Accessible Resource Centre - British Columbia is a BC Ministry of Education funded response to the growing demand for digital accessible format alternatives to hard-copy print learning materials.
Anxiety BC has the mission to reduce the barrier of anxiety so people can live the life they want. They offer trusted resources and programs to help people better understand and manage anxiety - and find the relief they need.
Autism Community Training provides information and training, in accordance with best practices. Their goal is to enable parents, professionals and paraprofessionals to support children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder to live productive, satisfying lives within their families and communities.
Autism Support Network is an organization of families and professionals educating and supporting families about Applied Behaviour Analysis and its application as a treatment for autism.
BC211 is a nonprofit organization that specializes in providing free information and referral regarding community, government and social services in BC.
BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) is an award winning, Indigenous not for profit, charitable Society serving the unique and diverse disability and health resource / support service needs of Indigenous peoples across Canada. BCANDS is a “stand alone” organization and is one of the only organizations of its type in Canada.
Disability Alliance BC supports people with all disabilities to live with dignity, independence and as equal and full participants in the community. They champion issues impacting the lives of people with disabilities through their direct services, community partnerships, advocacy, research and publications.
Dyslexia BC is a parent-led grassroots movement within British Columbia concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia within the public and private education systems. Our mission is to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families and individuals to support their children and themselves, and inform policy-makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia.
Family Support Institute was created to strengthen families who faced the extraordinary circumstances that come from having a family member with a disability. Their mission is to strengthen, connect and build communities and resources with families of people with disabilities in BC.
Inclusion BC provides support, education and advocacy where and when it's needed. They advocate at a systems level for policy change and promote inclusion through public awareness initiatives and campaigns.
Inclusion Outreach is a website that is designed to assist school teams and families in developing meaningful and inclusive programs for K-12 students with multiple and complex disabilities within BC schools. The strategies, learning modules and other resources in this website are provided to maximize student learning.
Learn 71 Inclusion Resources from Comox Valley Schools provides educators and families with a vast array of resources for classrooms and home.
Learning Disabilities Association of BC mission is to advance the education, employment, social development, legal rights and general well being of people with learning disabilities in the province of British Columbia.
Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network is non-profit organization founded in 1989 to help families secure the future for loved ones with disabilities. Working in collaboration, PLAN build personal support networks, make plans to secure the future, and bring families together for mutual support, learning and community leadership.
Provincial Outreach Program Autism & Related Disorders (POPARD) provide consultation, training and support services to all public and independent schools across the province of British Columbia with a primary focus on increasing the capacity of school district staff to support students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Provincial Outreach Program for the Early Years (POPEY) is a British Columbia Ministry of Education Provincial Resource Program with an outreach focus. POPEY’s mandate is to increase K-3 educators’ capacity to support all primary English literacy learners, particularly diverse and struggling students in the classroom.
Provincial Outreach Program Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (POPFASD) is a multi-district Steering Committee offers advice, direction and feedback. The mandate of the POPFASD program is to increase educators’ capacity to meet the learning needs of students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness The mandate for the Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness is to provide support to BC school teams working with K-12 students with deafblindness.
Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) is charged with supporting school districts' and independent schools' goal of ensuring equitable access and enhanced educational opportunities for students with visual impairments, including those with additional exceptionalities.
Provincial Resource Program - Auditory Outreach (PRP-AO) in collaboration with provincial centres, local audiologists and other service providers, assists public and independent schools throughout the province address the needs of school-aged students with hearing loss. Auditory Outreach loans assistive listening devices to school districts, and group 1 and 2 independent schools, for individual students with hearing loss identified as needing this technology for school use.
SET-BC provides BC students, classrooms, schools, and districts with the services, technology, and support needed to better educate students with complex needs.
STEPS Forward: BC Initiative for Inclusive Post-Secondary Education provides inclusion support for students with developmental disabilities to access post-secondary education.
Technology for Living (TFL) works with people who have severe physical disabilities and helps them to live as well and as independently as possible.