What is CBRM?
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The Resource Program is part of the Community Based Resource Model (CBRM). This model was based on the guiding principles of the TDSB Special Education Plan which supports inclusionary education. The CBRM invests extensive resources to improve special education support for local schools and families of schools while retaining the integrity of existing programs for students who require such support.
The CBRM will encourage more students to attend their home schools by ensuring programs, services and teachers that will support the needs of more diverse learners. The CBRM will build communities of learners, supported by communities of teachers.
The CBRM encompasses the Home School Program, resource support, and expertise of the Methods and Resource Teacher (MART). A MART is a designated staff member who receives additional professional development to enhance Special Education expertise and resources for the school.
The CBRM is staffed with special education teachers who can provide indirect, in-class, and withdrawal resource support, depending on the school model, as well as more intense small-group teaching for periods of the day. Schools design their CBRM based on the specific strengths and needs of their student community. The HSP and the MART are key components of the CBRM team. All members of the CBRM team are involved in the support and delivery of the model. School staff have access to consultation and resources provided by the CBRM team to support programming for students.
Priority must be given to students who have been formally identified through the IPRC process and recommended for Special Education class placement at their home school. Identified students, whose recommended placement is "special education class", are supported in the HSP for at least 50 percent of their school day. Students who are not formally identified may be supported in the CBRM through a recommendation of the School Support Team.
The CBRM will encourage more students to attend their home schools by ensuring programs, services and teachers that will support the needs of more diverse learners. The CBRM will build communities of learners, supported by communities of teachers.
The CBRM encompasses the Home School Program, resource support, and expertise of the Methods and Resource Teacher (MART). A MART is a designated staff member who receives additional professional development to enhance Special Education expertise and resources for the school.
The CBRM is staffed with special education teachers who can provide indirect, in-class, and withdrawal resource support, depending on the school model, as well as more intense small-group teaching for periods of the day. Schools design their CBRM based on the specific strengths and needs of their student community. The HSP and the MART are key components of the CBRM team. All members of the CBRM team are involved in the support and delivery of the model. School staff have access to consultation and resources provided by the CBRM team to support programming for students.
Priority must be given to students who have been formally identified through the IPRC process and recommended for Special Education class placement at their home school. Identified students, whose recommended placement is "special education class", are supported in the HSP for at least 50 percent of their school day. Students who are not formally identified may be supported in the CBRM through a recommendation of the School Support Team.