New learning space for students diagnosed with ASD opens Thursday
Posted Jan 9, 2020 11:30:00 AM.
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Adjustable lights, weighted blankets, swinging chairs, even a stand-alone trampoline.
These are just some of the features of a new space in Waterloo Region designed to support students diagnosed with ASD or autism spectrum disorder.
After closing its' doors in June 2018, Rosemount School is now back in business with a new location attached to Grand River Collegiate.
The new location boasts state of the art ideas and equipment to help students with unique needs.
Principal for the Rosemount family of schools, Steve Sherlock says he and his staff, “are very excited to be working in the space and watch the students thrive in a space that has been purposefully built to support them.”
Those special lights, weighted blankets, and chairs are all part of the school's sensory room, a room specifically designed to provide sensory stimulation for the students to help them stay calm, focused and enjoy their day.
Sherlock adds, they also have a large kitchen where students can help cook meals and learn basic life skills.
He adds some of their students have communication barriers as well. The new location has assistive technology and different learning spaces to help with any needs those kids may have.
Twenty-five students will be checking out the space for the first time Thursday.
Sherlock says they provide transportation for the students coming to them from all over Waterloo Region.
