Resources for Parents of Children with Exceptional Learning Needs
Council for Exceptional Children
https://www.cec.sped.org/
(go to Resources tab – select Resources for Teaching Remotely)
Education World
https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr139.shtml
(Teaching Special Kids: Online Resources)
SET BC
https://www.setbc.org/
(go to Students tab and explore)
Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders
https://www.autismoutreach.ca/
(go to Resources tab – Select topic area)
Provincial Outreach Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
https://popdhh.ca/
(go to Resources tab – General Knowledge – Select topic area)
Provincial Outreach Program for Deaf Blindness
http://popdb.sd38.bc.ca/
(go to Resources tab – Educational Resources – Select topic area)
Provincial Resource Center for Visually Impaired
https://prcvi.org/
(go to Resources tab – Teacher Resources – Select topic area)
Inclusion Outreach
https://www.inclusionoutreach.ca/
(go to Curriculum and Strategies tab – Select topic area)
Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
https://www.fasdoutreach.ca/
(go to Resources tab – type Curriculum in search bar)
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
(Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension)
https://www.readingrockets.org/
FASD Coalition
(A social story on Covid – simply done and easily understood) Develop a social story for students with high anxiety about working/school at home – do it paper-based or for parents to read over technology
http://www.fasdcoalition.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus-picture-book.pdf
Reading Comprehension
https://www.readworks.org
British Columbia Council for Exceptional Children
https://www.bccec.org/ (List of supporting organizations with useful resources and information)
- Anxiety BC
- Autism Society of BC
- Autism Community Training
- Cerebral Palsy Association of BC
- Community Living BC
- Developmental Disabilities Association
- Down Syndrome Research Foundation
- FASD Connections
- Friend2Friend Social Learning Society
- Learning Disabilities Association of BC
- Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society
- Tourette Syndrome Foundation
Mental Health Supports
http://familysupportbc.com/
https://traumasensitiveschools.org/understanding-the-impact-of-trauma-on-students-with-autism/