District Low Incidence Programs

The District provides alternate settings for students with the following Low Incidence disabilities at the Middle and Secondary level: Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disabilities; Dependent Handicapped with intellectual disabilities; and Autism with significant intellectual disabilities.

Instruction in these settings includes individual programming focusing on functional academics, life skills, communication, vocational training and integrated therapies (i.e. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, communication therapy). Efforts are made to ensure students have opportunities for integration in school and community settings, based on student strength and context capacity. Consultation with parents/guardians is necessary prior to recommending placement.

Middle Schools	Arbutus, Lansdowne & Shoreline
Secondary Schools	Esquimalt, Oak Bay & Reynolds
Alternative School	Victor School

District Behaviour Programs

The District provides specialized settings for students whose social, and/or emotional, and behavioural levels limit the student's ability for instruction in the neighborhood school.

Instruction in these settings focus on restoring the student's teach ability while promoting the development of literacy and numeracy as well as teaching effective learning and social strategies. Efforts are made to ensure students have opportunities for integration in school and community settings, based on student strength and context capacity. Consultation with parents/guardians is necessary prior to recommending placement.

Elementary District Programs	Braefoot & Victoria West
Middle School District Programs	Cedar Hill

Provincial Resource Programs

POPARD – Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders
A Provincial Resource Program that provides consultaion, training and support services to schools with a primary focus on increasing the capacity of school district staff to support students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). School teams can access the POPARD team through the POPARD District Partner. The POPARD website provides teachers, para-professionals, and parents with a wide range of evidence-based practice approaches that facilitate inclusive educational programs in the least restrictive environment.

SET BC Special Education Technology – BC

A Provincial Resource Program loaning technology to school based teams supporting students with disabilities whose access to the curriculum is restricted primarily due to the following disabilities: physical disability/ chronic health, visual impairment, dependent handicap, deafblindness, ASD, or moderate to profound intellectual disabilities. School teams can obtain SET BC Request for Service forms through their SET BC District Partner.

Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired

The primary function of the PRCVI is to provide British Columbia school districts and Group 1 & 2 Independent schools with alternate formats of provincially recommended learning resources and with specialized equipment to support the educational needs of students with visual impairments.

Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Current research, ideas, strategies, training and resources in order to build capacity in school districts for students with FASD and their teachers.

Provincial Outreach Program for Deafblindness (POPDB)

The consultants at the Deafblind Outreach Program work with School Districts and school based teams to ensure that the unique needs of the student with deafblindness are being met, and that each student is receiving an appropriate educational program.

Provincial Outreach Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (POPDHH)

A referral for Deaf students must be initiated by a school district. Parents or guardians wishing for such a referral must contact their school district.

Provincial Integration Support Program (PISP)

A Provincial Program hosted by GVSD to assist school teams and families in developing meaningful and functional programs for BC students with severe/profound cognitive and multiple physical disabilities within inclusive schools K-12. Although referrals are made to Special Education Services SD 61 for specific consults, the PISP website provides excellent strategies, resources, and learning modules to maximize student learning.