By removing the speech services at a critical time like this pandemic, it sends a clear message
that it is dispensable. Children being able to effectively communicate is an integral part of
becoming an engaged and active member of the community.
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Families of students with disabilities in BC worry about possible extended break. Read more:
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Within the last year, BC parents paid for many services that should be provided in school or by Health or MCFD to be truly equitable, including tutoring, occupational therapy, psychoeducational assessments, and more.
Leave a CommentExclusion of students with special needs and/or disabilities is a notable problem in BC K-12 schools. *Exclusion is, under the School Act, actually a suspension and the rules that govern this should be laid out in School Board policy in for each District.
2 CommentsBCEdAccess, BC Parents of Complex Kids, Family Support Institute of BC and Inclusion BC have collaborated again on a survey to collect feedback from families…
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Advocacy and Conflict Resolution for Students with Disabilities in BC Education – A Rights Based Primer for #bced #HumanRights #bcpoli
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Great News for Accessible and Inclusive Playgrounds In BC #bced #bcpoli #accesstoeducation @bcedplan
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Letter to BC School Board Trustees on Budgets – thoughts on equitable access for students #bced #bcpoli #humanrights
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#AdvoCon2019 Workshop: When Everything Goes Wrong; Safety Planning for All presented by @EMcWilliamsHew2 #bced #bcedchat #InclusiveEdMonth
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#AdvoCon2019 Full Schedule Brochure
#AdvoCon2019 Full Schedule Brochure available – choose your workshops! #bced #bcedchat #InclusiveEdMonth
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#AdvoCon2019 – FAQs
We are working hard behind the scenes to bring together a stellar event. Whether this will be your first time attending or you’ve come to every one so far, we hope you walk away inspired, energized, and ready to take your influence to the next level.
If you’re looking for help to prepare you for the event or help you decide if this conference is for you, and to answer a number of questions, this is the blog post to read. Information will be updated here as it becomes available.
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I started an Inclusion Subcommittee at my school about a year and ½ ago. I set it up as a subcommittee of the PAC for a few reasons:
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Tracking Exclusion: Interim Report
Since September 4th, 2018, BCEdAccess has been collecting data on the exclusion of students with disabilities from schools in BC.
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BCEdAccess is thrilled to announce the appointment of our first Board of Directors as we take the next step toward becoming a not for profit society in BC.
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We’re so close now to our third annual conference on October 6th in Surrey! Get your tickets here: Advocacy: Strategies and Solutions This conference would…
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Enjoy snacks, drinks and conversation while listening to exciting, quick presentations designed to get you excited about inclusive ideas!
1 CommentExclusion of students with special needs and/or disabilities is a notable problem in BC K-12 schools. *Exclusion is, under the School Act, actually a suspension and the rules that govern this should be laid out in School Board policy in for each District.
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BCEdAccess is excited to announce our third annual Advocacy Conference, Advocacy – Strategies and Solutions! We are working hard behind the scenes to bring together…
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Find out when that first day is – will your child be attending on the first day of school? Often schools will ‘suggest’ that your child may be more comfortable attending a few days or even a few weeks later instead, and sometimes you won’t find this out until very close to the date. And some families choose a later transition because they know that this is what will work best for their child.
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Call For Proposals
Call for Proposals: Advocacy – Strategies and Solutions, BCEdAccess 2018 Conference and AGM BCEdAccess, as an organization of parents, guardians and allies, supports the rights…
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Territorial Acknowledgement
BCEdAccess would like to acknowledge that our members and volunteers live and work all over our province, on hundreds of unceded Indigenous territories.
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Thoughts on the Funding Model Review
It is our hope that redistributing the same amount of money is not the ultimate goal, but instead revising the funding model is merely a step along the path to a truly inclusive and modern K-12 public education system.
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Our recommendations are only the beginning of many changes that are required to provide a quality, equitable public education to all the children in our province.
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Building Relationships was one of the excellent workshops we were fortunate to have at our second annual advocacy conference, Advocacy In Action (2017). It was…
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Guest Post: Effective Approaches to Resolving School Issues for Your Child With Special Needs
With the startup to the new school year, and the many challenges that parents typically encounter around this time, I thought it might be valuable…
Leave a CommentThere are nearly 2000 students who have a disability designation in the Chilliwack school district, and many more students who are likely waiting for designation and/or assessment. This language impacts them.
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Families of Kindergarten to Grade 12 students who need help during COVID-19 will have a chance to learn what they can expect from schools, through a series of free online conversations from the BCEdAccess Society.
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This guest post was submitted by the Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education (PAN). BCEdAccess recognizes the critical role physical structures and spaces play in accessibility and inclusion for all students and we support PAN’s call to update these Standards.
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Special Olympics BC has issued a challenge to all candidates in the 2020 provincial election: to end the deadly health inequality experienced by individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Across all major parties there is very little reference to disabled children, youth and adults in their election platforms. We have a wish list that we hope will be enacted by the new government and we hope you will ask your local candidates about some of these things!
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