Author Archives: Jason Sirianni

Speaking Her Mind

Brin is a student at McGowan Elementary that uses a speech generating device to communicate. You can read her story on SETBC (Click).

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Welcome Back!

Welcome to the new 2013-2014 school year!  Our department would like to also welcome Jennifer Amy as she will be filling in for Lindsay Donaghy.  Please check the “Our Schools” tab to see who is assigned to your school this … Continue reading

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iPad and Low Tech LART Workshop Today

LART Spring Workshop today!  Jason Sirianni, RSLP will be presenting with LARTS Sandi Soll and Teena Mangan on using iPads and low tech options to support learning.  The presentation handout can be found here -> LART iPad Apps

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PISP Workshop Today!

The Provincial Integration Support Program (www.pisp.ca) is in our district to work with students and provide a workshop today (see below). If you would like handouts, please download here Walk Through PISP Website 2013 and here http://www.pisp.ca/inservice_training/documents/SleuthingHandouts.pdf .

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PISP “Sleuthing…” Handouts

Please download the handout for the April 15th PISP workshop on “Sleuthing…” right here: http://www.pisp.ca/inservice_training/documents/SleuthingHandouts.pdf

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PISP Workshop April 15, 2013

The Provincial Integration Support Program team (www.pisp.ca) will be in our district for the week of April 15, 2013 to April 19, 2013. Since April 15th is a pro-d day, the team has offered to provide a half day workshop … Continue reading

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“He just doesn’t get it!”

Today the SLPs will be presenting strategies to improve language comprehension in the classroom. You can download the handouts here: He Just Doesn’t Get It

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Handouts Added!

Hi teachers.  Your SLPs have created some great handouts to help you address your students’ speech and language skills in the classroom.  Go to the “For Teachers” tab and begin exploring.

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Pro-D workshops today!

It is a pro-d day in SD #73. SLPs Naomi Abel and Jason Sirianni are doing workshops for teachers. Naomi is providing a workshop for teachers at Marion Schilling Elementary titled “Language in the Classroom”. Jason is providing a workshop … Continue reading

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Principals Meeting November 29th

We are slowly rolling out a new speech and language services model based on RTI principles. We will be giving an overview of this to our district’s principals on Thursday the 29th. If you would like to see the slides … Continue reading

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