Resources

British Columbia supports an inclusive education system in which students with special needs are fully participating members of a community of learners. It is this vision that is reflected in the policy for special education. The special education policy framework, and the guidelines that support it, provide some practical planning and delivery tools to assist in making this vision a reality.

Students with special needs have disabilities of an intellectual, physical, sensory, emotional, or behavioural nature, or have a learning disability or have exceptional gifts or talents.

Professional practice is directed by the Ministry of Education through the publication, Special Education Service; A Manual of Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, as well as district collective agreements and policy guidelines.

Provincial Resource Guides:

• Focus on Bullying: A Prevention Program for Elementary School Communities
• Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Teaching Students with Autism
• Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences
• Suicide: What You Need To Know
• Responding To Critical Incidents: A Resource Guide For Schools
• Students with Hearing Loss
• Focus on Suspension
• Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Effects
• Gifted Education
• Individual Education Planning for Students with Special Needs
• Parent’s Guide to Individual Education Planning
• Students With Intellectual Disabilities
• Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences
• Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders – Volume 1 – Eating Disorders or available as a PDF file for printing
• Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders – Volume 2 – Depression
• Awareness of Chronic Health Conditions – Volume 1
• Awareness of Chronic Health Conditions – Volume 2
• Teaching Students with Acquired Brain Injury
• Responding to Children’s Problem Sexual Behaviour in Elementary Schools
• Students With Visual Impairments