Speech-Language Pathology Services

Where is the KELI Program located? The KELI Program is located in the following ten host schools across the Toronto District School Board:

Birch Cliff Heights Public School For further information, please contact the Bruce Junior Public School Co-ordinator for the relevant area below: Dovercourt Junior Public School Golf Road Junior Public School Greenholme Junior Middle School Sir Samuel B. Steele Public School David Haffner Thorncliffe Park Elementary School Chief of Speech-Language Pathology Warren Park Junior Middle School North-East and South-East Kindergarten Westmount Junior School 140 Borough Drive Yorkwoods Public School Scarborough, Ontario M1P 4N6 Telephone: (416) 396-7983 Early Each host school accepts children from Fax: (416) 396-5444 referring schools that are in the same general anguage area. Children who live 1.6 kilometres or more L away from the host school are eligible for Or busing from their home to the KELI Program. Sharon McWhirter Intervention Chief of Speech-Language Pathology South-West and North-West

1 Civic Centre Court Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 2B3 Program Telephone: (416) 394-7400 Fax: (416) 394-3978

Speech-Language Pathology Services September 2012 What is the KELI Program? How does a child get admitted to Who provides the KELI Program? The KELI Program is a language intervention the KELI Program? A teacher and a speech-language pathologist program offered in ten host schools across the In May, Junior Kindergarten students with work together as an instructional team to Toronto District School Board. The KELI delayed oral language skills are nominated by develop strategies within the KELI Program Program provides an intensive oral language their classroom teachers for a KELI screening. to meet the unique oral language, early and early literacy program to groups of students The KELI team or school speech-language literacy and social communication needs of who are in their Senior Kindergarten year, pathologist may provide consultation to the the students. attend high need schools and have delayed oral classroom teachers to help identify the most language development. The aim of the KELI appropriate candidates. Program is to enhance young students’ How does the KELI Team understanding and use of oral language as the In September, students are screened by the communicate with Parents and basis for learning to read, write and get along KELI staff, with parental permission. The Teachers? socially. KELI teacher and speech-language pathologist select the 32 students with oral language needs The KELI Program staff communicates with How is the KELI Program who demonstrate the highest potential to parents, referring teachers and other school benefit from the program. Parents and personnel through the following methods: organized? referring staff are notified in late September of the students to be admitted to the KELI  Interviews: Parent interviews are Selected schools in the general area of the host conducted at the beginning and end of school can refer children to the program. KELI Program. KELI sessions begin in mid- October. the program. An optional parent Program students attend their regular home interview in February may be school kindergarten program five days a week. conducted. In addition, they attend the KELI Program two half-days per week, (typically in the opposite  Reports: At midterm and at the end of half of the day) on Monday/Wednesday or the program, parents and home school Tuesday/Thursday. Students attending full-day teachers receive reports. Kindergarten would miss two half-days of their What is the focus of the regular program per week to attend the KELI  Newsletters: Parents receive a Program. On Fridays the KELI team develops program? newsletter each term which provides program plans, participates in program information on KELI Program activities The KELI Program focuses on the development evaluation, observes students in their home and offers suggestions for language of oral language, early literacy and social schools and consults with home school learning at home. communication skills. These skills are developed kindergarten teachers. The program runs from through the use of high interest stories and October through May and provides about 50  Consultations: Parents and home school thematically based activities and experiences. sessions over three terms. teachers are offered opportunities for Extended and repeated presentation of language consultation throughout the school year concepts within broad story themes supports as required. students in consolidating their understanding of words, sentences, stories and events. The students develop skills and confidence in oral expression and in early reading and writing activities.