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The OCDSB just released the "Gifted Programs and Services in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board" study as part of the 21 May 08 Education Committee agenda package.  The study can be found at the following link:

Gifted Programs and Services in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

It is a two part study.

Part A - Lessons Learned from Four Studies of Gifted Programs and Services
in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Part B - Insights from Four Congregated Gifted Sites in the Ottawa-Carleton District
School Board

 If you have comments about the study that you wish to share with ABC Ottawa, email us at abcottawa@abcontario.ca  Or join the discussion on the ABC Message Board in the OCDSB forum.

Here are links to the four studies referred to in Part A:

• Review of Programs/Services for Gifted Students, Feb 2001
• Zone One Report, Oct 2001 (Unavailable)
• Special Education Program and Service Review (Phase 11) Final Report, Jan 2006
• A Review of Secondary Gifted Centres in the Ottawa-Carleton District
  School Board, Apr 2006

Here are links to documents referenced in the Study:

• Special Education: A Guide for Educators, 2001
• Education for All: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students with Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6, 2005
• Special Education Transformation, The report of the Co-Chairs with the Recommendations of the Working Table on Special Education, May 2006
• All Students and All Communities: Report on the Feasibility of the Proposed Multi-Year Budget Management Plan and Possible Alternatives for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, May 2007

Here are some additional background documents not referred to in the Study:

• ABC Response to Ottawa Carleton District School Board Review of Gifted Programs and Services January 2001, Mar 2001
• COMMENTS ON THE OTTAWA CARLETON-DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD’S SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAN 2001-2002, Jun 2002
• OCDSB Response to the ABC Minority Report, Feb 2003
• GIFTED SCREENING and IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES, OCDSB, 2005 (No longer published on the OCDSB website, provided here as a background reference.)
• ABC Ottawa Response to OCDSB Special Education Program and Service Review, January 2006