Who we are
Classroom Personnel
Head: Dr. Elizabeth Kerr
Special Education Teacher: TDSB Teacher
- Responsible for the day to day programming of the classroom.
- Develops and implements an Individual Education Plan for each of the students.
- Consults to the student’s home school and supports the student’s transition back to that school at the completion of the term.
Educational Assistant: TDSB EA
- Assists the teacher in Implementing day to day programming with the students in the classroom.
Academic Assistant/Child Youth Worker: Ms. Cheryl Hendrie
- Assists in implementing day to day program.
- Involved in the development and implementation of social skills group as well as in supporting the classroom psychologist and social worker.
Main Consultants
Clinical Neuropsychologist: Dr. Elizabeth Kerr
- Coordinates referrals and is involved in intake assessments of students.
- Conducts neuropsychological assessments with students to gain a better understanding of their learning profiles and needs.
- Co-facilitates one of the social-emotional learning programs offered in the classroom.
Social Worker: Ms. Heather O'Driscoll
- Participates in classroom intake intake interviews.
- Provides psychosocial consultation/support to students, families and community partners affiliated with the classroom.
- Provides individual and family counselling as needed.
- Facilitates a psychosocial educational group focused on self-expression of issues related to epilepsy, as well as locating and arranging community resources and referrals.
- Co-facilitates one of the social-emotional learning programs offered in the classroom.
Developmental Paediatrician: Dr. Jay Rosenfield
- Conducts developmental assessments with each student in the early part of the school term.
- Specializes in learning problems in school-age children. .
Other Consultants
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Acute Nurse Practitioner
- Provides consultation and support to families on a need be basis.
- Focuses on children with intractable epilepsy.
Neurologist
- Specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy.
- Available to the classroom staff to discuss issues about seizures and epilepsy.
Psychiatrist
- Consultants to the team regarding medication trials
Support Staff
Psychometrist
- May helps to complete intake assessments with potential students.
Administrative Support
- Senior Secretary provides administrative support to the classroom.
University Students and Hospital Volunteers
- Several students and volunteers contribute to the classroom each term under the supervision of the classroom team.
- Several students and volunteers contribute to the classroom each term under the supervision of the classroom team.
Classroom Team
The classroom staff and consultants work as a team to optimize the outcome and recommendations of classroom programming. They also work as a team with the student, the student's family and the student's home school to better help each student with epilepsy.