Irving Wilson School, Pine Plantation Road, Oistins (2026)

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05/04/2023

Growth plan

CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES BEING EXPOSED TO REAL-WORLD SKILLS

BY SHERIA BRATHWAITE

The Irving Wilson School is on a mission to close the education gap for children with disabilities.

The school is rolling out a number of new programmes that would make the students more independent, boost their confidence, provide them with real-world experiences and strengthen their employability skills.

This revelation was made on Tuesday during a kite-flying activity at the Pine Plantation Road, St Michael.

Teacher Juna Wiltshire told Barbados TODAY that the Independent Living Skills Programme was about teaching students 13 and over how to do everyday things, such as packing one’s lunch bag and school bag, making simple meals, getting dressed, making up beds; using a washing machine, hanging clothes out to dry and sorting, folding and ironing them.

Another aspect of the course focuses on time management, budgeting, writing a supermarket list, learning how to use public transportation and grocery shopping.

“This programme will give them self confidence. It makes them realise they don’t have to depend on anyone and this is an area that we have realised needed to be worked on as some children would graduate and still be dependent on their parents.

“We want to give them a real-world experience, as much as possible and take the classroom to the real-world setting,” she said.

Senior teacher Cindy Brown said that the programme started last year but there was a need to build out the initiative. She said the prefab building where the course used to be facilitated needed more equipment. She said private individuals and organisations have been donating items but the school also needed a pantry, cooking utensils and appliances.

Brown explained that six students were also enrolled in the Food Preparation and Cookery Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) programme, which would be the school’s first cohort of pupils to take part in this way. She said they will learn how to make pastries and other baked goods that do not require much preparation.

18/01/2023

Remembering 2022. Our Hearing Impaired students participated in the Deaf Calypso Project...bridging the gap between the deaf and the hearing.

Deaf Calypso Project in Barbados A special project showcasing the talents of the deaf community and raising awareness of the challenges they encounter has been held in Barbados.The Deaf Cal...