8 WEEKEND EXTRA Friday July BALANCED EDUCATION Special education By Judith Kcene LI Article limitations on the Right to Special Education The Amendment Act which became law in December 1380 has provided a rijht to special education for exceptional 1 of this twopart scries described some of the Act a provisions This article wilt discuss some of the limitations on the right to special First It is not enough that parents consider their children exceptional This decision must also be reached by the Special Education Committee of the local Board When the parents disagree with the Special Education Committee decision they have by law a right to appeal The regulat una that govern how to appeal arc not yet In force They should be passed fairly soon however Second the right to special education docs not necessarily mean a right to education at the local School Board need not offer a special education prog ram to a blind or retarded child when there is a place for that child at a Provincial School for the blind deaf or retarded Third Board may be excused from offering Legally Speaking publications an exceptional child a special education program if the Board judges the child to hard to serve The Board can only make this judgement after an Invest on by a Special Commit If I tee finds that the child has a mental handicap or a mental handicap and one or more additional handicaps and is unable to profit from the Board existing programs he or she will be Judged hard to When a child Is found to be hard to serve the Board must assist the parents to a suitable educational prog ram The Province will pay the cost of the placement The placement must be In Ontario unless program exists In the province There may be situations when parents want the Board tojudgelheirchildtobc hard to serve For instance the local special education prog ram may be Inadequate for the child and the parents may know of a better program elsewhere On the other hand the parents may not welcome the Ion since It mean that the lid must be placed from home For whatever the reason if parents disagree w the Board decision about whether the child is hard to serve they may appeal the decision to be a Special Education Tribunal appointed by Provincial Cab I Readers should note that not all or the Act is In effect yet although It will be by the 1985 school year If you have a problem in regard to finding a suitable educational program for your child you should consult a lawyer or legal clinic or write to Justice for Children a Toronto ion devoted to promoting child rights In law Justice for children Is located at SpadlnaAve Suite Toron to M5S2GB The Information In this Is accurate as of May 1981 For more Information on this and other legal topics contact Community Legal Education Ontario E Suite Toronto M5C For legal advice contact the Hills Community Legal AidCllnicatSWcsliyanSt In Georgetown phone Erindale Two Georgetown residents were among student who graduated from University of Toronto campus June IT Graduating during special ceremonies at Convocation Hall were Donald Scollen who a threeyear Bachelor of Arts degree and Shannon Dowd who was granted a four year Bachelor of Commerce degree vicepresident and registrar Robin Ross delivered the convocation address Due to the postal strike students from the university of Toronto s campus may pick up their September registration forms at the Registrars Office Room South Idlng of the Erindale Campus Registration forms may be picked up between Sam and Monday to Friday young ladles all In a row seem to have become at ease already the balancing beam They been working hard at It everyday during gym camp The girls are among the youngsters who spend five days a week at the Georgetown Memorial Arena somersaulting doing cartwheels and back flips under the guidance of the coaches It all In good fun and if they do happen to develop Interest In gymnastics the coaches will encourage ihem Hera Id photo COCHRANE TRAVEL BUREAU Moore Park Plaza 877 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