither students nor course offerings are seen as belonging to one group or the other in the day-to-day learning activities. Students are identified as ASE only for management purposes to assure sufficient resources to meet their unique learning needs. The criteria for identification as ASE are:

• prior identification in a school system, or
• a demonstrated, significant developmental delay in academic achievement (more than 3 grade levels); and
• delay in schooling due to a learning problem rather than from lack of educational opportunity.

ABE and ASE students in Grand Forks are offered an individually tailored program with a varied mode of delivery which mixes lock-step classroom style of delivery with self paced, self-directed courses. This program consists of:

• academic upgrading that is identified in the student's program plan, and meets the requirements of the long-term goal;
• life skills, including communication skills, interpersonal skills, goal setting, motivational skills, and study skills;
• preparation for work, including job search techniques, resume writing, and interview skills;
• work experience, including employer contact and interview, job investigation, job-keeping skills, and on-the-job training; and,
• facilitated access to community service agencies, including homemakers, personal counseling, mental health, drug and alcohol counseling, and society for the handicapped.

Program Details

How to Apply

• Contact Instructor to apply for interview.