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Organization: Ontario. Ministry of Education - Trillium Demonstration School
Phone Numbers: 905-878-2851 ext 320
Teletype: 905-878-7195
Fax: 905-878-4278
Email: desiree.smith@ontario.ca
Website: tri.pdsbnet.ca/
Address: H
347 Ontario St S
Milton, ON
L9T 3X9
Intersection: Ontario St S and Laurier Ave
Location: On the campus of E. C Drury School for the Deaf
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Office Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Dates: Sep-Jun
Contacts: Desiree Smith - Principal
905-878-2851 ext 340
Service Description: Specialized residential school program for students with severe learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), whose educational needs cannot be adequately met in their local boards * provides a one-year, high intensity academic intervention program for pupils with severe learning disabilities with a focus on reading intervention * All students attending a demonstration school live in student lodging as a requirement of the program * assists enrolled pupils to develop personal life and learning strategies which will support their future academic pathway in programs within local school boards, other educational jurisdictions, or the community * provides in-service teacher education and consultative services to school boards to assist them in developing local programs for students with learning disabilities

Major services: 

School program
  • an intensive and specialized program focusing on cognitive/language development for students with severe learning disabilities at elementary and secondary levels
  • goals and objectives are set in all courses and there is a variety of credit courses offered in the secondary program
  • assistive technology strategies are emphasized
  • initial consultations initiated by student's home school
  • classroom sizes range from five to eight pupils for most subjects
  • when a student leaves the Trillium School program, detailed transitional documentation is forwarded to the receiving home school

Residence Program - Mon-Fri (mandatory)
  • structured program including individual and group counselling, development of appropriate social behavior through social skills training, and recreational activities for students with severe learning disabilities
  • student’s current level of social functioning and identified needs are used to design individual programs for students

Professional Development Worskshops for Educators
  • designed for Ontario educators only including teachers, school/board consultants, board coordinators and school/board administrators
  • one day workshops offered on learning disabilities and related topics that vary annually

Resources Services Program
  • designed for Ontario school boards to assist them in developing programs for students with learning disabilities
  • educational assessments for students who are potential candidates for Trillium program

Trillium Demonstration School serves as a catchment area of mid-northern Ontario, Dufferin, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Wellington, and York Counties of the Central Ontario Region, and Metropolitan Toronto
Fees: None
Application: Student's home school to contact Trillium to request consultation
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Identified learning disabled students
Languages: English

This information was last completely updated on: 9-19-2025


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