Student Services
Student Support Services
At JPPS, we understand that students learn in diverse ways. We believe that every student should have the opportunity to succeed in school, according to their own trajectory. We provide a range of resources to help facilitate the learning that takes place in the classroom and aim to support varying learning needs. Our goal is to provide accessibility to the curriculum and enable children to grow as students and members of our community.
The objective of the Student Services Department at JPPS is to enhance the quality of our students' learning experience; their academic success as well as their emotional well-being.
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Our Response to Intervention (RTI) model is a framework that allows us to provide resources, strategies, intervention and enrichment to help students increase academic achievement in their literacy development. The RTI process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all our students, followed by targeted interventions where needed. We then collaborate with our teachers to support differentiated instruction in the classroom.
Team Members
Our Student Services Department is overseen by Director Amy Taylor.
Amy Taylor - Director of Student Support Services
The Director of Student Services oversees the academics in the school working closely with our Intervention Specialist, Learning Strategist and School Counselor. Amy oversees the work carried out by our orthopédagogue and Literacy Specialist and collaborates with our Speech Language Pathologist and Occupational Therapist. She is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of Individualized Education Plans, specialized enrichment programs and carrying out the Response to Intervention model throughout the school. Amy works collaboratively with teachers in all departments to make sure that students’ needs are met. Additionally, she is the liaison between home and school when it comes to academic follow-up.
Lyndsey Bryson - Intervention specialist
Our intervention specialist focuses on working with the teachers and instructional assistants to provide them with effective strategies that target classroom management. She also works closely with students on conflict resolution through a specifically designed program that provides solutions and strategies to successfully navigate difficult situations in regards to friendship and social interactions.
Laurie Vineberg - Learning Strategist
Our Learning Strategist collaborates on a regular basis with our teachers in all departments, offering them support in meeting the learning needs of our students. She works closely with the teachers on how to successfully implement differentiated instruction in the classroom, providing them with access to various resources along with continual follow up and guidance.
Emmanuelle Beaulieu - Occupational Therapist
Our Occupational Therapist provides screenings to our students in Kindergarten and Grade 1, as well as students in other grades as requested. She offers our families private therapy which takes place during school hours. Additionally, she provides additional strategies to teachers that can be implemented in the classroom.
Lisa Maislin - Speech Language Pathologist
Our Speech Language Pathologist provides screening to our students in Kindergarten and Grade 1, as well as students in other grades as requested. They offer private therapy for students which takes place during the school day. Our SLP collaborates with our teachers on a continual basis, providing them with techniques and reinforcement for the students they are working with that can be continued in the classroom.
Gabriella Buggé - Orthopédagogue
Our Orthopédagogue provides strategic support to our French teachers and works in small groups with students throughout the grades on specific and targeted areas in their French language skills.
Susan Fairbrother - English Literacy Specialist
Our Literacy Specialist provides strategic support to students in small groups in Grades 1 through 4. She collaborates regularly with teachers in order to facilitate students' literacy development in the classroom.
