Ontario. Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1987-1993

      History

      The Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch was created in 1987 to replace the Special Education Branch. In 1993, the functions of the branch were moved to the Program Policy and Support Team and the Provincial Schools Project under the new Ministry of Education and Training.

      The Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch reported to the Learning Programs Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch was responsible for providing advice to the Minister of Education on program policy for the education of exceptional pupils in elementary and secondary schools. The branch served as liaison with professional and parent associations and government agencies regarding programs and services. The branch also planned and produced special education resource materials to assist school board personnel in developing special education programs and services.

      The special education programs and services provided services in provincial schools for blind, deaf and deaf-blind pupils and in demonstration schools those with learning disabilities. The provincial schools also provided resource services to pre-school children and their families. The demonstration schools provided in-service teacher education. Both provincial and demonstration schools provided consultive services to school boards.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA78

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1987-1993

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training. Program Policy Support Team (1993-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1770

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training. Program Policy Support Team is the successor of Ontario. Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Special Education Branch (1974-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1928

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Special Education Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Special Education and Provincial Schools Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2183

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      For Review

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Index and Government of Ontario Telephone Directories 1988-1993

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Birrell