Children’s Village School is a unique setting within the Calgary Board of Education. The programming offered is designed to meet the complex learning, social, and emotional needs of elementary school-aged children whose severe emotional and behavioral difficulties in their current school, community and home create significant barriers to their ability to successfully engage in learning. Educational program content includes a strong focus on literacy, numeracy, self-regulation, and social skills. Additional subject areas include science, social studies, health and wellness, fine arts, and physical education. Class sizes range from 6-8 students, depending on the grade level and complexity of learner profiles. Children's Village School is a partnership program between the CBE and Hull Services. Each classroom is staffed with one CBE Teacher and two Hull Educational Child and Youth Care Counsellors.
School Name
The Children's Village School began caring for children in Calgary in 1908. It was an orphanage at the time. It no longer has a long-term residential program. The school has evolved into a school age day treatment center focusing on the special needs of children and their families.
Our Approach
As the early years of a child’s life are a time of significant brain development, effective prevention and early intervention are essential to positive outcomes for children. Children’s Village School exists to provide targeted early intervention and wraparound supports to young students and families who have experienced significant difficulties.
At Children’s Village School, CBE staff work collaboratively with staff from Hull Services.
CVS commits to providing trauma informed care for all of our students with an acute awareness of their individual cognitive, physical, social, emotional, attachment and cultural needs. Academic programming and therapeutic plans and intervention are highly personalized to meet each student’s unique needs.
CVS staff are passionately committed to ensuring proactive measures are implemented to support student growth and well-being. Positive behavior supports form the foundation of our behavioral expectations and teaching. Staff are trained in Therapeutic Crisis intervention which guides our interventions and our approach to student regulation.
Our programming components enable us to approach student interventions through a trauma sensitive lens aimed at promoting healthy growth and development for all of our youth regardless of their current circumstances. Creating a safe environment structured around consistency and healthy relationships facilitates students’ processing of grief and loss, developing a sense of belonging and enabling the development of personally meaningful goals and strategies.
With the support of our Family School Liaison and school-based Psychologist, we purposefully and thoughtfully develop and foster an environment that recognizes family strengths and the importance of working together with family members as a team.
Children's Village School at a Glance
- Children's Village School is a unique setting CBE school, where CBE staff work in collaboration with staff from Hull Services to support student learning.
- Children's Village School is committed to and focused on making our school a safe and caring, trauma sensitive environment that meets the needs of every student. We do this through building strong, healthy, caring and supportive relationships.
- Our children and their families have many strengths and talents. By nurturing and supporting these attributes, we ensure long term positive growth.
- Parents and staff work together to jointly meet the educational and treatment needs of their children.
- The learning environment provides opportunities for students, parents, and staff to experience acceptance, support, and wellness.
- Learning and therapeutic intervention plans are personalized to meet the complex needs of the students.
- Our multi-disciplinary team includes uniquely skilled teachers, child care counselors, psychologists, a home/school counseling liaison, a certified behaviour analyst, speech/language therapists, an occupational therapist, and a physical therapist.
Our School's Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
We are committed to acknowledging and supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 94 Calls to Action specific to education. Our school, along with all CBE schools, made a Truth and Reconciliation Commitment to Action, on June 21, we renewed our commitment.
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School Development Plan
Each year, our school prepares a development plan with input from teachers, school staff, students and parents. We review many sources of data, including report cards, provincial achievement test results and school surveys. Based on this information, we create our plan identifying targeted areas for growth. Our school development plan is not meant to represent all of the work that takes place in our school, but rather it focuses on specific areas for improvement.
View Our School Development Plan | 2024-2025
School Improvement Results Report
Our school also prepares a results plan, which looks at our previous school year. It shows our students’ achievement and progress in meeting the goals and outcomes as set out by the CBE and Alberta Education, outlines some of the highlights of our school development plan and gives an overview of our school. You can look on the CBE website for system-wide results.