BCEdAccess is excited to announce our third annual Advocacy Conference, Advocacy – Strategies and Solutions! 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 … More Another year, another conference! FAQs
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. … More Back to School – 8 things you can do to prepare your child with special needs
Call for Proposals: Advocacy – Strategies and Solutions, BCEdAccess 2018 Conference and AGM BCEdAccess, as an organization of parents, guardians and allies, supports the rights of children and youth with special needs and/or disabilities to achieve equitable access to a quality education in accordance with international human rights law, and full inclusion and participation in … More Call For Proposals
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“Government has a vision to make BC a truly inclusive province by 2024. ” … More AccessAbility Week 2018
BCEdAccess would like to acknowledge that our members and volunteers live and work all over our province, on hundreds of unceded Indigenous territories. … More Territorial Acknowledgement
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. … More Thoughts on the Funding Model Review
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. … More Parent-Led Groups Advocate Together for Access to Education
Let’s talk. Are you a student who is designated as special needs in the public school system? What do you think about this terminology? Are you a parent, and educator, a trustee, a Ministry of Education staffer? Have you already been working hard on trying to shift the language around this term? … More Inclusive language and special needs
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 presented by Erika Cedillo and José Duarte. You’re really going to have to look out for their next live version of this presentation, because their energy and enthusiasm really gave … More Notes from Advocacy In Action – Building Relationships
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