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Download full textBritish Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2017
This fact sheet reports on inclusive education and students with special needs in British Columbia, including changes to the composition of students with special needs in public schools, cuts to specialist teaching positions, and graduation rates for students with special needs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Public Schools
Direct linkMcColl, Mary Ann; Jarzynowska, Anna; Shortt, S. E. D. – Disability & Society, 2010
The present study examined population level data on unmet needs for adults with physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities, using the National Population Health Survey. The study revealed that disabled adults (aged 20-64) reported more than three times as many unmet health care needs as their non-disabled counterparts. Even after controlling for…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Hearing Impairments, Foreign Countries
Burton, Mary; Nieuwenhuijsen, Els R.; Epstein, Marcy J. – Assistive Technology, 2008
Many people with disabilities use assistive technology devices (ATDs) for computer access. The specific focus of this exploratory study was (a) to assess the experiences, opinions, and satisfaction levels of 24 individuals with disabilities using computer-related ATDs; (b) to investigate their awareness of health risk factors related to computer…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Risk
Alberta Education, 2009
Alberta Education provides programming support and funding to school authorities to develop and implement special education programming for ECS children and students in grades 1 to 12. "Special Education Coding Criteria 2009/2010" outlines criteria within specific categories to help school authorities identify those children and students…
Descriptors: Individualized Programs, Criteria, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Lloyd, Jennifer E. V.; Irwin, Lori G.; Hertzman, Clyde – Educational Psychology, 2009
In British Columbia, Canada, two population-based databases have been linked at the level of the individual child: the "Early Development Instrument", a Kindergarten school readiness measure; and the "Foundation Skills Assessment", a Grade Four academic assessment. Utilising these linked data, we explored the early school…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedGoltz, Eileen – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Describes results of a survey of Canadian academic libraries that was conducted to determine the provision of services to the disabled, i.e., students with visual, hearing, or motor deficiencies. External resources are described, the role of library staff is emphasized, and library policy statements concerning the provision of special services are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments
Hill, Jennifer Leigh – 1991
This handbook provides information for University of Victoria faculty that will assist in the process of accommodating students with disabilities in the classroom or the laboratory. The focus of the handbook is on ways that instructors can modify the learning environment to facilitate learning for these groups, and it is divided into sections…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Faculty, Disabilities, Diseases
Fossey, Myrtis-Eirene; Fichten, Catherine S.; Barile, Maria; Asuncion, Jennison V. – 2001
In 1999, a survey was conducted of almost 800 university students with different disabilities across Canada to investigate what computer equipment students used and wanted, how they financed their computer technologies, and why they failed to take advantage of government subsidy programs. Results from the survey indicate many students did not know…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Students, Computers
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on hospital and health libraries and library services to the blind and deaf which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations conference include: (1) "Leisure Pursuits of the Blind" by Antun Lastric (Yugoslavia); (2) "Library Services for the Handicapped in Canada: An Overview" by…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographies, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Nagel, Rosemary G.; And Others – 1981
This resource booklet has been prepared to help secondary school teachers in instructing secondary school students with special needs. An historical perspective of Bill 82, which requires that Ontario, Canada school boards provide programs and services to meet the needs of exceptional students, is presented in the first section along with…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Adolescents, Classroom Techniques, Educational Legislation
