Special Education


Resource Documents

Accessibility/Equipment/ Facilities
Guidelines
Access to School Facilities [HTML]
Access to Equipment
 
- Auditory Training Equipment (ATE) [HTML]
 
- Cochlear Implantation Support [HTML]
 
- Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) [HTML]
 
- Braille Instructional Program (PRCVI) [HTML]
 
- Special Education Technology-BC (SET-BC) [HTML]
 
- Provincial Outreach Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing [HTML]
In-School Support for Special Needs Students [HTML]
 
Adjudications/ Grade 12 exams
Handbook of Procedures - Guidelines [PDF .98 MB]
 
Assistive Computer Technology
Web site: SET-BC
 
Attention Deficit
Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder [HTML]
 
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Guidelines
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder [HTML]
Resources
Autism Spectrum Disorder Instructional Support Planning Process
[PDF 208 KB]
Teaching Students with Autism [PDF 1.56 MB]
  Provincial Outreach for Autism and Related Disorders (ASD)[HTML]
     
Behaviour
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students Requiring Behaviour Support or Students with Mental Illness, including Students Requiring Intensive Behaviour Interventions or Students with Serious Mental Illness [HTML]
Resource Guides
Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences [HTML]
Enseigner aux élèves ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage et de comportement [PDF 1.01 MB]
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Bullying, Harassment and Intimidation
Resource Guides - Elementary
Focus on Bullying: A Prevention Program for Elementary School Communities
[PDF 2.96 MB]
Pleins feux sur l’intimidation: Programme de prévention à l’intention des écoles élémentaires [PDF 3.27 MB]
Resource Guides - Secondary
Focus on Harassment and Intimidation - Responding to Bullying in Secondary School Communities [PDF 2.9 MB]
Pleins feux sur le harcèlement et l’intimidation - Guide d’intervention pour les écoles secondaires [PDF 659 KB]
Child Abuse Prevention
 

Ministry of Children and Family Development - Protecting Children

    Responding to Child Welfare Converns, Your Role in Knowing When and What to Report
     
Critical Incidents
Suicide
Resource Guide - Critical Incidents
Responding To Critical Incidents: A Resource Guide For Schools
[HTML] [PDF 258 KB]
Intervenir en cas d’incident critique: guide-ressource destiné aux écoles
[PDF 582 KB]
Abuse (en francais seulement)
Intervenir en cas de mauvais traitements envers les enfants [PDF 128 KB]
 
Deaf/Hard Hearing - Auditory Training Equipment (ATE)
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing [HTML]
  Procedures For Accessing services Auditory Training Equipment (ATE) [HTML]
   
  Provincial Education Review Committee for Deaf Students
  Brochure [PDF 112 KB]
  Checklist for School Districts [PDF 16 KB]
Terms of Reference [PDF 32 KB]
   
Resource Guide
Students with Hearing Loss [HTML]
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Dependent/Multiple Needs
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students with Multiple Disabilities: Those Who are Physically Dependent with Multiple Needs (Dependent) [HTML]
Discipline
Resource Guide
Focus on Suspension: A Resource for Schools [PDF 637 KB]
L'exclusion temporaire : Guide-ressource à l'intention des écoles [PDF 356 KB]
 
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Resource Guide
Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Effects [HTML]
 
Gifted
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students Who are Gifted [HTML]
Resource Guide
Gifted Education [HTML]
 
Individual Education Plan (IEP)
Guidelines
Developing an Individual Education Plan - An Overview of the Process [HTML]
Ministerial Order - Individual Education Plan [PDF 32 KB]
Resource Guides
Individual Education Planning for Students with Special Needs [HTML]
Parent's Guide to Individual Education Planning - A BC School Superintendents' publication [HTML]
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Intellectual Disabilities
Guidelines
Students with Intellectual Disabilities, including Students with Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disabilities [HTML]
Resource Guides
Students With Intellectual Disabilities [HTML]
Inter-Ministry Protocols
Guidelines
Policy Directions - Education is a Shared Responsibility [HTML]
Inter-Ministerial Protocols For the Provision of Support services to Schools [HTML]
In-School Support for Special Needs Students [HTML]
Learning Disabilities
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students with Learning Disabilities [HTML]
Resource Guide
Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences [HTML]
 
Mental Health
Resource Guides
Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders - Volume 1 - Eating Disorders [HTML] [PDF 192 KB]
Enseigner aux élèves ayant des troubles mentaux - Volume 1 - Troubles de l’alimentation [PDF 425 KB]
Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders - Volume 2 - Depression
[PDF 224 KB]
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Occupational/Physiotherapy
Guidelines
Special Considerations: Services - Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy [HTML]
Physical Disabilities/ Chronic Health
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students with Physical Disabilities or Chronic Health Impairments [HTML]
  Resources
Acquired Brain Injury
Teaching Students with Acquired Brain Injury [PDF 560 KB]
  Physical Disabilities/Chronic Health Impairments Instruction Support Planning Process [PDF 75KB]
 
Provincial Resource Programs
Guidelines
Provincial Resource Programs [HTML]
 
Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools
  Resource Guides
  Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools, A Guide [PDF 608 KB]
 

Des écoles sûres où règnent la bienveillance et la discipline, Guide-ressource
[PDF 1.23 MB]

  Web site
BC Safe Schools Strategy
Sexual Health
Resource Guides
Responding to Children's Problem Sexual Behaviour in Elementary Schools
[PDF 545 KB]
Comportements sexuels inconvenants chez les élèves de l'élémentaire
[PDF 5.64 MB]
 
Special Education
  Guidelines
Special Needs Student Ministerial Order [PDF 16 KB]
Other
School Act - Ministerial Orders [HTML]
Legislation Updates [HTML]
 
Speech Language Pathology
Guidelines

Special Considerations: Services - Speech-Language Pathology [HTML]

Students with Diverse Learning Needs
Guidelines and Resources
Awareness of Students with Diverse Learning Needs - Volume 1 [HTML]
Awareness of Students with Diverse Learning Needs - Volume 2 [PDF 928 KB]
Sensibilisation aux problèmes de santé chroniques: Tout ce que l'enseignant doit savoir - Volumes 1 et 2 [PDF 101 MB]
Diversity Framework [PDF 224 KB]
Diversité dans les écoles de la Colombie-Britannique : Document-cadre (RB0172) [PDF 352 KB]
 
Teachers' Assistants
Report

Roles and Responsibilities - Schools - Administrative Considerations - School-Based [HTML]

 
Transition Planning
Guidelines
Work Experience/Job Training [HTML]
Resource Guide
Career/Life Transitions for Students with Diverse Needs [PDF 688 KB]
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Visual
Guidelines
Special Considerations for Individual Planning - Students with Visual Impairment [HTML]
Procedures For Accessing services - Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) [HTML]
Resources
Braille Correspondence Course [HTML]
Students With Visual Impairments [HTML]
Framework for Independent Travel - A Resource for Orientation and Mobility Instruction [PDF 976 KB]
Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired [HTML]

Comments? Contact EDUC.DiversityandEquity@gov.bc.ca
Last Update: January 2008